Kansas City (aka “K.C. Loving”)

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Relationships

lyricist:Jerry Leiber (in 1952)
composer:Mike Stoller (in 1952)
publisher:EMI Music Ltd.
Jerry Leiber Music
Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP)
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/10583 [info]
Songfacts:https://www.songfacts.com/facts/wilbert-harrison/kansas-city [info]
Wikidata:Q1723915 [info]
referred to in medleys:Kansas City Hey Hey Hey (order: 1)
later parody versions:Equestrian Wasteland
later translated versions:Kansas City (german lyrics)
later versions:Kansas City Hey Hey Hey

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1955-09-13Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2)coverLittle Richard2:18
1955-09-13Kansas City (take 1)coverLittle Richard2:09
1959-12-02 – 1959-12-09Goin' to Kansas CityliveJimmy Witherspoon3:13
1959-12-02 – 1959-12-09Kansas Citycover and liveJimmy Witherspoon3:11
1959Kansas CityThe Allegrettes2:30
1960-07-26Kansas CitycoverThe Leiber-Stoller Big Band2:29
1961-04-14Kansas CitycoverPeggy Lee, Quincy Jones2:30
1962-04-30Kansas City (mono)coverChris Connor3:54
1962-04-30Kansas City (stereo)coverChris Connor3:53
1962Kansas City (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany)cover and liveThe Beatles2:04
1962Kansas City / Rip It Upcover and medleyBrian & Hugh Hopper & Pete Lawson2:24
1963-03 – 1963-04Kansas CitycoverDick Dale and His Del‐Tones2:45
1965-02-13Kansas City LovingcoverHerman’s Hermits2:08
1965Kansas City (live, 1965: England)cover and liveThe Spencer Davis Group4:23
1966-05Kansas CitycoverCount Basie & His Orchestra4:00
1967-06-24 – 1968-06-25Kansas City (live, 1967-06-2x: Apollo Theater, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveJames Brown and The Famous Flames3:54
1967-09-13Kansas CityinstrumentalBooker Ervin3:00
1968-08-26Kansas City (live, 1968-08-26: Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and liveJames Brown4:14
1969-01-26Kansas City / Miss Ann / Lawdy Miss Clawdy 26.59cover and medleyThe Beatles4:07
1969-01-26 – 1969-01-27Kansas City / Miss Ann / Lawdy Miss Clawdy 26.59Pcover and medleyThe Beatles3:57
1969Kansas CityJimmy Witherspoon3:01
1972Kansas Citycover and liveJimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford3:31
1977-06-29 – 1977-07-01Kansas CitycoverJay McShann4:53
1977Kansas Citycover and liveJ.B. Hutto & The Houserockers3:38
1979Kansas City (live, 1979: Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveMuddy Waters7:52
1981-02-05Kansas City (live, 1981-02-05: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
1981-10-27Kansas Citycover and liveMuddy Waters?:??
1984-11-19Detroit Medley / Kansas City (live, 1984-11-19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, KS, USA)cover, live and partialBruce Springsteen10:49
1984-11-19Kansas City / Devil With a Blue Dress On (live, 1984-11-19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)cover, live and medleyBruce Springsteen2:30
1985-10-28Kansas City (live, 1985-10-28: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead6:59
1987-07-20CHOBA B CCCP Medley, Part 1cover and medleyPaul McCartney & Wings10:46
1987-07-20Kansas CitycoverPaul McCartney4:03
1988-02Kansas CitycoverPeggy Lee3:47
1991-05-15Kansas CitycoverJimmy Ponder5:14
1992-05-23Kansas Citycover and liveBlues Package4:12
1993-05-31Kansas City (live, 1993-05-31: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO, USA)cover and livePaul McCartney3:54
1994-08-20The Wanderer / Kansas City (live, 1994-08-20: Marz American Style, Long Branch, NJ, USA)cover, live and medleyBruce Springsteen5:11
1994-08-20The Wanderer / Kansas City (live, 1994-08-20: Marz American Style, Long Branch, NJ, USA)cover, live and medleyBruce Springsteen6:20
1994-08-20The Wanderer / Kansas City (live, 1994-08-20: Marz American Style, Long Branch, NJ, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers5:11
1995-01-13Kansas City (live; 1995-01-13: The Howard Stern Show: The Trump Plaza, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveWillie Nelson with Spin Doctors & Uptown Horns3:43
1997-08-29Kansas CitycoverPaul McCartney2:32
1997-09-15Kansas Citycover and livePaul McCartney5:17
1997-09-15Kansas CitylivePaul McCartney4:31
1997-09-15Kansas City/Hey‐Hey‐Heycover, live and medleyPaul McCartney & Carl Perkins5:19
2002-09-24Kansas City (live, 2002-09-24: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2002-09-24Kansas City (live, 2002-09-24: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2002-09-24Kansas City (live, 2002-09-24: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band8:55
2003-11-13I Like It Like That / Kansas City (Hamburg)cover, live and medleyVan Morrison7:33
(A) Kansas City / (B) Hey, Hey, Hey, Heycover and medleyThe Beatles?:??
Blues (medley)cover, live and medleyReidar Larsen6:28
K.C. Loving (1952-08-18)Little Willie Littlefield2:40
Kansas CitycoverWanda Jackson?:??
Kansas CitycoverWanda Jackson2:47
Kansas CitycoverPeggy Lee2:29
Kansas CitycoverWanda Jackson2:41
Kansas CitycoverWanda Jackson2:46
Kansas CitycoverTrini Lopez3:17
Kansas CitycoverPeggy Lee with Quincy Jones & His Orchestra2:25
Kansas CitycoverKeely Smith3:19
Kansas City (mono, with fake audience)Fats Domino2:24
Kansas City (mono)Fats Domino2:24
Kansas CityFats Domino2:26
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:25
Kansas Citycover and instrumentalPeter Jay and the JayWalkers?:??
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison?:??
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison?:??
Kansas CityJimmy Witherspoon3:06
Kansas CityLittle Richard?:??
Kansas CityLittle Richard?:??
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison?:??
Kansas CitycoverRoy Drusky2:44
Kansas City (live, 1978-08: Harry Hope's, Cary, IL, USA)cover and liveMuddy 'Mississippi' Waters9:30
Kansas CitycoverThe Mini Beats?:??
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:23
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:23
Kansas CitycoverAlbert King2:35
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:23
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:16
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:25
Kansas Citycover1964: The Tribute2:46
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:43
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:21
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:21
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:43
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison?:??
Kansas CityLittle Richard?:??
Kansas CityGeorge Jones and Johnny Paycheck3:04
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:07
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:38
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:38
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:42
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:18
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:35
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:18
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:16
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:40
Kansas CityLittle Richard?:??
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison2:26
Kansas CityWilbert Harrison?:??
Kansas CityLittle Richard2:18
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