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 Chartbuster Music Corp and other companies.)
"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 Catalog and in MOST cases Kansoma Music Corp shares publishing rights with other companies.
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