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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.
The Beatles performed the song as early as September 5, 1962, at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, and in December of that year at the Star-Club in Hamburg. [4] In 1964, the group released the albums Beatles for Sale (UK) and Beatles VI (US) featuring an arrangement of "Kansas City" based on the issued Little Richard version.
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 ...
The song peaked at #14 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969, came in at #227 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," and was added to the National Registry in 2014. Michael Ochs Archives ...
The song's melody line was re-used and developed by Charlie Patton ("Going to Move to Alabama") and Hank Williams ("Move It on Over") before emerging in "Rock Around the Clock", and its lyrical content presaged Leiber and Stoller's "Kansas City". [3] The song contains the line "It takes a rocking chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll", which had ...
The Beatles arriving for concerts in Madrid, July 1965. From 1961 to 1966, the English rock band the Beatles performed all over the Western world. They began performing live as The Beatles on 15 August 1960 at The Jacaranda in Liverpool and continued in various clubs during their visit to Hamburg, West Germany, until 1962, with a line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart ...
On 17 September, the Beatles played in Kansas City's Municipal Stadium to around 20,000 spectators, roughly half the stadium's capacity. [34] [32] Breaking with their trend of only playing released material, they covered "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" to what Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn writes was "an especially uproarious reception". [36]
The Beatles recorded their version on July 16, 1963, at the BBC Paris Studios in London for the Pop Go the Beatles radio show. The recording went unreleased until 1994 when it was released on Live at the BBC. The Beatles version is different than Presley's version in that is more rock 'n' roll while Presley's version is in a more rockabilly ...