The song "Kansas City" - written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - is talking about Kansas City, Missouri. Although urban renewal did away with the intersection of "12th Street and Vine," there is now a park where that intersection once stood, and a street sign has been erected at the park in the approximate area of what was once the corner of 12th Street and Vine Street.
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1959 - Wilbert Harrison
1964 - The Beatles
I do know that back in the 1960's, there was a rock-n-roll song by the name of "Kansas City." One country version is by Wanda Jackson.
As for the Country Music charts, the song "Detroit City," was a #1 hit for country music artist Bobby Bare back in the 1963.
, my name is Kelly. I am from Kansas City, Kansas.
The Kansas City Star was founded on September 18, 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel E. Morss. It was originally called the Kansas City Evening Star.
"Heroes" (1977). Stars Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford. The Kansas song is "Carry On Wayward Son".
The Early Show - 1999 Summer in the City Live from Kansas City was released on: USA: 10 August 2007
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