Valerie Carr

Here is a famous song performed by the little-known singer Valerie Carr, and coming from an old and rare LP.
Valerie Carr (born 1936 in New York City) is an African-American singer.
A gifted vocalist, in the mid 1950s Valerie Carr recorded for King Records before being signed in 1958 by Roulette Records where she remained until 1962. At Roulette, one of her 45 rpm recordings, When the boys talk about the girls, peaked on the 1958 Billboard charts at No. 19, and also reached the Top 40 in the UK singles chart. The lack of further chart action in the UK gave Carr the tag there of being a one hit wonder. However, the flip side of the record was her version of Padre that had been released a short time before by Toni Arden and became a million-seller hit. Padre is a hauntingly beautiful ballad of love lost that demonstrated the purity of Carr's voice. At the time, many believed Carr's version to be superior and it was rumored that radio listeners may have mistakenly bought the Arden version in error. In 1959, Valerie Carr put out two LPs, Song stylist extraordinaire and Ev'ry hour ev'ry day of my life, the latter considered by some as her best work. In 1960 she recorded Oh gee/You belong in someone else's arms, the second side written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard. Her 1961 single I left there crying made it into the Top 50. Valerie Carr was reportedly one of the legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Buddy Holly's favorite singers.
Enjoy this beautiful song in Valerie's style!

I'll be around