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Thread #49533   Message #748072
Posted By: toadfrog
14-Jul-02 - 09:52 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Kansas City Kitty
Subject: RE: Kansas City Kitty
Levy says this:

Title: Kansas City Kitty.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Music by Walter Donaldson. Words by Edgar Leslie.
Edgar Leslie Publication: New York: Walter Donaldson, Donaldson-Douglas & Gumble, Inc., Music Publishers, 1595 Broadway, 1929.
Instrumentation: piano and voice; ukulele
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
First Line: Chicago Charlie was a good time Romeo
First Line of Chorus: I left Frisco Kate, swingin' on the Golden Gate
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Pud Lane
Advertisement: ads on inside front and on back covers for Walter Donaldson stock
Plate Number: 36-3

A recording can be ordered from These folks Subject: Portraits
Subject: Bachelors
Subject: Interpersonal relations
Subject: Courtship
Subject: Deception
Subject: Travel
Subject: City & town life
Subject: Distress
Call No.: Box: 156 Item: 033a

These people claim to provide a free MP3 download. And that's the last time I go to a site that promises such a thing, it's like wading into a lake of sticky stuff. There are several sites out there with Kansas City Kitty advertized. Just bear in mind, most of them mean a blues artist & not a song.