Kansas City - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - 1952

One of the most-recorded tunes in rock and roll history, written by one of the most prolific songwriting and record-producing teams ever, was about a place they’d never been. School friends Leiber and Stoller, both 19, white, born on the East Coast but living in Los Angeles, were inspired by the records of Kansas City blues shouter Big Joe Turner, . “The Boss of the Blues“. Motivated by their love of rhythm and blues, they wrote a string of ground-breaking hits and produced a myriad of groups and bands that would massively influence the direction of popular music. Google Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as you listen to this pro group of musicians from Ashland, Oregon, lay down a solid, Kansas City groove. Vocalist Gayle Wilson is backed by Larry Bernard on trombone, Larry Lewis on sax, Gene Galien on guitar, Dal Carver on piano, Jeff Addicott on bass and Al Erickson on drums. Recorded at Tom Freeman Studios in Ashland, Oregon.