Kay Starr

These include her smash hits "Wheel of Fortune" (her biggest hit, #1 for 10 weeks), "Side by Side," "The Man Upstairs," and "Rock and Roll Waltz.". Although "Cigaro", a song leaked from the upcoming Mesmerize/Hypnotize release, isn't officially a single, it has been played on the radio, specifically the Los Angeles, California station KROQ in early 2005. Most of her songs have jazz influences, and, like Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray, are sung in a style that sound decidedly close to the rock and roll songs that follow. Guitarist Daron Malakian was quoted in the magazine Guitar World as saying that he was glad that System of a Down had not slipped into the nu metal genre. However, at this time, traditional pop music was being superseded by Rock and roll, and Kay had only one hit, which is sometimes consifered her attempt to sing R'n'R and sometimes as a song making fun of R'n'R: "The Rock and Roll Waltz." She stayed at RCA Victor until 1959, then returned to Capitol. Adding to this, the band toured with Ozzfest, a festival that is typically features many up and coming nu metal bands. In 1955, she signed with RCA Victor Records. This can be attributed to the release of their first album, which occured during the nu metal boom of the mid-to-late 90's.

Eventually Acuff came up with a new lyric, and "Bonaparte's Retreat" becme her biggest hit up to that point, coming close to a million sales. System of a Down have been labelled as nu metal by fans and media since their incarnation. She spoke to Acuff directly, and he was happy to let her record it, but it took a while for her to make clear that she wasn't a fiddler, but a singer, and she needed to have some lyrics written. These arguments are also counteracted by the fact that they have not included rap in any of their songs, a typical, if not defining, characteristic of nu metal, but instead use occasional screams and growls that are typical of death metal. Another typical component of nu metal, the turntable, is not part of the band's instrumentation. Around 1950 she made a trip back home to Dougherty and heard a fiddle recording of Pee Wee King's song, "Bonaparte's Retreat." She liked it so much that she wanted to record it, and contacted Roy Acuff's publishing house in Nashville, Tennessee. It is argued by some that System of a Down rarely feature guitar solos and have typical nu metal song structure (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus), and thus should be considered a nu metal band. Since she was junior to all these other artists, every song she wanted to sing got offered to all the others, untill finally he put out a list of old songs from earlier in the century, which nobody else wanted to record. A common debate amongst System fans and heavy metal fans in general, is the topic of the band's genre: Are they nu metal (a term which to some people brings negative connotations) or is their music easier described as simply heavy metal?.

In 1948 when the American Federation of Musicians was threatening a strike, Capitol wanted to have all its singers record a lot of songs for future release. In early January, 2005, a new track called "Cigaro" was leaked onto the Internet (some say it was leaked by the band itself, considering it was leaked onto a web page which featured a "mesmerizing" spiral and was performed by the band at their Big Day Out appearances several days after the leak) to praise from fans. Capitol had a number of other female singers signed up (such as Peggy Lee, Ella Mae Morse, Jo Stafford, and Margaret Whiting), so it was hard to find her a niche. The dates and order of release for these two albums were somewhat controversial among fans and fan sites in early 2005, as some believed that the release was to be in the opposite order and the first one was to come out in April. In 1946 she became a soloist, and in 1947 signed a solo contract with Capitol Records. Mesmerize will be released in May while Hypnotize will be released approximately four months after. She then retired for a year because she developed pneumonia and lost her voice as a result of fatigue and overwork. They are Mesmerize and Hypnotize.

After finishing high school, she moved to Los Angeles and signed with Wingy Manone's band; then from 1943 to 1945 she sang with Charlie Barnet's band. In 2004, the band recorded two brand new albums for release in 2005 that will be released 4 months apart from each other. It was, however, woth 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, however, less suited for Kay's vocal range. One version of the CD resembles a CD Recordable that was labeled with a felt-tip marker, and the other four featured designs by individual band members. 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. There are four different designs of the album available. Because she was still in junior high school, her parents insisted that Venuti take her home no later than midnight. Their third album, containing songs from the Toxicity and System of a Down recording sessions, was released as "Steal This Album!" because early recordings of most of the songs had leaked out onto the Internet.

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. Father Armeni also said that in Armenia a self righteous suicide has taken place. System of a Down received constant airplay in the United States throughout late 2001 and 2002 with their hits, Chop Suey!, Toxicity, Aerials, off their second album, Toxicity, and Innervision off their third album, Steal This Album!. 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. He asked God why have you forsaken me in your eyes. 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. The title comes from a poem of Father Armeni, who wrote about Armenia after the genocide of 1915. By the age of 10, she was making $3 a night, a lot of money in the Depression days. Their first big hit was the controversial "Chop Suey!", released in the late summer of 2001.

She sang pop and "hillbilly" songs with a piano accompaniment. The album also has the dubious distinction of being the #1 album in America on the week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 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 15-minute show. However, their big break came from their sophomore effort, Toxicity, which debuted at #1 on the American and Canadian charts, eventually going multi-platnium. When her father got a job installing water sprinkler systems, the family moved to Dallas, Texas. The band enjoyed moderate success with their first singles, Sugar and Spiders, off their debut album System of a Down. Her father, Harry, was a full-blooded Iroquois Indian; her mother, Annie, was of mixed Irish and American Indian heritage. Their main influence is noticeably the heavy metal veterans Black Sabbath and Slayer, but they have many other musical influences such as jazz, fusion, Armenian folk music, classic rock, blues, industrial metal, and, vocally, opera.

She was born Katherine Laverne Starks in Dougherty, Oklahoma. Their diverse instrumentals range from baritone electric guitars, electric mandolins, sitars, 12-string classical guitars to many other East Asian instruments. Kay Starr (born July 21, 1922) is an American jazz and popular singer. All four members are of Armenian ancestry, and some of their songs are about Armenian history and politics. Baby Me Kay Starr Vocals On This Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Recording For (1939). System of a Down is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA consisting of Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards), John Dolmayan (drums), Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals) and Shavo Odadjian (bass). You Were Only Foolin'(While I Was Falling In Love) (1948). "B.Y.O.B." from Mesmerize (2005) (announced, yet to be released).

When My Dreamboat Comes Home (1953). "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" from Steal This Album! (2003). Wheel Of Fortune (GOLD RECORD) (1952). "Boom!" from Steal This Album! (2003). The Rock And Roll Waltz (GOLD RECORD) (1956). "Innervision" from Steal This Album! (2002). The Man Upstairs (1954). "Psycho" from Toxicity (2002).

So Tired (1948). "Aerials" from Toxicity (2002). Side By Side (1953). "Toxicity" from Toxicity (2002). Oh, Babe! (1950). "Chop Suey!" from Toxicity (2001). Oceans Of Tears (1951). "War" from System Of A Down (2000).

My Heart Reminds Me (1957). "Spiders" from System of a Down (1999). Mississippi (1950). "Sugar" from System of a Down (1998). Kay's Lament (With The Lancers) (1952). "Boom!" from Steal This Album! (2003). I Waited A Little Too Long (1952). "Toxicity" from Toxicity (2002).

I'll Never Be Free (With "Tennessee" Ernie Ford) (1950). "Aerials" from Toxicity (2002). If You Love Me (Really Love Me) (B-side of "The Man Upstairs") (1954). "Chop Suey!" from Toxicity (2001). Hoop-Dee-Doo (1950) (better known by Perry Como). "War?" from System of a Down (2000). Half A Photograph (1953). "Spiders" from System of a Down (1999).

Good And Lonesome (1955). "Sugar" from System of a Down (1998). Fortune In Dreams (1954). Hypnotize (27 September 2005). Fool, Fool, Fool (With The Lancers — B-side of "Kay's Lament") (1952). Mesmerize (17 May 2005). Comes Along A-Love (1952). Steal This Album! (26 November 2002).

Come On-A My House (1951) (better known by Rosemary Clooney). Toxicity (4 September 2001). Changing Partners (1953) (better known by Patti Page). System of a Down (30 June 1998). Bonaparte's Retreat (1950). Andy Khachaturian - Drums. Allez-Vous-En (1953). John Dolmayan - Drums.

Shavo Odadjian - Bass. Daron Malakian - Guitar. Serj Tankian - Vocalist & Keyboardist.