Wilbert Harrison (January 5, 1929 – October 26, 1994) was an American singe… Read Full Bio ↴Wilbert Harrison (January 5, 1929 – 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.

Kansas City
Wilbert Harrison Lyrics

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I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I'm going 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 standing on the corner
Of Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner

Of Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine

Well I might take a train
I might take a plane, but if I have to walk
I'm going just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy lil' women there
And I'm gonna get me one

Oh but you know, yeah

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 going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come

They got some crazy lil' women there and I'm gonna get me one

They got 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

Overall Meaning

The song "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison is a rock and roll classic that describes the singer’s desire to travel to Kansas City, where he can find crazy women and a new love interest. The lyrics speak of the excitement and thrill of going to a new place, even if it means walking there. The song's verses repeat themselves, reinforcing the idea that the singer is determined to travel to Kansas City and find a new woman. He wants a fresh start, as he believes staying with his current partner would lead to his demise.

The chorus of the song reveals the singer's eagerness to arrive in Kansas City, as he plans to stand on the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine, drinking Kansas City wine with his new partner. He shows confidence and determination that he will find the perfect woman for him. He wants to move on, break away, and find new love.

Overall, the song "Kansas City" conveys the thrill of adventure, excitement, and the desire for a fresh start, highlighting how moving to a new city and starting afresh can be exhilarating.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I am excited to go to Kansas City and I can't wait to get there.

They got some crazy lil' women there And I'm gonna get me one
Kansas City has some unique and interesting women and I intend to find someone special.

I'm gonna be standing on the corner Of Twelfth Street and Vine With my Kansas City baby And a bottle of Kansas City wine
I plan to hang out on the famous Twelfth Street and Vine corner with my special someone, and we'll share a bottle of wine unique to Kansas City.

Well I might take a train I might take a plane, but if I have to walk I'm going just the same
I will travel to Kansas City no matter what it takes, even if I have to walk there. I am determined to get there.

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 going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
If I stay with my current partner, it will be the end of me, so I need to go to Kansas City to find someone new and start fresh.

They got some crazy lil' women there And I'm gonna get me one They got 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
Kansas City has multiple unique women and I am determined to find the perfect one for me. I will not give up until I find her.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

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Comments from YouTube:

@pixelsb4150

9w↑13

Back here to say

Congrats on Back to Back Superbowl wins

Kansas City has become a Dynasty team.
Insane.

@Taino1491

1y↑42

Finally went to Kansas City and played this whole time in my headphones.. I loved it ..

@joker432

1y↑6

As a life long native of KC, I’m glad you enjoyed KC!

@gussiegrey4616

5y↑824

It was summer of 1959 I was 16 and getting ready for my Junior year of high school. Oh my what a wonderful time!😄 Not a care in the world. Makes my 76 year-old heart smile with these beautiful memories!😁

@txmwxl

5y↑44

I love your generation!

@johnmoore9862

5y↑17

Good luck Gussie, take it easy!👍.

@abjectt5440

5y↑20

Same here in Canada at 69. lol. You old fart.

@marileedent4206

5y↑15

I was born 59 in Kansas

@webwelder2000

5y↑11

KC is my hometown and I can listen to anything but I sure hear this in a way that no other song can match. 🙂

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@kayellen100

3y↑234

My dad was a musician back in the 60s and 70s and he adored this song. He passed in 09 and we played it at his Funeral. He would have been pissed off if we played sad music. Lol. I miss my Dad. ❤❤❤

@people4peace999

2y↑5

That's beautiful ❤️

@cliffordyawn4647

2y↑4

I know how you feel Ruth. God bless

@cliffordyawn4647

2y↑1

@LucyLovettLestrange

2y↑3

Exactly! My grandfather died of brain cancer two years ago but all we did was celebrate him!

@bksalkrook9348

2y↑3

my dad rip loved this song as well !!!

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@lisagiles5197

3y↑148

I was on the Washington DC TV "American Bandstand " in 1959. I'll never forget watching Wilbert Harrison sing this on that show. What a trip!

@JH-cz1ky

https://youtu.be/UonBS_mvW-E
Is this it, and are you spotlighted at all? Seems like it would have been so much fun!

@philly8462

That is so awesome⭐️

@jamesbarker6169

2y↑3

1959...DC and American Bandstand...sounds like The Milt Grant Show...This was DC"s version of the teen dance shows, which ran from 1957 to 1963. Baltimore had The Buddy Dean show !

@seanslattery5574

What a great memory ❤

@kingdoc3262

I recall seeing that version here on the internet. Thank you for sharing that. You're so fortunate 🎉

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@alenacain4635

2y↑48

I was born in 57. And I was raised on this song! My grandma and grandpa used to sing it traveling on road trips with me in the back seat back when cars were made of good metal. Ingrained in my mind forever and I love it!

@TotsNater

6y↑41

My Gram's all-time favorite song. She would frequently modify the lyric "crazy little women" to "crazy little men" when she sang it. She passed away on Monday, at the age of 91. We had this song played as her coffin was wheeled out of the church and the family followed behind. ❤️

@sunsparkle8443

5y↑1

condolences to you. I've been there.

@galloping3265

I hope someone plays "Wildfire" at my funeral!😅

@melliehobson8299

God bless her. Wish she could've seen this SUPERBOWL WIN! I sing "eighteenth and vine," because 12th and Vine don't intersect, and 18th and Vine is in our Jazz district. Sorry you lost your Gran before she got to experience this with her city.

@leegonzales3977

5y↑58

This is my grandpa Richards favorite song and he turned 88 today

@jeffmead2935

4y↑3

gawd bless Grandpa Richards

@harleye2323

3y↑4

Long live grandpa Richards

@paulklein3612

4y↑155

Who's listening ln 2020, every time i go see my friend in Kansas City i rock with this song, they really don't make music like this anymore!

@DrDommm

4y↑6

Your dead right

@jamiemurphy1592

4y↑5

I love this song

@im9282

4y↑4

They're listening tonight!

@BigBrainNicky

4y↑5

Super Bowl Champs! As an Eagles fan I've never rooted so hard for another team in my life.

@jamiemurphy1592

4y↑2

Good morning Paul Klein I do I love oldies but goodies okay mine mom grew up with oldies but goodies all her kid years and when she was in Jr high and Jr high school okay and even knows how to do all the oldie but goodies dance moves okay her and her five brothers and four sisters okay the mashpoltatoe and the twice and the peppermint twice and the hop and the Jr okay and the gimiey some gray tonight yeapy and the cockroach dace too and come let's stroll stroll across the floor okay yeapy mine mom is a good great oldie but goodie dancer okay from Jamie on YouTube I even watch her dance and she teaches me how too do all the oldie but goodies dance moves okay yeapy and I know all most all of the too yeapy and mine favorite oldie but goodie song is the twice and the mashpolatatoe okay and honeycomb to yeapy and mine other two favorite oldie but goodie songs are down in the blue dotes okay more favorite oldie but goodie song it's call wallotessuize dance okay I fell in love with oldies but goodies music serious no disrespect and sence when I was growing up as a little kid and when I was fifteen years old okay serious okay well you keep on jamming too those oldie but goodies okay take care bye from Jamie on YouTube

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@cyniaread9122

2y↑4

I wasn't born until the late 60's but I grew up listening to these good ole songs. This song makes me think of my friend Connie. She was born in 1959. It's a long funny/sad story. Connie passed at age 54. Every time I hear this song I laugh, cry and dance.

@stephaniebristol3837

4y↑7

Learned the stroll with my mom to this song. Played it at my wedding too. Timeless.

@LaoJen

Yess!!

@annturner1256

My mom taught me to stroll. Fun memories.

@frankiecrouse7933

3y↑4

I was born in 1970 & when I was @ 7-8 my daddy gave me his old record player & a huge box of 45's I grew up LISTENING to the best music ever made❤I MISS YOU DADDY & THANK YOU for teaching me the GREATS🙏☝🤗😍

@greenlantern1123

3y↑34

Remember my mother playing this song in the 70s and it’s one of my favorite memories of her. I play it all the time through my life . Miss you mom ❤️

@WildeNotesMusic

10y↑32

A classic R & B song written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller in 1952, recorded by many artists (including Peggy Lee). Wilbert Harrison's 1959 arrangement (with some lyric modification) has become "the definitive version" and is a classic. Recently honored by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

@lovewillkillusall

11y↑125

Remembering my mother and father dancing to this in our house :) My aunt and her boyfriend laughing at my dad because he was so tall and lanky but dancing like crazy, lol! And their family friend Neal, who would sing along and play his fold up keyboard that he'd always be luggin' around :) <3 I so love this song! And I'm so grateful my mother had me growing up listening music like this, just plain GOOD music!

@karenharps6006

2y↑1

Yes! Absolutely!

@jimshipp7776

2y↑2

Great story!

@pacificblu9662

Love your story! 💕

@nakiawallace3899

Sounds like relatable GOID & AMAZING MEMORIES

@baronvonwhat

I remember the same
We had a finished basement with
perfect tile floor. my mom waxing it. the smell tipped me off. They were have a dance and cocktails
at my house. so cool for us 60/70 kids. even nuns and a priest came with the rest of my dads
air force friends. a woot. lol.
my dad even got a sitting manaquine, put him on the toilet, upstairs bathroom , to freak out the nuns. lol
Oh what a time than.

@BeeKool__113

1y↑11

This song was in my dream last night. It's always been a favorite of mine. My grandparents used to move all their furniture to the side in their living room and dance to their records from their youth. Including this little number.

Even my great grandfather really enjoyed this song and he wasn't exactly a fan of much of the music that came of the 50s and 60s. But this one was favorite of his as well.

@tekuwheeler3548

2y↑5

I've never been to Kansas City but I freaking love this song such a feel good song love from Hilo Hawaii

@ljh45s

2y↑3

it was the best back then ,,glad I was there,, wish I could back it was the best and all ways will be ,,,and still listen to it today and always will ,,,69 and still jammin to it ,, play YouTube all the time to listen to it, radio is no Good anymore.

@SaraRandazzo-ew4vh

13w↑1

My mother loved this song, she always played this whenever there was a jukebox in the restaurant.

@heidilutz1472

10w

I want to dance to it. Any help on how my mom used to dance to it it in 59-60?

@-spacedout--spacebound-7438

2y↑7

My grandfather loves this song. He grew up in the 50s and 60s and he plays the music constantly. I grew up with it too. And now, I'm graduated from high school and I've moved away... This brings back so many memories 🥺

@wiske7834

11y↑11

Never get tired of this song.

@larrydevore6657

2y↑7

I play this song before every Chiefs game, gets me psyched up for the game. Go Chiefs!!!!!!

@johnbarrettithinkheinvente4638

Am 68 now and I remember my dad playing this single 60 years ago great song

@thekingcobra63

6y↑74

When Rock and Roll was actually Rock and Roll. Great Ribs in KC too.

@thecrushedtwinkie6632

3y↑7

But this is NOT a "rock and roll song!" It a soul, rythm and blues type song.

@aunaprendo9957

3y↑1

Check out oklahoma joe's for the best bbq you'll ever have

@helenbailey8419

3y↑1

Music you can dance too

@patriciarodela3301

@ThdCrusedTwinkle it's all three rock and roll soul and r&b song.

@dwaynejackson751

@@thecrushedtwinkie6632 yes it is you idiot

@scottholloway9020

1y↑3

Sunday, February 12,2023,The Lombardi trophy is singing this tonight!!!!

@gooberspal

12y↑56

A musician who I greatly respect says that this is the best rock 'n' roll song ever recorded. I think he's right!

@thegreatgizmo3590

Can be, maybe

@derekmyers3258

Do you have a mind of your own or nah?

@LaoJen

I liked this but this song has a STRONG connection with me, a runaway at 16. What a summer!

@1942Woodie

Been sayin that for years

@sonyabennett2730

1y↑3

To many great rock’n’roll songs to narrow it down to just one.

@Internationaldjmakavelidre

1y↑2

This my uncle Wilbert Harrison and my dad Jimmy MackJohnson Harrison aka Lenny Curtis on drums miss u uncle

@hattiebrewster2586

2y↑4

I was 13, there was a neighborhood candy store on my street ,in Georgia, w/a jukebox this 45 was just one song of many that I remember. Young & carefree wonderful days.

@LaoJen

I hear you

@chantelizer3451

4y↑25

I feel like this is an appropriate time to listen to this song 🤗

@deebby2323

12y↑27

I wish this kind of music was still alive in these days3

@RobinRobertson

3y↑1

My daddy passed away back in 2016. He was 84 years old and this was his FAVORITE song. I cry big ol fat tears while listening to this song. He was an Oklahoma farm boy that first came to Ft Worth Texas back in 1950 and he liked to go to the Stagecoach Ballroom just to dance his heart out. He went there for years. He told me that many, many times he'd tip the dj big money several times a night just to play this song when it first came out. Shortly before he passed away I would play this song for him and he would get the biggest grin on his face!! 😊

@LaoJen

1y↑1

Thanks for sharing that. You are obviously a pretty damn wonderful daughter to take the time to post this. I was a runaway at 16 when this song hit and it was one of my three teenage summer songs. So poignant!

@RobinRobertson

@@LaoJen thank you. 😊

@musicman195959

12y↑21

They don't make 'em like this no more. Classic. I totally love it. Thanks for taking me back down memory lane.

@reflectback

4y↑9

Congratulations Kansas City!!
Super Bowl Champs 2020 🤟

@untouchableraider1960

Chocked in Tampa Bay

@bigbearmerriott9056

My dad, God rest his soul would sing this to my mom, miss him

@esthermarin326

9w↑2

I remember meeting my dad for the first time. I was 13th, he was a trucker and was playing that song on his 8 track. Does anyone remember those 8 tracks 😅

@keviadanae6688

2y↑5

I miss my grandma this was her anthem !!! 😔

@robertsimms315

3y↑8

I was born in 1968 and this is a small piece of what my dad's record collection was like. I'm so glad to have heard and still continue listening to this awesome music. I think my dad had more Elvis Presley and Johnny Mathis records among many other legendary singers from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. It was a great time listening to his record collection as a kid.

@jimshipp7776

It's awesome that you can appreciate those artists!

@donkilbourn3248

My dad had the 8 track. We wore it out in his ‘60 Caddy

@barbarajanvier

2y↑1

Wilbert Harrison. Kansas CITY. 1959*SONG I LOVE
IT

@floridagator013

7w↑1

Who remembers back when IMUS in the Morning used this awesome song as bumper music on WFAN? 🤩

@michaelbruns449

2y↑8

This songs lyrics resonate so vividly, makes me actually wanna pack up and go to Kansas City and find out what hes singing about. But being there now probably isnt where its at anymore, just aint what it use to be, but like hey lets face it, nothing really is, never is.

@CellaMadea

2y↑2

Exactly, MB!!! CellaMadea

@michaelbruns449

2y↑2

@@CellaMadea Thanx...

@Axqu7227

2y↑1

It’s still a really fun and underrated place! The music scene rules, it’s becoming great for craft beer, riverboats if you like that sort of thing, the best tailgate culture in the country, and the bbq can’t be beat. And the arts scene is huge! Really low key vacation spot.

@geraldjohnson4013

2y↑1

I lived in Kansas City Missouri for 15 years. It's a beautiful city and so is the rest of the Kansas City metropolitan area as a whole.

@LaoJen

1y↑1

Don't know about now, but Kansas City was ROCKIN' when I was there in the 80's! And this song was one of my 3 faves as a runaway in Daytona Beach summer of 69

@johnashley327

5y↑8

This song rocks. I can't stop dancing.

@marilynbaylis524

20/22 still enjoying this music!! ❤️😂😂😂. 👍

@sandyhowell3485

16w↑1

I love this song I was born and raised in Missouri and now 40 years later I sometimes wish I was back where I came from guess when you are young you don't think about things like that from me to the show me state

@NorEasterReaper

5y↑8

I've loved this song ever since my grandfather gave me his set of oldies records, and now, today, I flew on my first plane to actually go there.

@kubalenyaundi2493

Published on Jan 29 2010

@user-wq8xx9tu4o

5y↑60

Who here in 2019

@toxictony4856

4y↑1

crystal clear that’s probably most dumbest thing you can ask in a comment section were most of the people watching are 65 to 85 years of age your seriously going to make this A cancerous comment section / no hate

@midnightdeluxegaming6582

4y↑3

@@toxictony4856 ok boomer

@joeskeptical4762

December 13th

@haraldharam9334

Hey bro!

@jesseperera8735

Not juice wrld that's 4sure

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@kingdoc3262

9w↑2

It's 2024 Chiefs just won second Super bowl in a row. Thought about this song made 2 y before my birth🎉 Congratulations 🎊

@robertsmith2879

2w↑1

They should've played this at the beginning at the rally

@lukemon25

11y↑7

One of the best non-played songs, LOVE IT! enjoy it y'all

@davidmaslow7473

8y↑127

Among songs that stand the test of time, this one is definitely in the Royal Roost!

@MrChrisdube

Absolutely right!

By the way, I heard the places mentioned in this song no longer exist.

Is that true?

@rorrante

9y↑9

Classic song, never gets old ! Love the guitar solo in there too !

@Dano54100

I was 7 years old living in Santa Monica listening to big bopper what a song what a song yaaaaaababa

@johnwesleyhuss2327

3y↑1

Just got home from a day in Kansas City, MO! It Was Amazing!

@katwhelan6461

7y↑67

Sits on sofa plays this song!, "instant feet tapping" shakes head side to side!
:)

@davidgoossen113

So, does Beyonce songs get your foot tapping without even thinking about it? No? I didn't think so. Me neither. Give me back the 50's 60's 70's songs any day.

@lucasasampsel4103

5y↑10

One of my favorites. I love how I can relate a song to a moment or memory in my life!! What would I do without music!?!?!

@dougoconnor3889

44w

I was 9 years old when this song came out. My mom God Bless her would turn up the radio in our old kitchen and we would all listen to Wilbur. After 63 years it's still my favorite song, 12th Street and Vine.

@sophiapistachio5169

12y↑1

It's Dad, Mr. Hedonist and my first love. I'm a little girl all over again. Dad and friends smoking playing the guitar, sticks, piano, drums.... Dad and Tarzan singing "I'm going to Kansas City..." Men taking their ladies out and dancing. Amazing.... Music, the very essence of my soul. Its message is universal.

@LaoJen

Yep

@lindadee2053

5y↑5

I remember I was sittin' in the back seat of my neighbor's 1956 Lincoln Continental when I first heard this song. Loved it immediately even though I was only 11 years old.

@THERobertL2000

1y↑3

Congratulations to the Super Bowl LVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs!

@habs4life41

5y↑2

Anyone in their 20s listen to this type of music? I love it

@johngood3626

was 19 and in the Navy, as I am from Missouri loved it.

@RandomVideos-hy7hv

5y↑28

2019 still a beautiful song

@cmurphy0707

1y↑7

Kansas City are coming back to the Super Bowl!!!!!

@lettybedwell4267

26w

The Art Of Loving That Extra Special Someone ‘ That You Will Nevet Get Over Or Forget 😢 Sweet Lvove 💖 💙...

@christopherdalton7828

10y↑216

The most classy version of Kansas City and not one other version of the song came close to the Wilbert Harrison recording

@charliem4524

10y↑7

You are exactly right--even the Beatles version does not compare to this.

@Michael10000

7y↑3

What about the original version of the song by Little Willie Littlefield?

@silverarrowslk

7y↑1

Christopher Dalton Absolutely agree with you. The original and best version

@mr.warmth1511

this is the original kid

@dax2172

7y↑2

Little Willie Littlefield did the original version gramps. Just as good,if not better imho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAR7vfd6GHg

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@willcarr9177

8y↑43

Why can't today's music be like this! This is such a great song with an amazing foot taping beat!

@ahorse4953

8y↑5

+Beatles Fan 1964
I know right! Music today is totally crap!

@Kirke182

5y↑5

That's what makes a period special: it was done a certain way then and isn't done that way anymore--for better or worse. It definitely looks like it's for worse judging from today's shitty garbage.

@ernestoarroliga2613

Cuando la composición es magistral,no es necesario tanto aparato.Hay una interpretación del artista ejecutando el piano y vocalizando.Imperecedera.

@brianmccauley339

4y↑1

When most population is bent toward righteousness in God ..the arts and culture become quality ..if it is not then garbage is produced ..today is perfect example

@Frankincensedjb123

To be honest, it's a very simply structured song

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@BlindFocus1

4y↑217

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — 2020 Super Bowl Champions — February 2, 2020! God bless!

@understandingitall3927

4y↑5

BlindFocus1 I am a MN fan, but I enjoyed the Chiefs season and big win! Thought of this song EVERYTIME!!!
Congratulations! 🎈

@BigBrainNicky

4y↑5

As an Eagles fan I've never rooted for another team so hard in my life. Congrats Andy Reid and the Chiefs Kingdom!

@andyjay729

4y↑2

Who knows, maybe the Lions might win it next year (especially now that Patriots seem to be fading).

@sabinamoreno4799

Maybe the cowboys may be next got new coach

@billbelzek6748

Any chance the Chiefs wanna trade Mahomes for Wentz ??

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@angelahibbert-seltun3821

4y↑1

I get choked up when I hear this song...I'm missing my town! It brings back memories and I think maybe it's time to head back there...

@carrkizz

One of my favorite songs
Hail from AustriA

@adamscott7492

4y↑7

Here after superbowl 54, I heard this song played before going commercial break

@ramonexs9bm769

7y↑37

this YouTube is amazing, 20 years ago it used to take weeks to get hold of a song I was lookin for.

@mr.warmth1511

6y↑5

i have 3,000 oldies and dont take subscribers, just enjoy.

@alane2216

origins im 47 just discovered this lil jem 6 months ago now is 1 of the favorites forever

@backlash1186

4y↑2

My grandpa and his brothers had a band when they were younger and this was the only song my grandpa would ever sing. He played guitar the rest of the time.

@somesmoothjazzplease6285

4y↑29

I'm sure this song was played all over Kansas city when they won the super bowl....congrats to you guys from toronto Canada.

@somesmoothjazzplease6285

4y↑1

@Bob Ellison not sure why my previous comment had made you angry...guessing you're not from Kansas city. For the "serious social issue" comment in case you haven't heard there's a virus floating around the world ,for awhile now, called the coronavirus, in which lead to a lockdown. I hope this helps you.

@anonymouscustomer7781

4y↑1

Don’t mind him, that’s just Bob.. Bob’s not exactly the brightest crayon in the box (if you know what I mean)

@johnwesleyhuss2327

@@somesmoothjazzplease6285 its a forty whiner

@fredpickett6219

3y↑6

One of the best soundtrack albums ever made.

@rollmartinez4827

Enjoying the best music ever!!

@francescarlisle8829

We sure did. Had the best time of my life too. If we could go back sometime.

@samhicks97

7y↑4

Truly a catchy master piece.

@michaelbruns449

2y↑13

Wow, what a great song, so sadly underrated, definitely just a good as anything else from the same influential musical era!

@johndean4765

41w↑1

Beats me why radio stations all refuse to play the great records of the 1950s.

@michaelbruns449

41w↑1

@@johndean4765When i started listening to the radio a few decades ago every station played 50s music, now none of them do, unfortunately everything eventually fades away, just like the 60s 70s 80s music also will someday, the sad truth. When everyone who had anything to do with them are dead and gone, those musical decades also will be no more.

@paulboy741

My mom use to play all these song's in our house growing up as she was cooking or cleaning the house. Then when I was a teenager she'd be bumping them in her car everytime she'd pick me up from somewhere or from a friend's house. All my friend's loved my mom & thought she was the coolest. (Which she was) 😊She loved all the music from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's. My mom was a hip woman. I'm soo thankful for the good taste in music she had and that she imparted in me. She passed away at 64yrs old in 2014 but there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of her or something reminds me of her. I played this song when Kansas City beat the 49ers to all my Niner family & friend's. Lol..

@lynneasbury3246

28w

I was 1 year old, but I love this.

@briannefzger7381

6y↑6

This recording has soul. Still the best version.

@justsomejohn5772

9w↑3

You did it again Chiefs!

@rickhackaday7520

Kansas City native, born & raised... Still here

@JamesAlee-no9tq

22w↑1

Totally nostalgical! Wilbert is so underated!

@JustMe-kk3zy

6y↑7

Everytime I hear this song I can see my mom dancing to this and how she would really get into it brings back precious memories of her. 💜❤

@phopkins5111

10y↑9

Always nice to see the Welcome to Kansas City sign after a long trip....good to be back home.....Love the song.....

@belleboy16

4y↑1

These were days of real Rock N Roll. Oh to be young again.

@LaoJen

Amen

@geraldrembert2461

17w

My mother loved this song. I like it too. I was 10 years old when this song was released.

@StonedMeadowOfDoom

5y↑88

I can't hear this song now without bursting into tears of laughter after hearing The Rock do a cover back in 2003. Look up The Rock Concert LMAO

@twicethechamps

3y↑6

I can't help but think of The Rock's parody about Sacramento. "I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May."

@Info255

3y↑2

Lmao love.you channel bro. Also that dhit was funny as hell, I forgot about it like a repressed memory

@tonyii3818

That sucks

@billbyers2344

Hollywood Rock ruled!!!!

@SDS559

12y↑4

This was the #1 song the day I was born. Very cool!

@LaoJen

Yes, very cool!

@joanietaylor-mitchell8559

3y↑2

In 2021 remembering this one right here right now.. Growing up in the 50's

@bustaa2720

50w

I grew up listening to this generation of music and still listen to it kinda unheard of for my generation 😂 since I’m 19

@RodBurkholz

2y↑4

First major hit by the duo who wrote many of Elvis’ early songs, Leiber-Stoller. …brought to life and etched in rock n roll history by Wilbur. So epic.

@katieotto7700

5y↑5

This is me every time I go to Kansas City for any reason.

@violet2048

16y

My dads favorite, if it was in a jukebox he was playin it. Thanks for the memories.

@dkuhs

I was 14 when this movie came out in 1973 . The famous quote from this movie ,”where were you in 62?” What a great movie , what a great soundtrack, what times those must have been . It gave me a love & appreciation of that time . Great music ! ❤️❤️🎼🎼

@Drake.Robey.

7y↑24

Cool classic !!!! Even though I came of age in the early '80s, this song is a major part of the sound track of my life !!! Greaser culture rules !!!!

@mikelivesey1780

5y↑2

I agree I was born in 72 but my style was 50s

@Drake.Robey.

5y↑2

@@mikelivesey1780 Thanks, Mike !!! Rock on, dude !!!

@AK47bandit

16y↑2

My personal favorite too! I listened to this stuff when I used to ride freight trains around the country! Happy memories:)

@LaoJen

14 year old comment! Where are you now, AK?

@phungcanhngo

Beautiful song by Wonderful voice From Wilbert Harrison.

@user-zc2vg4wx1e

I am 77 years. Old and still love the somg ❤❤

@Joe1957D

12y↑6

Something to make old people come back to life.....young one's too!!

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