“kansas city” (themes)

(1952 “leiber + stoller” song)
(first recorded by “little willie littlefield” that year)

(little richard recorded 2 versions in 1955)
(the second version was appended by one of his original songs “hey hey hey hey”)

(became a #1 hit for “wilbert harrison” in 1959)

(after this little richard released “kansas city / hey hey hey hey” from 1955)
(released in april 1959)

(however a later version of “hey hey hey hey” was released in 1958)
(as b-side of “good golly miss molly”)

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