Biography:
Little Willie Littlefield (Willie Littlefield, Jr., September 16, 1931 – June 23, 2013), was an American R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and singer whose early recordings formed a vital link between boogie-woogie and rock and roll. Littlefield was regarded as a teenage wonder and overnight sensation when in 1949, at the age of 18, he popularized the triplet piano style on his Modern Records debut single, "It's Midnight". He also recorded the first version of the song "Kansas City" (originally issued as "K. C. Lovin'"), in 1952.
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This Little Willie Whitfield version of "Kansas City" by Leiber and Stoller, released in 1952 on the Frederal
label with its name changed to "K. C. Loving" - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4CVP7S08k
Federal re-released the song in 1959 under its original title - see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4CVP7S08k
This version differs from those by other artists in that there is an extra verse and the lyrics are a bit
saucier - later versions toned them down a little.
The song is basically a twelve bar blues in C, in the form I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I, played with a swing
feel.
There is no intro - the vocal starts on its own and the instruments come in on the first beat of bar 1.
The Outro of the recording fades out.
[Chords]
C x32010
G7 353433
F 133211
[Verse]
N.C. C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
F C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
[Verse]
C
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, Twelfth Street and Vine
F C
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, Twelfth Street and Vine
G7 F C
With my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine
[Verse]
C
Well, I might take a train, I might take a plane
But if I have to walk, I'm goin' just the same
F C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
[Instrumental]
C C C C
F F C C
G7 F C C
[Verse]
C
I'm going to pack my clothes, Leave at the crack of dawn
F C
I'm going to pack my clothes, Leave at the crack of dawn
G7 F C
My old lady will be sleeping and she won't know where I've gone
[Verse]
C
'Cause if I stay with that woman, I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a brand new baby, and that's the reason why
F C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
G7 F
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
[Outro]
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
label with its name changed to "K. C. Loving" - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4CVP7S08k
Federal re-released the song in 1959 under its original title - see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4CVP7S08k
This version differs from those by other artists in that there is an extra verse and the lyrics are a bit
saucier - later versions toned them down a little.
The song is basically a twelve bar blues in C, in the form I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I, played with a swing
feel.
There is no intro - the vocal starts on its own and the instruments come in on the first beat of bar 1.
The Outro of the recording fades out.
[Chords]
C x32010
G7 353433
F 133211
[Verse]
N.C. C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
F C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
[Verse]
C
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, Twelfth Street and Vine
F C
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, Twelfth Street and Vine
G7 F C
With my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine
[Verse]
C
Well, I might take a train, I might take a plane
But if I have to walk, I'm goin' just the same
F C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
[Instrumental]
C C C C
F F C C
G7 F C C
[Verse]
C
I'm going to pack my clothes, Leave at the crack of dawn
F C
I'm going to pack my clothes, Leave at the crack of dawn
G7 F C
My old lady will be sleeping and she won't know where I've gone
[Verse]
C
'Cause if I stay with that woman, I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a brand new baby, and that's the reason why
F C
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
G7 F
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
[Outro]
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
G7 F C
They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some
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