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.
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.
Let The Music Play
Wilbert Harrison Lyrics
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B. White "I've been out here walkin' and talkin' to myself About four…
Backstreet Boys & N'Sync Oh if someone writes a song with a simple rhyme Just…
Bad Boy Joe We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Barry White "I've been out here walkin' and talkin' to myself About four…
Barry white (funkstar remix) One ticket, please Lord have mercy, everybody's there Hey,…
Barry White - All-time Greatest Hits "I've been out here walkin' and talkin' to myself About four…
Barry White - Marvin Gaye One ticket, please Lord have mercy, everybody's there Hey,…
Barry White And Love Unlimited "I've been out here walkin' and talkin' to myself About four…
Barry White搀 One ticket, please Lord have mercy, everybody's there Hey,…
Bass-O-Rama Each night in some cafe, I'm on display Until the dark…
BeatBox & Real Hey, do it now Yeah, hey Hey, Once I was a boogie…
Beds and Beats Boom, boom Yeah, yeah Boom, boom Yeah, yeah Come one, come …
Ben Harper Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
Ben Harper G. Love & Marc Broussard Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
Ben Liebrand We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Block & Crown Martina Budde Oh baby Think it's time That you let me come inside…
Burt Bacharach Let the music play Just a little longer Let the music play J…
Bus Stop Let the music play, no, no, no, no Let it play Now…
Calvin Russell Life's a checkerboard of nites and days All together yet ea…
Charles Earland Let the music Let the music Let the music Let the music play…
Chris August People in the church, if you feel these words Raise a…
D-Mension Strobe light Dj's tight Go shake mama Shaking ass all night …
Dee & Crane Let the music flow!! Let the music flow Let the music flow L…
Diana Ross & The Supremes We starve, look at one another short of breath Walking prou…
Diana Ross and the Supremes We starve, look at one another short of breath Walking proud…
DJ BOBO JAMES AKA D.L. Okay Let’s Play Picked the wrong boi She Picked the wrong d…
DJ Cargo & D-Verse Strobe light Dj's tight Go shake mama Shaking ass all night …
Dj Ferit vs. Shamur (Let the music play baby) (Music take control) O na kar maa…
G-Moe Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
G. Love & Special Sauce Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
G. Love feat. Ben Harper and Marc Broussard Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
G. Love featuring Ben Harper %26 Marc Broussard Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
G. Love featuring Ben Harper & Marc Broussard Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
G. Love/Marc Broussard Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
Garry Sherman Let the music play Just a little longer Let the music play…
Good Charlotte There's a song that you can find In every moment of…
GUHROOVY feat. M-Project Music is a mirror Near around my soul Music is the spirit Co…
harmony.fm: Barry White Bone bone bone bone Bone bone bone bone Bone bone bone bone …
J. RED the Nephew Let the music flow!! Let the music flow Let the music flow L…
J.G. Lewis Let the music play, yeah Let the music play, yeah Let the…
Johnny Winter When you're feeling sad and lonely And you're troubled too D…
K-e Hey, give it to me now yeah, hey yeah, once i was…
Le K.Fear Could it be, yes it could, play the music that…
Luciano Pavarotti & Barry White "I've been out here walkin' and talkin' to myself About four…
M-Project fw. GUHROOVY Music is a mirror Near around my soul Music is the spirit Co…
M.J. Maggi Let the music flow!! Let the music flow Let the music flow L…
M.K. Project Hey, give it to me now yeah, hey yeah, once i was…
Mambo Brothers We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Mary Kiani We started dancing and love put us into a groove as soon…
Michael Royce One ticket, please Lord have mercy, everybody's there Hey, w…
MONIKKR We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Mr. 440 You said you would never leave, but you went away You…
Mr. Vegas I try to keep my heartbeat steadyYou ask if I'm…
Music Instructor We started dancing and love put us into a groove as…
Neville Nash It sounds like music when you whisper in my ears The…
Noisettes Ain't got nothing to lose I ain't got nobody to blame Driv…
Pain & Rossini We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi O na kar maan rupaiye wala bar bar ke na…
Purple Disco Machine C′mon Believe, believe it I don't care I don′t care (about …
Razah Ohhh, Oohhh, Ohhhh Ohhh, Oohhh, Ohhhh Hey, DJ turn it up…
RBD We started dancin? and love put us into a groove As…
Riffs & Rays A girl I got a game to play its called…
Robert Earl Keen Put the horses in the stable Load the mules on the…
RuPaul What a melody, a simple tune And the lyrics read like…
Shamur Let the music play, baby Music, take control Oh, Oh, ah (o…
Shamur [www.DesiClub.in] I don't know bout you But I'm really in the mood To…
Shamur - www.Songs.PK Let the music play, baby Music, take control Oh, Oh, ah (o…
Shannon We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Squad-E Everybody playing catch-up but these niggas ain't going catc…
Stick Figure Let the music play Let that sweet reggae music play Fire fli…
Strictly M.o.r. Play the music Feel the beat Get somebody Dance like that F…
Taco (What we're gonna do?) (Gonna do what?) (Hey - what we're go…
The Burt Bacharach Let the music play Just a little longer Let the music play J…
The Gym All-Stars This is Mr. Alexander Star Goin' Xtreme Heard you wanna push…
The Hit Crew Play that funky music Play that funky music, white boy…
The Supremes We starve, look at one another short of breath Walking proud…
The Teachers feat. Linda Newman We started dancin′ and love put us into a groove But…
Tommy Told you 기다린다 했잖아 Tom really back in the streets They be lik…
V.A - Funky Collection I We can play a game Take off what you like Scretch for…
Various Artists We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
Virgin-e Everybody playing catch-up but these niggas ain't going catc…
Winter (Johnny) When you're feeling sad and lonely And you're troubled too D…
[www.Bindassmp3.com] We started dancing and love put us into a groove As…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Wilbert Harrison:
1960 Far between sundown′s finish and midnight's broken toll We d…
Blue Monday Blue Monday, how I hate blue Monday Got me workin'…
Goodbye Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
Kansas City Twist I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come I'm…
Let%E2%80%99s Work Together Together we will stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Let's Stick Together Together we will stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Let's Stick Together Let's Work Together Together we will stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Let's Work Together Together we will stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Let's Work Together Parts 1 & 2 Together we'll stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Lets Stick Together And now, the marriage vow is very sacred The man put…
Lets Work Together Together we will stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Let’s Stick Together Together we'll stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Let’s Work Together Together we will stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people…
Louie Louie Louie Louie, oh no Me gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Lo…
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1mespud
Thank you WILBERT HARRISON for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. Your legacy is sealed.
thomas ludwig
This is what pure, soulful, real talent looks like...something hard to find, nowadays especially. The 50's and 60's music had a lot of passion, creativity and integrity.
Beatle
This is the 1st time I have seen this. Tremendous live performance. Definitely part of rock and roll history.
michael t
First time also...wow!
Bruce Williams
I played drums in a country light rock band for 30 plus years. this was one of our most requested songs. great dance song
Daniel Stump
Wonderful artist ...
and a pioneer of rock and roll
Jim Cushman
Released in April 1959...got to #1 on the Billboard "Hot 100" charts on May 18, 1959. Sold over 1,000,000 copies...and has become one of THE classics in rock'n'roll history!
bereni
Let's not forget the first version of the track by Little Willie Littlefield (1952) under the name of KC loving on Federal!
Phung Ngo
Nobody sings this song better than Wilbert Harrison.
monica bella
Dion DiMucci