Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song)
"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952. First recorded by Little Willie Littlefield the same year, as "K. C. Loving", the song later became a chart-topping hit when it was recorded by Wilbert Harrison in 1959. "Kansas City" is one of Leiber and Stoller's "most recorded tunes, with more than three hundred versions", with several appearing in the R&B and pop record charts.
"K. C. Loving" | |
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Single by Little Willie Littlefield | |
B-side | "Pleading at Midnight" |
Released | 1952 |
Recorded | Los Angeles, August 12, 1952 |
Genre | R&B |
Label | Federal |
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller |
Official audio | |
"K. C. Loving" on YouTube |
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