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The plot set-up for it is the return of cowboy Will Parker from an excursion to the city of the same name. He describes his experiences in song. He describes his experiences in song. The song describes the wonders of the city and its entertainments (from the viewpoint of a country bumpkin), all reprising with the concept that the conditions (in ...
Oklahoma! is the original soundtrack album of the 1955 film Oklahoma!, an adaptation of the musical Broadway play of the same name. The soundtrack charted No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1956 and has been in continual print.
The discography of Kansas, an American rock band, consists of 16 studio albums, seven live albums, nine compilation albums, and 29 singles. Formed by members Kerry Livgren , Robby Steinhardt , Dave Hope , Phil Ehart , Steve Walsh , and Rich Williams , the group signed a recording contract with Kirshner Records in 1974.
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 ...
Hudspeth (guitar, vocals) was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, [3] and previously played alongside Cal Collins and Clark Terry. After relocating to Kansas City, he backed many local musicians such as Lee McBee. Meade (harmonica, vocals) was from Chicago, Illinois, and was educated at the Old Town School of Folk Music, studying with Joe Filisko.
Through a connection to producer Ralph Bass, they wrote "Kansas City" specifically for West Coast blues/R&B artist Little Willie Littlefield. [2] There was an initial disagreement between the two writers over the song's melody: Leiber (who wrote the lyrics) preferred a traditional blues song, while Stoller wanted a more distinctive vocal line; Stoller ultimately prevailed.
McShann moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936, and set up his own big band which variously featured Charlie Parker (1937–42), Al Hibbler, Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette, Bernard Anderson, Gene Ramey, Jimmy Coe, Gus Johnson (1938–43), Harold "Doc" West, Earl Coleman, Walter Brown, and Jimmy Witherspoon, among others. His first recordings ...
The concept for the album stemmed from Capitol's release of the soundtrack from the motion picture Oklahoma!.Capitol's album chief F.M. Scott said the label was looking for "ancillary promotion for the film album," and gave Riddle a free artistic hand, saying "Do what you think is good."