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Biography
refimprove|date=April 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Kon Kan| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Toronto , Ontario , Canada | genre = Synthpop , Hi-NRG , Electronic music|Electronic | years_active = 1988 - 1994| label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic , Hypnotic Records|Hypnotic | associated_acts = Fun Fun Spagna | url =| current_members =| past_members = Barry Harris Kevin Wynne Kon Kan was a Canadian synthpop band formed in 1988 in Toronto , Ontario . The band was awarded a Juno Awards of 1990|1990 Juno for their song " I Beg Your Pardon " and nominated for a Juno Awards of 1991|1991 Juno Award for their single " Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin' ".
History
The band members consisted of Barry Harris ( singing|vocals , keyboard instrument|keyboard , guitar ) and Kevin Wynne (vocals). Their debut album, Move to Move (1989), produced the single " I Beg Your Pardon ", which sampled Lynn Anderson 's 1971 hit, " (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden ", Silver Convention 's 1976 hit, "Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)", Spagna 's 1987 hit, "Call Me" as well as the opening bars from the theme music from " The Magnificent Seven " (which was also well known as the theme to a commercial for Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro cigarettes in the 1960s).
From the same album, they returned to the charts with another original/cover combination, " Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin'|Puss N' Boots ". The track included samples of Led Zeppelin 's " Immigrant Song " and Nancy Sinatra 's " These Boots Are Made for Walkin' ". Another single, " Harry Houdini (Kon Kan song)|Harry Houdini ", failed to chart in the United States , but managed a Top 40 placing in Canada.
Wynne, who sang on all but two tracks from Move to Move , left in 1989 and is currently a semi-pro video golfer. Harris released two more albums under the band's original name. Whilst 1990's Syntonic could not boast a big hit single like its predecessor, it did again fuse dance tracks with original songs such as Jimmy Soul 's "If You Wanna Be Happy" on "(Could've Said) I Told you So" and Canadian band Trooper (band)|Trooper 's "We're Here For A Good Time" on "Time".
By 1993, Kon Kan were dropped out from Atlantic. The next, Vida!... (on the Hypnotic label), saw Harris resuming songwriting duties with Bob Mitchell. Alongside original songs such as the album's lead single, "Sinful Wishes", was "Move To Move" and a cover of David Bowie 's " Moonage Daydream ".
Harris then went on to form Killer Bunnies (dance project)|Outta Control together with Kimberley Wetmore and Rachid Webbi. The latter project released a self-titled album in 1996 which featured versions of Kon Kan's "Sinful Wishes" and Joan Osborne's "One Of Us". The album also featured a version of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey 's " Together In Electric Dreams " sung by Harris (credited to guest vocals by Kon Kan).
Harris gained his greatest post-Kon Kan popularity as half of Thunderpuss (sometimes credited as Thunderpuss 2000), collaborating with Disc jockey|DJ Chris Cox (DJ)|Chris Cox . Cox had previously worked with Harris on the Outta Contol album. Together, they produced and remixed dozens of dance hits for many major music artists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, most notably " It's Not Right but It's Okay " by Whitney Houston .
The band's name is a parody of the Canadian content regulation (often referred to as "Can Con"), which mandates that thirty-five percent of songs played on commercial radio station s in Canada must be Canadian in origin.
Discography
Albums
Move to Move (1989)
Syntonic (1990)
Vida! (1993)
Singles
" I Beg Your Pardon " (1988) ( Canada|CAN #19; United States|U.S. #15; United Kingdom|UK #5;cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 306 Germany|D #8; Netherlands|NL #3)
" Harry Houdini (Kon Kan song)|Harry Houdini " (1988) (CAN #39)
" Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " (1989) (CAN #61; U.S. #58)
" Move to Move (song)|Move to Move " (1989) (CAN #84)
"Liberty!" (1990) (CAN #91)
"Could've Said I Told You So" (1990) (CAN #72)
"Better Day" (1993)
"Sinful Wishes" (1993) (CAN #75)
"S.O.L." (1993)
"I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)" (Re-Release) (1994)
"I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)" (2007 Remixes - iTunes release) (2007)
References
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cite web| url = http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/? artist_name=Kon+Kan | title = Juno Awards Database | author = | date = | month = | year = | work = URL|junoawards.ca/database/| publisher = Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | format = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 14 March 2011 | quote = | postscript = .
cite web| url = http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/marlboroman/ | title = The Marlboro Man | author = | date = 21 October 2002 | month = | year = | work = URL|npr.org| publisher = National Public Radio | format = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 14 March 2011 | quote = | postscript = .
Use dmy dates|date=November 2011 Category:Musical groups established in 1988 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2007 Category:Musical groups from Toronto Category:Canadian dance music groups Category:Canadian New Wave musical groups Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:Synthpop groups Category:Juno Award winners
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