K.C. LOVING
| (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) | ||
| (o): | Little Willie Littlefield (1952) | label: Federal |
| Leiber & Stoller were teenagers in '52, white teenagers that is. Obviously frequenting the right places, peddling streetwise black musicians the right stuff, one of the most intriguing behind-the-scene stories in early rock 'n roll. They both dated black girlfriends; that helps! They wrote it as Kansas City but Federal labelboss Ralph Bass deemed K.C. a hipper term. Inspired by Denver Darling's Juke Joint Mama (Decca). Answered by Littlefield as Miss K.C.'s Fine. | ||
| (c): | Little Richard (1955) [as Kansas City; master cut at Cosimo's in New Orleans and in Hollywood; released in '59 in the slipstream of Wilbert Harrison's hit], Johnny Otis (1956) [as Hey Hey Hey Hey on Dig Records; must have heard Little Richard's Hollywood cut (holding distinctive Hey Hey Hey Hey stanzas)], Little Richard (1956) [as Hey Hey Hey Hey (Going Back To Birmingham)], Wilbert Harrison (1959) [n°1 US & R&B as Kansas City], Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1959) [idem], Ronnie Hawkins (1959) [as Rockin' Ronald & The Rebels], Memphis Slim (1960) [with Alexis Korner], Brenda Lee (1961) , Beatles (1962) [in Hamburg and in the Cavern Club and in '64 in medley with Hey Hey Hey Hey on Beatles For Sale], Trini Lopez (1963) , Fats Domino (1964) , Gene Vincent (1964) [as Hey Hey Hey Hey], Everly Brothers (1965) , Tom Jones (1966) , James Brown (1967) , Albert King (1967) , Brenda Lee (1968) , Commander Cody (1973) [as Hey Hey Hey Hey], Muddy Waters (1975) , Graham Parker (1977) [live at Marble Arch], Mike Bloomfield (1977) , Flamin' Groovies (1978) [as Hey Hey Hey Hey], Roland & Friends (1983) , Mickey Jupp Band (1984) , Paul McCartney (1988) , Hothouse Flowers (1990) , Duke Tumatoe (1995) , Stan Webb (1997) [as Hey Hey Hey Hey], Willie Nelson (2000) [all as Kansas City], | |