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Wilbert Harrison
single · May 1959

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

Charlotte, North Carolina R&B singer Wilbert Harrison spends eleven weeks at No. 1 R&B and also hits No. 1 Pop, with the Leiber and Stoller song "Kansas City" which goes on to sell over a million copies.