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"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952. [1] First recorded by Little Willie Littlefield the same year, as "K. C. Loving", the song later became a chart-topping hit when it was recorded by Wilbert Harrison in 1959.
Harrison recorded "Kansas City" for the Harlem-based entrepreneur Bobby Robinson, who released it on his Fury record label. At the height of the song's success, Robinson was sued by Savoy Records who informed them that the release of the record in March 1959 [4] violated a contract Harrison had with that label that was to expire in August 1959 ...
In 1959, "Kansas City", written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was a number one hit for Harrison on both the Billboard R&B and Hot 100 singles chart. [4] In 1962, Harrison recorded "Let's Stick Together" for Fury Records, one of several labels operated by record producer Bobby Robinson, that had issued "Kansas City".
In 1959 it had a Billboard No.1 hit with Kansas City, sung by Wilbert Harrison. In the early 1970s, it helped launch Grandmaster Flash. See also List of record labels ...
1059 – Wilbert Harrison – Let's Stick Together / Kansa City Twist; 1060 – Little Joe Cook – This I Know / These Lonely Tears; 1061 – Lee Dorsey – Eenie Meenie Miny Moe / Behind The 8 Ball; 1062 – Buddy Skipper – Don't Be A Shame / Baby Please; 1063 – Wilbert Harrison – Let's Stick Together / My Heart Is Yours
[8] [9] "Stagger Lee" was one of two songs to top the R&B chart and also the all-genre Hot 100 listing in 1959, along with "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison. [10] Brook Benton also achieved three R&B chart-toppers, spending time at number one with "It's Just a Matter of Time", "Thank You Pretty Baby" and "So Many Ways". The first of the three ...
"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison: 1 May 18 8 May 18 "A Teenager in Love" Dion and the Belmonts: 5 May 18 7 "Dream Lover" Bobby Darin: 2 June 8 10 "The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton: 1 June 1 13 "Quiet Village" Martin Denny: 4 June 1 7 May 25 "Personality" Lloyd Price 2 June 15 10 "Only You (And You Alone)" Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles ...
Six blocks to the north, the former intersection of 12th Street and Vine is the subject of Leiber & Stoller's song "Kansas City" in 1952, adapted by Little Willie Littlefield as "Kansas City Lovin ' " [5] and adapted by Little Richard, Wilbert Harrison, and the Beatles. Vine Street no longer intersects with 12th Street, where a housing project ...