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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 ...
"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.
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. [1] See also.
"Kansas City" Little Willie Littlefield: 1952. Wilbert Harrison (1959) Little Richard (1959) Hank Ballard & the Midnighters ... Guitar Slim (1953) James Brown (1964) [59]
After graduating, he moved to New York City in 1958, and joined the A&R staff at Bobby Robinson's Fury and Fire record labels as their Southern promotions executive. [1] He soon discovered singer Wilbert Harrison, whose recording of the Leiber and Stoller song "Kansas City" topped the US pop and R&B charts in 1959.
1023 – Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City / Listen My Darling; 1024 – Hal Paige & The Whalers – Going Back To My Home Town / After Hours Blues; 1025 – Gino – Catastrophe / Right From The Start; 1026 – The 3 Emotions – Night We Met / The Girl I Left Behind; 1027 – Wilbert Harrison – Cheating Baby / Don't Wreck My Life
On "Pawn Stars," a rare piece of rock 'n roll history had the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop's employees literally drooling. The man walked into the shop and explained, "So, this is a 1941 Gibson SJ-200.
"Let's Stick Together" is a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues-style R&B song. [2] According to music writer Richard Clayton, "Harrison probably intended 'Let’s Stick Together' as his follow-up single [to 'Kansas City'], but a contract dispute prevented him from releasing it while his star was in the ascendant". [3]