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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.
He had a Billboard #1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City". [2] The song was written in 1952 and was one of the first credited collaborations by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [3] Harrison recorded "Kansas City" for the Harlem-based entrepreneur Bobby Robinson, who ...
The music video for the song features a yellow brick road and dancing puppets including one that looks like the character of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale was from the US state of Kansas. The Kansas City most people recognize (from skyline photos and sports teams) is the city in the US state of Missouri.
"The Kansas City Song", a 1970 song by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos Kansas City jazz , a style of jazz that originated in the 1920s and 1930s Kansas City blues (music) , a style of blues that developed in the 1940s
On September 13, 2012, Kansas began a new tour with a performance at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. Opening for them was the band King's X and a one-man-band called That 1 Guy . This tour featured many hits from the albums Leftoverture and Point of Know Return , as well as material from a number of their other albums.
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet's Google.The service is designed with a user interface that allows users to explore songs and music videos on YouTube-based genres, playlists, and recommendations.
Blowin' in from Kansas City (Flair/Virgin, 1991) compilation; Call My Baby (Night Train International, 1991) compilation; Live at the Notodden Blues Festival with Robben Ford (Blue Rock'it, 1992) The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues (Indigo, 1993) Ain't Nobody's Business (The Blues Collection) (Orbis, 1992) compilation
The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.