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".
Kay Starr was born on a reservation in Dougherty, Oklahoma. Her father, Harry, was a full-blooded Iroquois Indian; her mother, Annie, was of mixed Irish and American Indian heritage. When her father got a job installing water sprinkler systems, the family moved to Dallas, Texas.
While her father worked for the Automatic Sprinkler Company, her mother raised chickens, and Kay used to sing to the chickens in the coop. As a result of the fact that her aunt, Nora, was impressed by her singing, she began to sing at the age of seven on a Dallas radio station, WRR, first in a talent competition where she finished third one week and won every week thereafter, then with her own weekly fifteen minute show. She sang pop and "hillbilly" songs with a piano accompaniment. By the age of ten, she was making $3 a night, a lot of money in the Depression days.
As a result of her father's changing jobs, her family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and she continued performing on the radio, singing "Western swing music," still mostly a mix of country and pop. It was while she was on the Memphis radio station WMPS that, as a result of misspellings in her fan mail, she and her parents decided to give her the name "Kay Starr". At the age of fifteen, she was chosen to sing with the Joe Venuti orchestra. Venuti had a contract to play in the Peabody Hotel in Memphis which called for his band to feature a girl singer, which he did not have; Venuti's road manager heard her on the radio, and suggested her to Venuti. Because she was still in junior high school, her parents insisted that Venuti take her home no later than midnight.
Although she had brief stints in 1939 with Bob Crosby and Glenn Miller (who hired her in July of that year when his regular singer, Marion Hutton, was sick), she spent most of her next few years with Venuti, until he dissolved his band in 1942. It was, however, with Miller that she cut her first record: "Baby Me"/"Love with a Capital You." It was not a great success, in part because the band played in a key more appropriate for Marion Hutton, which was less suited for Kay's vocal range.
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Kay Starr Lyrics
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But too much is falling in mine
Into each heart some tears must fall
But some day the sun will shine
Some folks can lose the blues in their hearts
But when I think of you another shower starts
Into each life some rain must fall
Into each and every life some rain has got to fall
But too much of that stuff is fallin' into mine
And into each heart some tears gotta fall
And I know that someday that sun is bound to shine
Some folks can lose the blues in their heart
But when I think of you another shower starts
Into each life some rain must fall
But too much is fallin' in mine
"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" is a blues song with a wise and mature message. The song is about the harsh realities of life and how we must endure the rain and tears but also remember that eventually, the sun will shine again. The first lines of the song, "into each life some rain must fall, but too much is falling in mine," express the singer's perspective on the troubles and misfortunes that she has faced in her life. She is acknowledging that everyone faces difficulties, but she feels that hers are particularly hard.
The second verse of the song is about the power that memories have to stir up emotions. The line "some folks can lose the blues in their hearts, but when I think of you another shower starts," alludes to the difficult emotions that the singer experiences when she thinks about this person. Her heart is like a storm cloud waiting to burst whenever they come to mind. Overall, the song encourages us to hold on to hope during difficult times.
Line by Line Meaning
Into each and every life some rain has got to fall
It is inevitable that everyone will experience hardships and setbacks in their lives
But too much of that stuff is fallin' into mine
However, I feel like I am experiencing an excessive amount of difficulties
And into each heart some tears gotta fall
Emotional pain is a part of life and everyone will experience it
And I know that someday that sun is bound to shine
I have hope that eventually things will get better and brighter
Some folks can lose the blues in their heart
Some people are able to overcome their sadness and move on
But when I think of you another shower starts
However, thinking of a certain person (possibly a lost love) makes me even more sad
Into each life some rain must fall
Difficulties are a natural part of everyone's journey
But too much is fallin' in mine
But it feels like my life is currently overwhelmed with hardships
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALLAN ROBERTS, DORIS FISHER
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