William Starrs was born in April 1922. At three years old he was picking out notes on a melodeon. At ten he was Scottish Amateur Champion and at thirteen a full time professional. By the age of eighteen he had been spotted by Robert Wilson and eventually joined the White Heather Group.
Will cut his first 78 single for Parlophone in the 1940s on a Stradella Cooperativa. It was an own composition in a Continental waltz style and at that point in time was unnamed. Asked what it was to be called Will settled for the name of his current girlfriend and the unforgettable “Jacqueline Waltz” entered the Scottish Dance music repertoire. It was the first of two dozen 78s he released on that label and about ten LPs on the Thistle and Pye labels.
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