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07 Sep 98 - 09:09 PM (#37361) Subject: Kansas City here I come From: I'm looking for the lyrics to this song, Kansas City, Kansas City here I come. They got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one. I believe Fats Domino recorded it , but I can't find it in the Mudcat Archives. |
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07 Sep 98 - 09:37 PM (#37364) Subject: RE: Kansas City here I come From: Roger Himler Anon, You did not find your song on the Mudcat because most people would not consider it a folk song. It's only rock and roll, but I like it. If you Click Here you will find the lyrics. Don't be put off by the fact that Ann Margaret is listed as the artist. I believe it is the song you want. Roger in Baltimore |
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08 Sep 98 - 08:39 AM (#37402) Subject: RE: Kansas City here I come From: Earl Written by Leiber and Stoller, originaly recorded by Wilbert Harrison. |
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08 Sep 98 - 11:14 PM (#37529) Subject: RE: Kansas City here I come From: Jerry Friedman If "Kansas City" isn't blues I don't know what is. (It's quite possible that I don't know what is.) |
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09 Sep 98 - 08:57 AM (#37575) Subject: RE: Kansas City here I come From: Sir There has been some debate on the authorship of 'Kansas City'. Some believe Leiber and Stoller only wrote it down. So with it's hazy authorship one might call it folk, with it's V, IV, I cadence one might call it blues, and with it's tradition one might call it early rock and roll. |
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09 Sep 98 - 09:51 AM (#37581) Subject: RE: Kansas City here I come From: Earl Sir, Is that debate in print anywhere? I've never heard the authorship questioned. |
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09 Sep 98 - 01:04 PM (#37603) Subject: Lyr Add: KANSAS CITY (Leiber & Stoller) From: Paul That's a twelve-bar blues if I ever heard one. You can hear it on Muddy Waters: The Woodstock Recordings, or Hound Dog Taylor: Genuine Houserockin' Music, and just about any "1950's Golden Oldies Hits" tape that you can buy at truck stops. I was always of the opinion that it was Leiber & Stoller. Some lyrics off the tops of my head: KANSAS CITY (Leiber & Stoller) I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come. (repeat) They got some crazy women there and I'm a-gonna get me one. I'm going to stand on the corner of Twelfth Street and Young, (repeat) And watch those Kansas City women soaking up the Kansas City sun. I'm going to stand on the corner of Queen Street and Main. (repeat) You know I love my baby. Why'd she leave me for another man? Well I might take a train. I might take a plane But if I have to walk I'm going there just the same I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come. They got some crazy women there and I'm a-gonna get me one. Well I might have to walk there. I can't afford to fly; But if I don't get there, I think I might die. I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come. They got some crazy women there and I'm a-gonna get me one Hope that helps. |
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09 Sep 98 - 01:22 PM (#37605) Subject: RE: Kansas City here I come From: Earl I was only "legally accurate" about the original recording. Wilbert Harrison was the first to record it as "Kansas City." It was originally recorded as "K.C. Lovin'" by Little Willie Littlefield in 1952. (Same song though, written by Leiber & Stoller.) It's a twelve-bar blues but the rhythm changes on the third line of the verse. The bridge, "Might take a train, might take a plane..." would not be in a traditional blues. Although it became a rock'n'roll standard it was written before there was an entity called rock'n'roll. |
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16 Apr 99 - 05:53 PM (#71416) Subject: Kansas City From: Peter Olofsson Hi, Does anybldy know the composer, lyrics and most well-known recordings of the song Kansas City, Kansas City here I come Kansas City, Kansas City here I come They've got some crazy little women there And I'm gonna get me one Regards, Peter Olofsson Houston. Texas |
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16 Apr 99 - 05:55 PM (#71418) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: LEJ Penned by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller I believe. |
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16 Apr 99 - 06:30 PM (#71423) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: Mark Roffe The version you asked about was I think adapted and performed by Wilbert Harris whose last name I probably just got wrong. :) Mark |
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16 Apr 99 - 06:41 PM (#71426) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: Mark Roffe From - http://www.fiftiesweb.com/lyrics/kansasct.htm
Kansas City
Goin' to Kansas City
Gonna be standin' on the corner
Well I might take a train
Goin' to Kansas City
Gonna find myself a baby
Got some crazy little women there
If I be with that girl
Goin' to Kansas City |
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18 Apr 99 - 06:03 PM (#71816) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: RWilhelm Just to be complete, it was written by Leiber and Stoller and originally recorded by Little Willie Littlefield under the title "K.C. Lovin'" Wilbert Harrison's version was a bigger hit and the one everyone learned from. |
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18 Apr 99 - 07:49 PM (#71831) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: Mark Roffe This is one of those songs that has a interesting tangle of derivative versions. It may even be some kind of parallel creativity happening simultaneously in different place (but I doubt it). My understanding is that Littlefield released his version of the blues song 'K.C. Loving' in 1952, and that Harrison often performed a cover of this tune. Now I don't know the timing of this, but either in late '58 or early '59, Wilbert Harrison cut his calypso-esque, bluesey-rocking version with a trio in a N.Y. recording session. Either just before or just after this recording session, Leiber and Stoller "wrote" the song too (1959). I don't know whose version Harrison sang on that record: Leiber and Stoller were brilliant and prolific writers with a great deal of music-business savy, and theirs are the names legally affixed to the song. I have too much respect for Leiber and Stoller's many finger-snapping accomplishments to accuse them of ripping off a black singer, but I wish I could ask Wilbert Harrison what he thinks went down. In any case, it's all part of the derivative flow of singing and song writing. Mark |
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18 Apr 99 - 09:10 PM (#71852) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: GutBucketeer I have recordings of Albert King and David Bromberg doing this version. Both very different. It's not the same as the Kansas City Blues in the Didital Tradition. Does anyone know a source for the chords (either on the net or in print) and/or a midi file for Kansas City? Thanks Jim in Silver Spring |
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18 Apr 99 - 09:24 PM (#71857) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: Rick Fielding Hi Mark, Ten to one if Wilbert were asked, he probably wouldn't have said that Leiber and Stoller wrote the song. Although, like you, I'm a big fan of theirs. |
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19 Apr 99 - 06:00 PM (#72133) Subject: RE: Kansas City From: RWilhelm According to _The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music_ Leiber and Stoler wrote both versions. |