# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kay-starr
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:34:52.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kay-starr"
name: "Kay Starr"
slug: "kay-starr"
description: "Kay Starr was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multiple genres, such as pop, jazz, 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. Additionally, she had big hits with \"Allez-Vous-En\" and \"If You Love Me \" in 1953 and 1954, respectively."
tagline: "American singer (1922–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KayStarr_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-07-21"
deathDate: "2016-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           65.29
  momentum:             4.348102030947777
  historical:           15.25342933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3310
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823545/"
    handle:    "nm0823545"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rpf45DdbpweG51Acze45i"
    handle:    "7rpf45DdbpweG51Acze45i"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kaystarr.net/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfIssLAwFh4u68CWxDIJfDg"
    handle:    "Kay Starr - Topic"
    followers: 3310
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "كاى ستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "کی استار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "کی استار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80"
    title: "Кэй Старр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d25d395a-3891-4243-9a05-8308ad24969d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221915"
    title: "Kay Starr"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump