Randy Starr

American songwriter, musician, singer and producer.

Born July 2, 1930 in Bronx, New York. Often collaborated with [a=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 [a=The Islanders (2)] with [a=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.