Kay Starr (Katherine Laverne Starks, July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016) was … Read Full Bio ↴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".

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.

Someday Sweetheart
Kay Starr Lyrics

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Someday, sweetheart,
You may be sorry
For what you've done
To my poor heart;
And you may regret
Those vows that you've broken,
And the things that you did to me
That made us drift apart.

Oh, you're happy now,
And you can't see how
Those weary blues
Will ever come to you;
But as you sow,
So shall you reap, dear;
And what you reap
Will gonna make you weep,
Someday, sweetheart!

Someday, sweetheart,
Oh you're gonna be sorry, oh yes1
For what you done
To my poor heart;
And you may regret
Those vows that you've broken, oh-oh-oh-oh!
And the things that you did to me
That made us drift apart.

Oh, you're happy now,
And you can't see how
Those weary blues
Ever gonna come to you;
But as you sow-ho-ho,
So shall you reap,
And what you reap
Is gonna make you weep,
Someday!

Come on baby,
Have a heart!
Don't you tell me
That we have to part.
You know I've loved you
>From the start,
You'll rue the day,

And blue is the day
You break my heart.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Kay Starr's song "Someday Sweetheart" describe a heartbroken narrator warning their former lover that someday they will regret breaking their vows and causing their separation. The lyrics suggest that the ex-partner is currently happy and cannot see the future consequences of their actions, but they will eventually experience the same pain and heartache. The singer explains that the ex-partner's current happiness is temporary, and they will eventually face the repercussions of their past behaviors.

The song's lyrics are powerful, and they capture the essence of heartbreak and unrequited love. They express a sense of sadness but also a sense of hope that the ex-partner will one day realize their mistakes and regret their actions. This hope is demonstrated through the line, "Come on baby, have a heart!" which suggests that the singer still loves and wants to be with their ex-partner despite the pain they have caused.

Overall, "Someday Sweetheart" is a classic love song that explores the themes of love, heartbreak, and regret. Its lyrics are timeless, and they continue to resonate with audiences to this day.

Line by Line Meaning

Someday, sweetheart,
At some point in the future, my loved one,

You may be sorry
You may feel remorseful

For what you've done
For your actions and their consequences

To my poor heart;
Which have caused me emotional pain

And you may regret
You might feel sorry about

Those vows that you've broken,
the promises you didn't keep,

And the things that you did to me
Your deeds towards me

That made us drift apart.
Those caused us to drift away from each other

Oh, you're happy now,
Currently, you are contented

And you can't see how
You don't see a possibility

Those weary blues
feelings of sadness