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Kansoma
Music Group (also known
as Kansoma Music Corp.) was
created by Bobby Poe in the 1950's as a publishing company and
record label. Related publishing companies and/or record labels
are Chartbuster Music, Fiasco Music, Try Records, Manchester
Records and Soultime Records.
Popular Kansoma Music publishing copyrights include:
"Heartbreak Hill" by Fats Domino
"Mary, Oh Mary" by Fats Domino
"The Land Of Make Believe" by Fats Domino
"No One Else" by Fats Domino
"Down On The Farm" by Big Al Downing and The Poe Kats
"Oh Babe" by Big Al Downing and The Poe Kats
"Mr. Hurt Walked In" by Big Al Downing with The Anita Kerr
Singers
"Rock and Roll Boogie" by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats
"Rock The Bop Tonight" by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats
"Let's Have A Ball" by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats
"Piano Nellie" by Bobby Brant and The Rhythm Rockers
Kansoma
Music is a member of
BMI. All Kansoma Music publishing
is handled by The Harry Fox Agency. For licensing questions,
contact Bobby Poe through MySpace or by clicking the Kansoma Music
logo:
We
are pleased to announce that
"Down On The Farm" by Big Al
Downing and The Poe Kats is included in the Rhino Records box set
"Rockin' Bones - 1950's Punk & Rockabilly".
We
are also pleased to announce
that "The Story Of My Life" by
Big Al Downing is included in the Ace Records CD "Always Something
There: A Burt Bacharach Collectors' Anthology 1952-1969"! "The
Story Of My Life" was originally released on the Kansoma record
label.
Just
released in early 2009 is
another fabulous compilation by Ace Records entitled, "Holy Mackerel!
Pretenders to Little Richard's Throne". Featured on the set is "Miss
Lucy" by Big Al Downing. "Miss Lucy" was originally released on Jim
Lowe's White Rock Records and was later released on Carlton Records.
Written by Big Al, all publishing and recording rights were acquired by
Kansoma Music Corp. in a deal with Jim Lowe.
Last,
but not least, we are
happy to announce that "Sh' Mon" by
Mr. Dynamite aka Bobby Howard of The British Walkers is included in
the great new compilation "New Breed R&B With Added Popcorn".
The compilation is on Kent Records, the amazing UK specialty label.
This cult single was originally released on Bobby Poe's Soultime
record label in the U.S. and on the Sue label in the UK.
Bobby
Poe and The Poe Kats -
Rockabilly Hall Of Famers from the
1950's - were a groundbreaking act that featured legendary piano
player Big
Al Downing and
renowned lead guitarist Vernon Sandusky. The late, great Big Al
Downing went on to become a Number 1 Country star. Vernon Sandusky
was the leader of the British Invasion-era band The Chartbusters in
the 1960's and starting in the 1970's was Country Music Hall of
Famer Roy Clark's lead guitarist for over 20 years.
Bobby Poe went on to become an artist manager and producer in the
1960's. In the late 1960's "The Poe Kat" founded the respected
music industry publication "Pop Music Survey". Starting in 1972,
Bobby Poe presented 25 annual "Pop Music Survey" Radio/Record
Conventions, which lasted until his gala retirement Convention in
1996.
Currently, Bobby Poe has collaborated with his close personal
friend Frank Dileo of the Dileo Entertainment Group. They have
completed a screenplay titled "The Rise and Fall of Danny Rock"
(Writers Guild of America, West - Registration Number 1275650).
The screenplay is based on Poe's early days as the leader of one of
the first integrated Rock and Roll bands of the 1950's and Dileo's
experiences as a mega record executive/artist manager. Watch this
space for further details!
Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats' debut single - "Rock and Roll Record
Girl", backed with "Rock and Roll Boogie" - is highly prized by
collectors. Released in 1957 by legendary Dallas DJ Jim Lowe on his
White Rock Records label, the single became a Number 1 record in
the state of Texas. Listen to a wealth of music by Bobby Poe and
The Poe Kats at their MySpace.com
site.
The Poe Kats were also Rockabilly Queen Wanda Jackson's
touring and/or backing band and various members can sometimes be found
on her
early singles, including the Rockabilly classic "Let's Have A
Party". "Let's Have A Party" was first recorded by Elvis Presley
for his film "Loving You" and was known simply as "Party". Wanda's
version was recorded around the same time (when she and Elvis were
dating) and featured The Poe Kats' Big Al Downing on piano, Vernon
Sandusky on lead guitar and Joe Brawley on drums. Also on the
session were Buck Owens on rhythm guitar (who was just starting his
career) and Skeets McDonald on bass. It took a couple of years -
until 1960 to be exact - for "Let's Have A Party" to become a Pop
hit and one of Wanda's signature songs.
"(Let's Have A) Party" was covered by Sir Paul McCartney on his
rollicking roots DVD "Live At The Cavern Club", which also features
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitar and Deep Purple's Ian Paice on
drums. There is also a version of "Party" on Sir Paul's CD "Run Devil
Run".
