Kay Starr - The Wheel Of Fortune 1952

[BadBoySchlachter]

its also played in Shutter Island

[7x34hj]

Every note, effortless and encapsulating; one 'must' love this song; there is simply no choice.

[arvindcorleone25]

i searched till my eyes hurt and finally gotcha!

[highnote32]

I was looking for this song forever.

[winb143]

lovely in a word

[zshoonander]

best part of l.a. confidential

[aladarmezil]

"It's Bud"

[liquidus2172]

L.A. Confidential and Shutter Island brought me here.

[LAmileycyrusLA]

Shutter Island.

[59Napoli]

What a voice!!!!!! love it thanks for sharing

[maxstrings1]

LOVE this song and her voice

[lauredean100]

A really super blast from the past

[dercarsus]

forgot I had this song

[amanvisebre]

Im in love with this song....

[RFisher2006]

Lovely performance, a great song, timeless..

[Kvetinacovic]

i saw L.A. Confidential month ago. Then i heard in my head only "turning, turning, turning..." and i didn´t know, where i heard it. But today, i watched L.A. C. again and i found it. Great song in great film.

[Igorc3]

Alguien tendra la version de la orquesta de Johnny Douglas? se lo agradeceria infinitamente.

[expressivechild]

Oldies like this never get old!

[davids101000]

was my mums song she sang it every xmas and new years day we played it at her funeral miss you always xxxx

[AbsintheGirl27]

@davids101000 how lovely yet how sad x

[FILMMAKERCHAP]

Derek Bentley's favourite track

[videomonkey2009]

Just lovely. Thank You

[999clever]

Sweet!

I found this song through billboardvideos. net/1952b.html

[Lowdenjim]

I fell in love with this lady in 1952 after hearing this song; I'm still in love........ I was 5 years old - they don't get better than this (after all these years)

[usfins]

'Members this, jezzz am i realy that old, oh well. Great sounds. Ty.

[berthaforever]

An awesome song, and a beautiful rendition by Kay Starr. It brings great memories of my childhood, and later on of bonding moments with my father in law. I also enjoy Al Hirt's 1060's rendition on his trumpet, and Vicky Carr's closing performance of "The Wheel of Fortune" in on of her many LP's (vinyl) recorded between 1968 and 1972? .

[docpete1968]

Kay is a great vocalist wow the 1950's and me listening with my MOM this and the Platters and Dino Sinatra etc !!!!!!

[rubbing2001]

This should have been the version theme for the game show "Wheel of Fortune", much better quality than newer versions

[drummer4cali]

bioshock =]

[paullynskey1]

excellent

[TheGewalti]

Good old stuff. My favorite as youngster.

[Nostalgicjase]

I love Kay Starr's wonderful voice!

The other song I love from her is her duet with Tennessee Ernie Ford called "I'll Never Be Free". Just perfect.

[krallstello]

This song was #1 the day I was born in March of 1952 :)

An unusual song. I don't much care for the loud horn section, that could have been brought down a notch or two. A lot different from my favorite music as a teen, which was The Beatles and the British Invasion stuff of the 60's.

[finylvinyl66]

I was born 3/19/52 so don't know if it was #1 then but it must

be close. I first heard this song about 11 years ago when

there was an all-Fifties AM radio station here in Tampa.

Had no idea it would have such personal significance!

[PublicRadioWorldWide]

The original recording of ''Wheel Of Fortune'' by Kay Starr maintained the no. 1 position on the charts for nine consecutive weeks beginning the second week of March 1952.

[dolly32112]

Shutter Island :) ♥

[MsLenaZavaroni]

I love this singer. Thanks for sharing. x

[Neptunesque]

"Wheel Of Fortune" can be heard on the radio of the car Cybill Shepherd is driving in "The Last Picture Show", one of my very favorite films.

Now there's a movie soundtrack that plays like a Greatest Hit album of the early '50's: Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Hank Williams, Tony Bennett and too many others to mention.

Thanks for posting this tune and video montage of a great lady.

[emoviebuff87]

did this song inspire the famous game show?

[benjaminfheilenman]

her greatest hit and she deserved it.

[alleycat579]

This song was #1 when I got born. It must have been played for years because I can remember it so well. Kay Starr is really a great singer!

[mmasny]

is the second voice hers too?

[dkelly26666]

I also loved this in "L.A. Confidential". It is also in the great new Martin Scorsese film, "Shutter Island".

[ashie259]

It also features in 'Let Him Have It', starring Christopher Eccleston, about the Bentley and Craig murder case. Great stuff.

[izvn]

This song sure is creepy in the scene in Shutter Island where it is echoing through evil psych ward.

[paulostroff99]

There were few if any better then Kay Starr! TY

[madisonkai]

I fell in love with this song while watching L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.....BEAUTIFUL VOICE

[Poco1997]

What year did she die??

[dermagier82]

she´s still alive

[Wolfsky9]

This was one of My Dad's all-time favorites; I think he liked LOOKING at Kay as much as listening to her. A 50's Classic. I was 6 y/o. Wolfsky9

[rockabillycat1954]

Can't blame him for that. A great song and beautiful lady.

[espinhentomasfofo]

Beautiful song!!!

[Hunterunc]

Love her, love this song. She looks so different in almost all the photos in this video!

[rblwoaclu]

GOOSE BUMPS!!!!!! what a voice! i listened three times..if I had that voice.!!!

[latykai]

i was in maybe the 10th grade when i first heard the wheel of fortune, big bands were still alive. right on the brink of rock and roll with bill haley. she ushered in a change that lives until today. thank you for posting

[bergland6]

I saw her singing this song in a movie theatre in New York's Broadway in late May 1952.

[brownies4you]

Gosh, talk about beloved memories...my mother always sang along with this song when it drifted out of our kitchen radio way, way back in the early 1950s.

[Managermate]

I remember this song in the Derek Bentley film

[daledgeaun]

a very nice song to listen to indeed..great voice

[faithmairee]

I had the pleasure of hearing Kay Strarr perform this song live in Orlando, Florida many years ago. What a thrill! Kay Starr is to pop what Patsy Cline was to country! What a class act!

[vogt1949]

I remember hearing this as my father would drive us to the BIg Sky Drive in in El Monte CA, in the early fifties. Seems like a million years ago now!

[bbbartolo]

Before country split off from pop, bigger than Brenda Lee or Les Paul/Mary Ford, with so many hits, there was Kay Starr.  Thanks!

[71sunset]

The most memorable of several outstanding vintage tunes on the "L.A. Confidential" soundtrack.

[MrSwanley]

@71sunset Aha... thank you. The radio was playing a '50s retrospective day as I was driving home, and I was wondering why I found this song so very familiar... hence here I am. LA Confidential! Kay Starr has a lovely character to her voice btw, she would have made a great soul singer (if she didn't anyway, because I haven't checked her bio!).

[b1hwrs47]

i love this lady i grew up listing to this music . i

[LeothePatrioticLion]

The first time I heard this song was on an early episode of "Happy Days," where Richie was listening to the radio while waiting for a repairman to fix the broken glass on the front door.

[codeaires]

Damn I love this song...

I'm 20 years old by the way.

[gretzle]

I had a crush on her even before I became a teenager with the ever present hormones.

[comrabure]

she looks very 50's lol

[dsanw]

Thank you for this very good and interesting singer, ... :D

[Dagh92]

Interesting music :)