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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 ...
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In 1983, he did not show up to record the next Kansas album. His departure from the band after the Vinyl Confessions tour in 1982 was for personal reasons. Subsequently, he fronted his own band, Steinhardt-Moon and was a member of the Stormbringer Band from 1990 to 1996, recording two CDs with the group during his membership. [5]
The alt-rock band Better Than Ezra's 2023 single, "Mystified," grew out of a conversation band member Kevin Griffin had with his wife, Erica Krusen, about her experiences growing up in Topeka ...
Rockfest was an outdoor, hard rock and metal music festival held annually by Kansas City radio station KQRC-FM 98.9 The Rock since 1992. Over the years, the festival was held at various venues around the city, including Liberty Memorial Park, Kansas Speedway, and Sandstone Amphitheater.
Garrison Field House, just north of the hollow in Garrison Square, served the Black community and boasted the first branch of the Kansas City Public Library that served Black Kansas Citians.
The band Kansas was formed in Topeka in 1973. It will perform in Topeka later this year as part of its 50th anniversary tour at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, at the Topeka Performing Arts Center.
Kansas City was known for the organized musicians of the Local 627 A.F.M., which controlled a number of venues in the city. [2] Almost every jazz history depicts Kansas City jazz as a fertile ground for the development of big bands, virtuosic performances, and legendary performers. [3]