Kansoma Music Corp

Kansoma Music Corp (BMI/HFA) was created by Bobby Poe, Sr. in 1957 as a publishing company and, shortly thereafter, as a record label. Bobby Poe, Jr. now carries on the tradition of Kansoma Music Corp since the passing of his father in 2011. Kansoma Music Corp publishing companies and record labels include Fiasco Music, Kansoma Records, Try Records, Manchester Records and Soultime Records.

In an exciting development for Kansoma Music Corp, Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats and other Kansoma Music Corp related artists, Format Music Solutions has secured exclusive rights to 9 select songs/artists in the Kansoma Music Corp catalog - 5 songs by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats, 1 song by Bobby Brant and The Rhythm Rockers, 1 song by The British Walkers, 1 song by MR. DYNAMITE aka Bobby Howard of The British Walkers and 1 song by THE DYNAMITE ORCHESTRA.

Format Music Solutions is a music publisher and label focused on creating music for visual media projects of all sizes. Format Music Solutions has been the solution for the top streaming platforms, major studios, networks, music supervisors, brands, editors, and everyone in between for nearly two decades. We look forward to Format Music Solutions taking the music of Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats, The British Walkers and Mr. Dynamite/The Dynamite Orchestra to new heights!

We are proud to announce that Format Music Solutions has already placed 2 songs by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats and 1 song by The British Walkers into incredible projects! The first is "Don't Stop Get into It (Rebel Without a Cause)" by The Math Club x Kansoma Music featuring Tia P. in the 2022 Netflix series "The Recruit", the second is "Rock N Roll Boogie (Remix)" by The Math Club x Kansoma Music featuring DJ Spinowitz in the 2024 feature film "The Life of Chuck" and the third is "You Are My Love (I Found You)" by The Math Club x Kansoma Music ft. Redwood in the 2025 Netflix series "Running Point". For more information, visit this Format Specialty Projects link: The Math Club x Kansoma Music: Kansoma Music - Remixed

Several Kansoma Music Corp related songs and artists have been placed with a variety of record labels over the years. For information on the Kansoma Music Corp Catalog, email Bobby Poe, Jr. at:

bp@kansoma.com

The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is the exclusive agent for Kansoma Music Corp. For Mechanical Licenses on some of the most popular songs in the Kansoma Music Corp Publishing Catalog, contact The Harry Fox Agency (HFA). Performance royalties for songs in the Kansoma Music Corp Publishing Catalog are administered by BMI. Virtually all Kansoma Music Corp songs are listed on BMI. While there are only a few Kansoma Music Corp songs listed on The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) website, any Kansoma Music Corp song can quickly be added the the HFA database to make Mechanical Licenses even easier to obtain.

In the early 1960's, Kansoma Music Corp acquired all of original owner Jim Lowe's White Rock Records Master and Mustang Publishing rights for a number of tracks by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats, Big Al Downing and Bobby Brant and The Rhythm Rockers. Some of these tracks are administered by The Harry Fox Agency (HFA), while almost all of them are registered with BMI. Over the years, rights to select tracks have been purchased from Kansoma Music Corp by other companies.

Popular Kansoma Music Corp, Kansoma Records and Bobby Poe, Sr. related songs and/or artists include:

"Rock and Roll Record Girl" by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats (1957)
(for Master Use License and/or Mechanical Rights only - Publishing was assigned to Acuff-Rose Music, which was acquired by Sony/ATV Music Publishing)

"Down On The Farm" by Big Al Downing with The Poe Kats (1958)
(featured on "Soul Country", Disc 2 of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Warner Music Nashville expanded 2024 box set "From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music")

"Oh Babe" by Big Al Downing with The Poe Kats (1958)

"Be My Love" by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats (1958)
(Main Theme to the NASCAR Hall of Fame Biography of Lee Petty)

"Miss Lucy" by Big Al Downing (1958)

"Just Around The Corner" by Big Al Downing (1958)

"Tears On My Pillow (Pain In My Heart)" by The Corlettes (1959)

"How Do You Feel" by The Corlettes (1959)

"Yes I'm Loving You" by Big Al Downing (1960)

"Off To School" by Donnie Henderson (1960)

"That's The Way Life Goes" by Herb Johnson (1961)
(featured in the Paramount+ series "The Chi" and the Paramount+ series "One Dollar")

"Love Doctor" by Phil and Marie (featuring Phil Flowers) (1961)

"The Story Of My Life" by Big Al Downing (1962)

"The Land Of Make Believe" by Big Rivers (Big Al Downing) (1962)

"No One Else" by Big Rivers (Big Al Downing) (1962)

"The Memories" by Billy Lewis (1962)
(featured in the 9Now series "Married At First Sight Australia")

"The Saints" by Big Al Downing (1962)
(featured in the Dial Tone Pictures film "5 Doctors")

"Heartbreak Hill" by Big Al Downing (1962)

"Yes I'm Loving You" by Johnny Gee (1962)

"You're Something Else" by Al 'TNT' Braggs (1962)

"Mr. Hurt Walked In" by Big Al Downing with The Anita Kerr Singers (1963)

"Let The World End Tomorrow" by Henry Moore (1963)

"Mary, Oh Mary" by Fats Domino (1964)

"The Land Of Make Believe" by Fats Domino (1964)

"Diddley Daddy" by The British Walkers (1964)

"Heartbreak Hill" by Fats Domino (1965)

"Come On Over" by Fats Domino (1965)

"I Met The Girl I'm Going To Marry" by Fats Domino (1965)

"Heartbreak Hill" by The Missing Links (1965)

"Bad Lightnin'" by The British Walkers (1965)

"Watch Yourself" by The British Walkers (1965)

"The Story Of My Life" by The British Walkers (1965)
(The songs listed here by The British Walkers, as well as some other tracks by the band, are available for Master Use License and/or Mechanical Rights only - Publishing belongs to different companies including Chartbuster Music Corp)

"I'd Love To Be Loved" by Billie Dearborn (1968)

The above list does not include all of the songs in the Kansoma Music Corp Publishing Catalog and in MOST cases Kansoma Music Corp shares publishing rights with other companies.

Current and out of print releases that have included Kansoma Music Corp tracks can be seen in the banner above!

Labels that have released tracks from Kansoma Music Corp over the years:

Ace Records / Kent Records

Acid Jazz Records

Bear Family Records

Repertoire Records

Rhino Records

Rounder Records

Shout! Factory / HighTone Records

Sundazed Records

Universal Music Canada

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Music Nashville

Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats - Kansas Music 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 and The Poe Kats were inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame on March 7th, 2009!

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 trade publication Bobby Poe's Pop Music Survey. Starting in 1972, Bobby Poe presented 25 annual "Pop Music Survey" Radio/Record Conventions, which continued through his gala retirement Convention in 1996. Bobby Poe passed away after a two year battle with throat cancer in January of 2011.

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.

The Poe Kats became Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson's first touring and recording band when Wanda made the move into Rock and Roll/Rockabilly music. The Poe Kats can be found on Wanda's early Rockabilly 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 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 Chart hit and one of Wanda's signature songs.

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