In the collection
2 records
Played with
Elvis Presley
2 records together
The Jordanaires
2 records together
Ben Weisman
2 records together
Sid Wayne
2 records together
Tepper-Bennett
2 records together
Joy Byers
2 records together
Jerry Reed
1 record together
Luther Dixon
1 record together
Baum-Giant-Kaye
1 record together
Sid Tepper
1 record together
Don Robertson
1 record together
About
American songwriter, musician, singer and producer.
Born July 2, 1930 in Bronx, New York. Often collaborated with Richard Wolfe.
Besides being a songwriter and guitarist, Starr was a dentist. He is best known for writing twelve songs for Elvis Presley. During the 1950s, Starr was a member of the American band The Islanders with Frank Metis, and their song “The Enchanted Sea” which hit #15 in 1959. Starr had a song chart as a singer and songwriter: “After School”, co-written by Wolfe, hit #32 in the U.S. in 1957. Starr charted five other times between 1957-1968 in the U.S. and/or U.K.
Starr was educated at Columbia University where he took his undergraduate degree from Columbia College in 1951, and his DDS degree from Columbia College of Dental Medicine in 1954.