Biography:
Kay Starr (Katherine Laverne Starks, July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016) was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 1950s.
Kay Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, jazz, country and pop. But her roots were in jazz, Billie Holiday, considered by many the greatest jazz singer of all time, called Starr "the only white woman who could sing the blues."
She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz".
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Wheel Of Fortune:Kay Starr.
#1 on CASH BOX and BB Hot 100
on CAPITOL Records in 1952.
INTRO: Eb Ab
#1.
Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb
The wheel of fortune goes spinning a--round.
Ab Bbm Eb Db Eb
Will the arrow point my way, will this be
Ab A Gm7 Eb
my day?
Ab Fm Ab Bb Bbm
Oh, wheel of fortune, please don't pass me
Eb
by.
Ab Bbm Eb Db Eb Ab Dbm Ab
Let me know the magic of a kiss and a sigh.
CHORUS:
Ab Cm B Bbm Eb
While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning..
Ab Fm Eb Ab
I'll not dream of winning fortune or fame.
Gm7 Ab Eb
While the wheel is turning, turning, turning.
Ab Fm F Bb Bbm Gm7
I'll be yearning, yearning, for love's precious
Eb
flame.
#2.
C Gm7 Bb Ab Bbm Eb
Oh, wheel of fortune, I'm hoping somehow, if you
Ab Bbm Eb Gb Eb Ab Gb Ab
ever smile on me, please let it be now.
Ab Db Fm Gm7 Bbm Eb
While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning.
Ab Fm Eb Bbm Ab
I'll not dream of winning fortune or even fame.
Gm7 Ab Eb
While the wheel is turning, turning, turning..
Ab Fm F Bb Fm Ab
I'll be yearning, yearning..for love's precious
Bb Eb
fl--ame.
OUTRO:
Db C Cm Bbm Ab Bb Eb
Oh, whe-el of for--tune, I'm hoping somehow, if you
Db Eb Gm7 Db Eb Ab Db Bbm A Ab
ever smile on me, please let it be now.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#1 on CASH BOX and BB Hot 100
on CAPITOL Records in 1952.
INTRO: Eb Ab
#1.
Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb
The wheel of fortune goes spinning a--round.
Ab Bbm Eb Db Eb
Will the arrow point my way, will this be
Ab A Gm7 Eb
my day?
Ab Fm Ab Bb Bbm
Oh, wheel of fortune, please don't pass me
Eb
by.
Ab Bbm Eb Db Eb Ab Dbm Ab
Let me know the magic of a kiss and a sigh.
CHORUS:
Ab Cm B Bbm Eb
While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning..
Ab Fm Eb Ab
I'll not dream of winning fortune or fame.
Gm7 Ab Eb
While the wheel is turning, turning, turning.
Ab Fm F Bb Bbm Gm7
I'll be yearning, yearning, for love's precious
Eb
flame.
#2.
C Gm7 Bb Ab Bbm Eb
Oh, wheel of fortune, I'm hoping somehow, if you
Ab Bbm Eb Gb Eb Ab Gb Ab
ever smile on me, please let it be now.
Ab Db Fm Gm7 Bbm Eb
While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning.
Ab Fm Eb Bbm Ab
I'll not dream of winning fortune or even fame.
Gm7 Ab Eb
While the wheel is turning, turning, turning..
Ab Fm F Bb Fm Ab
I'll be yearning, yearning..for love's precious
Bb Eb
fl--ame.
OUTRO:
Db C Cm Bbm Ab Bb Eb
Oh, whe-el of for--tune, I'm hoping somehow, if you
Db Eb Gm7 Db Eb Ab Db Bbm A Ab
ever smile on me, please let it be now.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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