Remembered best for his chart-topping, certified Gold recording of "Kansas City," this R&B vocalist and musician received a posthumous Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the popular 1959 track.
The 1959 hit that made him famous was written in the early part of the decade by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber.
He released his second Billboard Top 40 song, "Let's Work Together (Part 1)," in 1970.
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, he was posthumously inducted into his home state's Music Hall of Fame.
He recorded on two Bobby Robinson-owned music labels: Fury Records and Fire Records.
