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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1988 – present)

Kon Kan was a Canadian duo of Barry Harris (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Kevin Wynne (vocals) formed in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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”, failed to chart in America, but scored 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. 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. He later became a celebrated remixer under the moniker Thunderpuss.

The band’s name is a parody of the Canadian content regulation (often referred to as “Can Con”), which mandates that thirty per cent of songs played on commercial radio stations in Canada must be Canadian in origin.
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