Kansas City

Music
Mike Stoller
Lyrics
Jerry Leiber

"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, written in 1952. This page has the Kansas City chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Kansas City"

Mike Stoller wrote the music and Jerry Leiber the words. Little Willie Littlefield recorded it first in 1952 as "K. C. Lovin'"; under its own title it went to number one for Wilbert Harrison in 1959.

Recordings that made it a standard

  • Wilbert Harrison (Fury, 1959) — the number-one hit.

Key: C major · Tempo: 120 bpm

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