Kansas City (stereo)

~ Recording by Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Men's Chorus

Annotation

For the 1955 motion picture, the song lyrics underwent minor changes to pass film censorship. In the original Broadway musical, the character of Will Parker sings:

I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel.
But later in the second act, when she began to peel,
She proved that everything she had was absolutely real!

For the film, these were changed to:

I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel.
But then she started dancing and her dancing made me feel
That every single thing she had was absolutely real!

Annotation last modified on 2015-04-09 04:33 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Kansas City2:36Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Men’s ChorusOklahoma! (1955 film cast)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 46631 2
1.4Kansas City2:36Rodgers & HammersteinOklahoma! From the Sound Track of the Motion Picture (1955 film cast)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1993-01-19
  • XW1993-08-01
Broadway AngelZDM 7 64691 2
1.4Kansas City2:36Rodgers & HammersteinOklahoma!Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Musical Heritage Society513711Z
1.5Kansas City2:31Rodgers & HammersteinOklahoma! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955 film cast)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2001-03-13
Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)7243 5 27350 2 0
1.5Kansas City2:31Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Men’s ChorusOklahoma! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955 film cast)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)7243 5 27350 2 0
1.5Kansas City2:31Charlotte Greenwood & Gene NelsonOklahoma! (expanded edition)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.4Kansas City2:36Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Men’s ChorusOriginal Music From The Classic Motion Picture Oklahoma!Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Classic Soundtracks (A Snapper Music Label)SFILMCD011
1.4Kansas City2:33Rodgers & HammersteinOklahoma! (1955 film cast, with bonus Gordon MacRae classic tracks)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
ASWAS (an imprint of the British company Delta Leisure Group)CD6696
1.4Kansas City2:36Gene Nelson ‐ Charlotte Greenwood ‐ Men’s ChorusOklahoma! From the Sound Track of the Motion Picture (stereo; black/rainbow center label with Capitol Records logo at left)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SWAO-595
1.4Kansas City2:36Gene Nelson ‐ Charlotte Greenwood ‐ Men’s ChorusOklahoma! From the Sound Track of the Motion Picture (stereo; black/rainbow center label with Capitol Records logo at left)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SWAO 595
1.4Kansas City2:36Rodgers & HammersteinOklahoma! From the Sound Track of the Motion Picture (stereo; black/rainbow center label with Capitol Records logo at top)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SWAO 595
1.4Kansas City2:36Nelson ‐ Greenwood ‐ Men’s ChorusOklahoma! From the Sound Track of the Motion Picture (stereo; orange label with purple 'C' Capitol logo at top center)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SWAO 595
1.4Kansas City2:36Gene Nelson & Greenwood ‐ Men’s ChorusOklahoma! From the Sound Track of the Motion Picture (stereo; orange center label with "Capitol" in lighter orange at bottom)Rodgers & HammersteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SWAO-595

Relationships

sound engineer:Fred Hynes (from 1955-05 until 1955-07)
vocals:Charlotte Greenwood (from 1955-05 until 1955-07)
Gene Nelson (American actor) (from 1955-05 until 1955-07)
conductor:Jay Blackton (from 1955-05 until 1955-07)
recorded at:MGM Music Scoring Stage (formerly Sony Pictures Studios Scoring Stage before Feb 9, 2004) in Culver City, California, United States (from 1955-05 until 1955-07)
recording of:Kansas City (Oklahoma!) (from 1955-05 until 1955-07)

Related works

Kansas City (Oklahoma!)

orchestrator:Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:Williamson Music Company (in 1943)
referred to in medleys:Oklahoma Suite! (order: 5)
later parody versions:Ted ’n’ Lindsey
part of:Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical) (order: 4)