In the 70’s Their Highest Charting Albums & Singles:

1974 Their debut album Kansas makes #174
1975 The album Song For America reaches #57 earning a Gold disk
1976 The album Masque reaches #70, earning another Gold disk in a 20-week chart run
1977 Carry On Wayward Son # 11 from Leftoverture
1977 The album Leftoverture hits #5
1978 The album Point of Know Return hits #4
1978 Point of Know Return #28 from Point of Know Return
1978 Dust in the Wind #6 from Point of Know Return
1978 Portrait (He Knew) # 64 from Point of Know Return
1979 The album Two for the Show hits #32
1979 Lonely Wind #60 from Two For the Show
1979 The album Monolith goes to #10
1979 People of the South Wind #23 from Monolith
1979 Reason to Be #52 from Monolith

In the 80’s Their Highest Charting Albums & Singles:

1980 The album Audio Visions goes to #26
1980 Hold On #40 from Audio Visions
1981 Got to Rock On #76 from Audio Visions
1982 The album Vinyl Confessions goes to #16
1982 Play the Game Tonight #17 from Vinyl Confessions
1982 Right Away #41 from Vinyl Confessions
1983 The album Drastic Measures goes to #41
1983 Fight Fire with Fire #58 from Drastic Measures
1987 The album Power goes to #35
1987 All I Wanted #19 from Power
1987 Power #84 from Power
1988 The album In the Spirit of Things hits #114

Active since 1974, they have produced over 20 albums.

The album Always Never the Same was recorded at Abbey Road studios with the London Symphony Orchestra. Kansas is beginning 2008 with a string of sold out shows all in a row with each city’s main symphony backing them, as well.

Not unlike the British Invasion in the 60s, there was an American invasion in the mid-70s on the Progressive Rock scene - until Kansas came around, it was exclusively a British affair. Put away your tea and crumpets, this band rocked hard and worked hard. Their first album is a Progressive Rock masterpiece! True to American style, taking an idea and making it our own, the most commercially viable Progressive Rock Band in the decade where it all began was Kansas. Another major difference between Kansas and their British counterparts, all the original members hung together during the pinnacle of their success through the 70s. Straight from the heartland - as they proclaim on the back cover of their debut “In spite of the fact that this is our first record, we have around 50 years of combined musical experience in one of the most unmusical environments imaginable…” From these humble beginnings came 30 million albums sold, eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum studio albums, one Platinum live album and a million selling gold single. They were a constant on the Billboard charts in the 70’s and 80’s for over 200 weeks, every single one of their albums in the 70’s and 80’s charted…all based on the strength of the two main songwriters Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh.


Original Members (all stayed through the 70‘s):

Vocals & Keyboards: Steve Walsh
Guitar: Rich Williams
Guitar & Keyboards: Kerry Livgren
Bass: Dave Hope
Drums: Phil Ehart
Violin & Vocals: Robbie Steinhardt

Members in the 80’s:

Vocals: John Elefante
Guitar: Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs)
Bass: Billy Greer (Streets with Steve Walsh)

Members in the 90’s:

Keyboards: Greg Robert
Violin: David Ragsdale

The Progressive Rock Hall of Fame proudly inducts America’s Premier Progressive Rock Band: Kansas