Kon Kan

Kon Kan was a Canadian duo which consisted 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" plus the theme music from the movie, "The Magnificent Seven" (also famous as the theme to a commercial for "Marlboro" cigarettes in the 1960's).

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. Harris gained his greatest post-Kon Kan popularity as Thunderpuss (2000), collaborating with DJ Chris Cox, producing and remixing dozens of dance hits for many major artists in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

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

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