Kansas City (No.5)

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"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song that was originally written in 1952 by the legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

The best known version was recorded in 1959 by Wilbert Harrison. It hit No.1 on both the R&B chart and the pop chart in America.

Some years later, Little Richard recorded His Version of the song & The Beatles also recorded Their Version after hearing the song.