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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Wilbert Harrison put the City of Fountains in everybody's mind, and himself in the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame, with his 1959 recording "Kansas City."And now, nearly 50 years later, I find myself humming the tune as I prepare to head out to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Fall Conference in ol' K.C. Complete Story »
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Waxidermy (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
John & Ed Strickland seem to have been something of a none to one almost hit wonder group, it's actually been pretty tough to find any information on these guys or this 45. The actual A side is a nice mid/slow version of Wilbert Harrison's "Kansas City Blues" that draws equally from country [...]
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Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
I’ll have to confess that I didn’t know much about Wilbert Harrison when I first heard him singing “Kansas City,” and in all honesty I don’t think that I made much of an effort to find out at that time. In those days I was mostly just into enjoying the music, and his signature song [...]
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NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
… of Jerry Leiber. He’s 75. Leiber and partner Mike Stoller are in the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. By the time they were 20, in just three years of working together, their early songs had been recorded by a collection of true all-stars in the rhythm and blues genre including [...]
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PowerPop (Free subscription) | 28/03/2008
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental amanuensis Hop-Sing and I are off to Philadelphia to spend the weekend at some convention or another. To be honest, I'm not sure what it's all about, but the little yellow devil has all but begged me take him there, and the sight of him on the floor prostrate, with his little froggy loins akimbo, always melts my heart. So -- anybody know...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 18/03/2008
If you're going to Kansas City, you might take a plane, you might a train, but even if you have to walk,* first you should be reading Plastic Sax , StLJN's jazz site of the week. Much like what StLJN does for St. Louis, Plastic Sax's pseudonymous blogger "Happy In Bag" covers all aspects of the Kansas City jazz scene, with frequent updates including weekly news and notes plus previews of upcoming performances....
