"Kansas City" has been recorded by hundreds of performers, including Bill Haley & His Comets from the album "Bill Haley and His Comets" (1960), Brenda Lee from "All the Way" (1961), Peggy Lee from "Blues Cross Country" (1962) and "Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues" (1988), Ace Cannon did an instrumental version on his debut 1962 album "Tuff Sax", Trini Lopez as a #23 pop chart single (1963), Dion DiMucci on his album "Runaround Sue" (1961), Jan & Dean from "Surf City And Other Swingin' Cities" (1963), Jay and the Americans from "At the Cafe Wha?"