Wilbert Harrison (January 5, 1929 β October 26, 1994) was an American singe… Read Full Bio ↴Wilbert Harrison (January 5, 1929 β October 26, 1994) was an American singer, pianist, guitarist, and harmonica player. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the soul and rnb artist influenced numerous musicians during his mutli-decade career and also played a role in the evolution of rock n roll music. Harrison's best known for having a Billboard #1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City", the track still picking up widespread airplay for years and years.
The song was was one of the first credited collaborations by the acclaimed musical team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the men writing it back in 1952. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Harrison sang "Kansas City" for the Harlem based entrepreneur Bobby Robinson, and he recorded additional singles for the Fire and Fury record labels, which were owned and operated by Robinson.
After this spike of widespread success, Harrison continued to perform and record, exciting his many fans. However, it would be another ten years before he again cracked the Billboard Top 40 when he released "Let's Work Together (Part 1)", a track that went to #32 in early 1970 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 1970 hit version was distributed as a single through Sue Records (Sue 11) and was backed with "Let's Work Together (Part 2)". The full version of the tune, a five minute and ninteen second song that was included on the Sue Records album SSLP-8801, was simply called "Let's Work Together". An earlier version of the full song by Harrison came out in 1962 as "Let's Stick Together" (on Fury 1059 and Fury 1063).
A sign of Harrison's strong influence on soul music, cover versions of his song would be later be hits for both the American rock band Canned Heat and the British singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry. It was also recorded by country rock group The Kentucky Headhunters for the soundtrack to the Mickey Rourke film 'Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'. Harrison had some additional success with "My Heart Is Yours", and his non-charting singles continued to be beloved among many American rnb fans. He toured for many years with a band known as 'Wilbert Harrison and The Roamers', as well as a solo act.
Harrison died of a stroke in 1994, in a Spencer, North Carolina nursing home at the age of 65. In 2001, his recording of "Kansas City" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and has also been named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Harrison was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
The song was was one of the first credited collaborations by the acclaimed musical team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the men writing it back in 1952. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Harrison sang "Kansas City" for the Harlem based entrepreneur Bobby Robinson, and he recorded additional singles for the Fire and Fury record labels, which were owned and operated by Robinson.
After this spike of widespread success, Harrison continued to perform and record, exciting his many fans. However, it would be another ten years before he again cracked the Billboard Top 40 when he released "Let's Work Together (Part 1)", a track that went to #32 in early 1970 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 1970 hit version was distributed as a single through Sue Records (Sue 11) and was backed with "Let's Work Together (Part 2)". The full version of the tune, a five minute and ninteen second song that was included on the Sue Records album SSLP-8801, was simply called "Let's Work Together". An earlier version of the full song by Harrison came out in 1962 as "Let's Stick Together" (on Fury 1059 and Fury 1063).
A sign of Harrison's strong influence on soul music, cover versions of his song would be later be hits for both the American rock band Canned Heat and the British singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry. It was also recorded by country rock group The Kentucky Headhunters for the soundtrack to the Mickey Rourke film 'Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'. Harrison had some additional success with "My Heart Is Yours", and his non-charting singles continued to be beloved among many American rnb fans. He toured for many years with a band known as 'Wilbert Harrison and The Roamers', as well as a solo act.
Harrison died of a stroke in 1994, in a Spencer, North Carolina nursing home at the age of 65. In 2001, his recording of "Kansas City" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and has also been named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Harrison was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
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βKansas Cityβ by Wilbert Harrison.
The song was written in 1952 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and was originally titled βK.C. Lovin.β Little Willie Littlefield recorded it in 1952, and there have been hundreds of covers and recordings, but Wilbert Harrisonβs version in 1959 was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It sold more than one million copies and earned in RIAA gold record. Soon after Harrisonβs release, there were versions by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Rockinβ Ronald & The Rebels,Β and Little Richard (in a medley). Β Other notable versions are by The Beatles, Β James Brown, Fats Domino, Bill Haley & His Comets, Brenda Lee, Peggy Lee, Trini Lopez, Muddy Waters, Tom Jones, Jay and The Americans, The Everly Brothers, Dean Reed, and Sammy Davis, Jr., just to name a few. Β It was the recording of by Harrison that was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and is on the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll."
The lyrics are fun, as the singer feels he needs to go urgently to Kansas City to find a new girlfriend. Now, as to the type of girlfriend he's looking for, we'll leave that up to your imagination:
"Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy lil' women there and I'm gonna get me one
I'm gonna be stand on the corner, 12th street & Vine
Gonna be stand on the corner, 12th street & Vine
With my Kansas City baby and a bottle o' Kansas City wine
Well I might take a train, I might take a plane
But I have to walk...I'm goin' just the same
Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy lil' women there and I'm gonna get me one
...Ah but ya know ya...
Now if I stay with that woman, I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a brand new baby...that's the reason why
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy lil' women there and I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy lil' women there and I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy lil' women there and I'm gonna get me one"
Harrison was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was an R&B singer, pianist, guitarist, and harmonica player. Harrison recorded on Bobby Robinson's Fire and Fury record labels. Harrison performed for many years. In 1970, he had charting success with "Let's Work Together (Part 1)" and "My Heart is Yours." Robinson was an independent record producer, who founded a number of record labels, and worked such artists as The Shirelles, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Elmore James, King Curtis, and Lee Dorsey, just to name a few.
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Leigh Garrett
I love this song, it just makes you feel good, one of those songs you can't help but play over and over while dancing around the room.
Terese Urzo
Yup i dance all around my house
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Hector Robles
Yes a very awesome song.I lived in Kansas City
Lissa Rose
Leigh Garrett agree π daughter an I play this on our roadies together βοΈ
B. R. Hollowell
@Nikolas Stoebick I concur!
Nikolas Stoebick
Sounds even better when you're from Kansas City π
Christy Campbell
This was my dadβs favorite song in the world! He passed away years ago but heβd put the record on the stereo in our living room and dance all over the place smiling and happy. Miss him and love hearing this memory of him. β€οΈ
MJ THE KING
Sorry for your loss
Robert Graham
A Beautiful memory βοΈπ
Paul Ausherman
I've always loved this song the Rhythm can't be beat