Wilbert Harrison was born on January 5, 1929, in Charlotte,
North Carolina. In `1959 the song Kansas City hit number 1. The song was
written in 1951 and was one of the first credited collaborations by the
team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. After this success, Harrison
continued to perform and record but it would be another ten years before
he recorded "Let's Work Together" that made it on the
Billboard Hot 100. Harrison died in 1994 in a Spencer, North Carolina
nursing home at the age of 65. In 2001, his recording of "Kansas
City" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. His recording has also
been named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that
Shaped Rock and Roll.
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