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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 ...
His first session for Federal produced "K. C. Loving", written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and later re-recorded by Wilbert Harrison as "Kansas City". In the late 1970s he toured Europe successfully, settling in the Netherlands and releasing a number of albums from 1982 into the late 1990s for the Oldie Blues label from Martin van Olderen. [9]
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".
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WI 031 – Wilbert Harrison: "Off To School" b/w "I'm Broke", 1962 ... Wilbert Harrison: "Let's Stick Together" b/w "Kansas City Twist", 1965; ... WI 3044 – Chords ...
The chaos underground spread to the commuter rails Saturday, as a Metro-North rider was stabbed in the chest over an argument about noisy music while a train arrived in Grand Central.