Wilbert Harrison(1929-1994)
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R&B singer Wilbert Harrison was born in 1929 in Charlotte, NC. He had
been making records for a variety of small labels since the early
1950s, but never had a hit. That changed in 1959, when he recorded
"Kansas City"--written by legendary songwriting team
Jerry Leiber and
Mike Stoller--and it reached #1 on the R&B
charts. Harrison toured in various R&B and rock shows and continued to
record. In 1969 he had a comeback of sorts when he recorded "Let's Work
Together", which he also wrote, and it went to #32 on the pop charts.
He kept recording and touring into the 1980s, but didn't meet with much success. He eventually left the music business.
He kept recording and touring into the 1980s, but didn't meet with much success. He eventually left the music business.
