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Kon Kan was a Canadian duo of Barry Harris (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Kevin Wynne (vocals) formed in the late 1980s in Toronto, Ontario. Their debut album, Move to Move (1989), produced the international hit single "I Beg Your Pardon", which sampled Lynn Anderson's "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden".

From the same album, they returned to the charts with another original/cover combination, "Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')". The track included samples of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Another single, "Harry Houdini", got airplay but failed to chart. They are considered to be a one-hit wonder.

Wynne, who sang on all but two tracks from Move to Move, left in 1989, while Harris released two more albums under the band's original name. Harris then went on to form Outta Control together with Kimberley Wetmore and Rachid.

The band's name is a parody on the Canadian content regulation, which mandates that thirty per cent of songs played on commercial radio stations in Canada must be Canadian in origin.

Discography

Albums

Move to Move (1989)
Syntonic (1990)
Vida! (1993)

Singles

"I Beg Your Pardon" (1988/1989)
"Harry Houdini" (1989)
"Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')" (1989)
"Move to Move" (1989)
"Liberty!" (1990)
"Could've Said I Told You So" (1990)
"Sinful Wishes" (1993)
"S.O.L." (1993)
"I Beg Your Pardon" (Re-Release) (1994)

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