Kansas

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Kansas

Kansas is popular Progressive Rock band who rose to fame when they released hit album, Leftoverture.

[edit] About

Kansas was formed in 1972 in Topeka, Kansas, USA by "David Hope" on bass, "Phil Ehart" on drums and "Kerry Livgren". Three of them played together in high school. They changed their name into, "White Clover" in 1971 and added a new member named "Robbie Steinhardt". They reverted their named to Kansas in 1972. Joining the group in that same year are, "Steve Walsh" on keyboards and "Richard Williams" on guitar.

Phil and David left the band and was replaced by "Zeke Lowe" and "Rod Mikinski". In 1974, the band released their self-titled debut album. Their next album, Masque sold a million copies worldwide. Their next album, Leftoverture was issued in 1976. It features the single, "Carry On Wayward Son" which chartered at #11 on the U.S. Hot 100. The albUm sold over three million copies and a Certified 5x Platinum.

Their next album, Monolith was released in May 1979 and features the singles, "People Of The South Wind" which landed at #23 on The U.S. Hot 100 and "Reason To Be" which chartered at #52 on The U.S Hot 100. The album is A Certified Platinum. In 1980, their next album, Audio-Visions was released.

Their next album, Vinyl Confessions was released in 1982. The album also features the single, "Play The Game Tonight" which landed at #17 on The U.S. Hot 100 and #4 on The U.S. Mainstream Rock. In 1983, Drastic Measures was released and features the single, "Fight Fire With Fire" which landed at #57 on The U.S. Hot 100 and #3 on The U.S. Mainstream Rock.

In 1983, the band was disbanded. In 1986, Phil, Steve and Richard reformed the band with "Steve Morse" and "Billy Greer". They issued their album, Power in that same year and features the single, "All I Wanted" which landed at #19 on the U.S. Hot 100 and #10 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock. Other albums issued are, In The Spirit of Things in 1999, "Freaks of Nature in 1995 and Always Be The Same in 1998.

[edit] Awards & Certifications

Certifications

Year	Album	RIAA Certification
1976	Leftoverture	Certified 5x Platinum
1979	Monolith	Cerfified Platinum
1984	The Best of Kansas	Certified 4x Platinum

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	Album
1976	Carry On Wayward Son	11	-	Leftoverture
1979	People Of The South Wind	23	-	Monolith
1979	Reason To Be	52	-	Monolith
1982	Play The Game Tonight	17	4	Vinyl Confessions
1983	Fight Fire With Fire	58	3	Drastic Measures
1986	All I Wanted	19	10	Power

[edit] News

[edit] Tours & Concerts

Jun 15, 2008 Arrow Rock Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands

[edit] Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Kansas March 1974 Epic	Song For America February 1975 Kirshner	Mosque September 1975,br>Kirshner	Leftoverture October 1976 Kirshner
Monolith May 1979 Kisrhner	Audio-Visions September 1980 Kirshner	Vinyl Confessions June 1982 Kirshner	Drastic Measures July 1983 CBS
Power 1986 MCA	In The Spirit of Things 1988 MCA	Freak of Nature 1995 Intersound	Always Never The Same May 19, 1998 River North

[edit] Singles

Date	Title	Label
1974	Can I Tell You	Epic
1975	Bringing It Back	Epic
1975	Song For America	Kirshner
1976	It Takes A Woman's Love (To Make A Man)	Kirshner
1976	Carry On Wayward Son	Kirshner
1977	What's on My Mind	Kirshner
1978	Dust in The Wind	Kirshner
1978	Portrait (He Knew)	Kirshner
1979	People of The South Wind	Kirshner
1979	Reason To Be	Kirshner
1980	Got To Rock On	Kirshner
1982	Play The Game Tonight	Kirshner
1983	Fight Fire With Fire	CBS
1983	Everybody's My Friend	CBS
1986	All I Wanted	MCA
1987	Power	MCA
1988	Stand Beside Me	MCA

[edit] Compilations & Live Releases

Two For The Show October 1978 Kirshner	The Best of Kansas 1984 CBS	Live at The Whisky 1992 Intersound	The Kansas Boxed Set 1994 Sony
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas October 20, 1999 King Biscuit Flower	The Ultimate Kansas July 2, 2002 Epic