Losers, Weepers

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Losers, Weepers
Studio album by
Released1960
GenrePop
LabelCapitol
ProducerDave Cavanaugh
Kay Starr chronology
Movin'!
(1959)
Losers, Weepers
(1960)
One More Time
(1960)

Losers, Weepers is a studio album by Kay Starr. It was released in 1960 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-1303). It was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.[1] She is backed on the album by Van Alexander and his band. The album's liner notes state: "Kay Starr, working closely and skillfully with the musicians, so that each nuance of lyric, melody, and mood is carried out with full beauty and meaning."[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Upon its release, Billboard magazine wrote: "Kay Starr sings the low-down, too-sad-for-tears blues, and the upbeat, rowdy, happy rhythms, and does well by all as evidenced by the selections in her new Capitol album, Losers, Weepers."[4]

AllMusic also gave the album a rating of four stars.[3] Reviewer Scott Yanow wrote that "Starr gives a jazz feeling to each of her dozen interpretations" and concluded his review: "Superior singing."[3]

Track listing[edit]

Side A

  1. "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
  2. "I Should Care"
  3. "I'm a Fool to Care"
  4. "Don't Take Your Love from Me"
  5. "When I Lost You"
  6. "Only Forever"

Side B

  1. "Gonna get a Guy"
  2. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
  3. "I Miss You So"
  4. "A Faded Summer Love"
  5. "When a Woman Loves a Man"
  6. "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kay Starr - Losers, Weepers". Discogs. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Kay Starr, Losers, Weepers, back cover.
  3. ^ a b c "Losers, Weepers". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Discourse from the Billboard Sales Department". The Billboard. February 15, 1960. p. 26.