At the beginnning Kansas existed of 8 members. Phil Ehart , Lynn Meredith, Dave Hope, Kerry Livgren, Dan Wright, Larry Baker, Greg Allen und Don Montre. A member left the band after some weeks , so they had their first appearance on Topeka as a group of seven. Their only bigger appearance they had as a support of teh Doors 1970. They seperated 1971 after the existed one year. Kerry then formed a second version of the band Kansas. They were seven members again. Phil & Dave started a reunion of their old and first band "White Glover". 1972 Phil ,Dave ,Steve Walsh , Robby Steinhardt and Richard Williams started the rehearsal under the name "White Glover". At the same time Kerry fought withproblems of his second version of Kansas. Phil got Kerry  and got an outstandingly good song writer , keaboarder and guitarplayer. Some time before they recorded a demo for 300 $ which landed at Don Kirshner in New York , who created an own Label at this time. He was so taken with the music so he sent his vice-president Wally Gold to Kansas have a look at them. After a concert of two hours he was impressed and convinced. he returned to New York. Kirshner tool the unknown band under contract. 1973 the band recorded their first album in New York. They did it in only two weeks. March 1974 it was published. the album Kansas was sold for 100 000 times at beginning and stayed in charts for 10 weeks. Although it was praised by critics  but it was a commercial flop. With "Can I tell you" and "lonely wind"  two singles were released. In the same year they recorded the second album " Song for America" in L. A. which was sold for     250 000 times. 1976 Kansas worked on their fourth album . The album "leftoverture" appeared in october and was a success. it was sold 500 000 times and got gold in 1977. Only two month later platinum for 1 000 000 sold records. In june 1977 it got double platinum. Kansas did the breakthrough , alone with the song "Carry on Wayward Son". In the same year they worked on their fifth album . But the pressure was too big that Steve Walsh disappeared for three days. The album "Point of known Return"   got Gold in october abd platinum in November. 1978 "Dust in the Wind "  appeared which was generally thought to be a finger exercise for Kerry. (what blessed hands he has) . His wife persuade him to make a song out this.  It was the biggest success for a single of all times and got gold.. After the publishing Kansas started a soldout USA tour which started in october 1977 in Alabama and ended in january 1978 in Hawaii. In june 1978 Kansas recorded their first live album. In november 1978 it was honored with gold and in march 1979 with platinum. In january 1079 they started to work for a new album , called "Monolith".  The first album which the band produced by themselves . it appeared in may 1979 and got gold in june. 1980 they had their first concert in Japan. In september they published a further album " Audio Vision" , which got gold in december of the same year. Unfortunately their were tensions between Kerry and Steve. 1981 they had their last appearance. Steve left the band. Steve later formed the band  " Streets".       1992 the second  Live Album "Live at the Whiskey" by  Kansas appeared., 1994 "Kansas Boxed Set" (a best of album ) ,1995 "Freaks of Nature" (the seventh album) ,1998 "Always never the same" (album with the  Symphony Orchester) ,2000 "Somewhere to Elsewhere" the last  album of the  band.