Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Kansas City
Entered Apr 13, 1959 · peaked at #1 on May 18, 1959 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 27, 1959
- Record Power
- 34.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 8
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 16
- April 1959 – July 1959
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbert Harrison | primary | 100% | 34.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 18, 1959 on the timeline →- #1Kansas CityWilbert Harrison
- #2Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)The Impalas
- #3The Happy OrganDave "Baby" Cortez
- #4Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens
- #5A Teenager In LoveDion & The Belmonts
- #6Dream LoverBobby Darin
- #7The Battle Of New OrleansJohnny Horton
- #8Quiet VillageThe Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
- #9Turn Me LooseFabian
- #10Pink Shoe LacesDodie Stevens
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