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 - 6 songs by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats, 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 to new heights! Click this link for Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats on Format Music Solutions.
News Flash! We are proud to announce that Format Music Solutions has already placed 2 songs by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats 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 Netflix series "The Recruit" and 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". For more information, visit this Format Specialty Projects link: The Math Club x Kansoma Music: Kansoma Music - Remixed
We are pleased to note that 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.
Please note that Kansoma Music Corp purchased back (in the early 1960's) all of original owner Jim Lowe's White Rock Records Master and Mustang Publishing rights for various tracks by Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats, Big Al Downing and Bobby Brant and The Rhythm Rockers. Some of these tracks are also administered by The Harry Fox Agency (HFA), while almost all of them are registered with BMI. Last, but certainly not least, various rights to a select few of these 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
(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
(included in 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
"Miss Lucy" by Big Al Downing
"Yes I'm Loving You" by Big Al Downing
"Mr. Hurt Walked In" by Big Al Downing with The Anita Kerr Singers
"Off To School" by Donnie Henderson
"That's The Way Life Goes" by Herb Johnson
(used in the Paramount+ series "The Chi" and the Paramount+ series "One Dollar")
"Tears On My Pillow (Pain In My Heart)" by The Corlettes
"How Do You Feel" by The Corlettes
"The Saints" by Big Al Downing
(used in the Dial Tone Pictures film "5 Doctors")
"Heartbreak Hill" by Big Al Downing
"Yes I'm Loving You" by Johnny Gee
"Love Doctor" by Phil and Marie (featuring Phil Flowers)
"Heartbreak Hill" by Fats Domino
"Mary, Oh Mary" by Fats Domino
"The Land Of Make Believe" by Fats Domino
"Come On Over" by Fats Domino
"I Met The Girl I'm Going To Marry" by Fats Domino
"Diddley Daddy" by The British Walkers
(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)
"Watch Yourself" by The British Walkers
"Bad Lightnin'" by The British Walkers
"The Story Of My Life" by The British Walkers
Publishing Alert: The above list does not include all songs in the Kansoma Music Corp Publishing 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