Catherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American singer primarily from the 1940s through the 1950s. She performed multiple genres, such as pop, swing, and country, but her roots were in jazz. Her 1952 song "Wheel of Fortune" was a smash hit, and later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
1970
The Ed Sullivan Show
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1952
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1959
Startime
1960
The Hollywood Palace
1965
The Jim Nabors Hour
1970
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
Make Believe Ballroom
1949

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
12
2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self
1970
The Jim Nabors Hour
1970
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1966
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1965
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1960
Startime
as Self
1959
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as John's Mother
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1949
Make Believe Ballroom
as Self