Show Biz Kids

1973 song performed by Steely Dan

"Show Biz Kids"

Single by Steely Dan
from the album  Countdown to Ecstasy
B-side| "Razor Boy"
Released| July 1973 [1]
Genre| Rock, jazz fusion
Length| 3:59
Label| ABC
Songwriter(s)| Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Producer(s)| Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
| "Reelin' In the Years"
(1972)  | "Show Biz Kids"
(1973)  | "My Old School"
(1973)

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Official audio
"Show Biz Kids" on YouTube

"Show Biz Kids" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and performed by Steely Dan with Rick Derringer on slide guitar. It was the first single from Steely Dan's 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy, and reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Cash Box said that the song has "an infectious chorus delivered a la Nilsson's "Coconut" hit."[3]

## Personnel[edit]

* Donald Fagen – piano, lead vocals, backing vocals
* Walter Becker – electric bass, harmonica, background vocals
* Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, background vocals
* Rick Derringer – slide guitar (recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado, courtesy of Columbia Records)
* Victor Feldman – marimba, percussion
* Sherlie Matthews, Myrna Matthews, Patricia Hall, Royce Jones, James Rolleston – background vocals

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Steely Dan singles".
2. ^ Steely Dan USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 21, 1973. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

## External links[edit]

* Full lyrics for the song at Steely Dan's official website (Archived December 9, 2015)
* Song Review by AllMusic
* "Show Biz Kids" live performance on The Midnight Special, August 31, 1973

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Steely Dan

* Donald Fagen

* Walter Becker
* Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
* Denny Dias
* Jim Hodder
* David Palmer
* Royce Jones
* Michael McDonald
* Jeff Porcaro

Studio albums|

* Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)
* Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
* Pretzel Logic (1974)
* Katy Lied (1975)
* The Royal Scam (1976)
* Aja (1977)
* Gaucho (1980)
* Two Against Nature (2000)
* Everything Must Go (2003)

Live albums|

* Alive in America (1995)
* Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000)
* Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (2005)
* Northeast Corridor (2021)

Singles|

* "Dallas"
* "Do It Again"
* "Reelin' In the Years"
* "Show Biz Kids"
* "My Old School"
* "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
* "Pretzel Logic"
* "Bad Sneakers"
* "Kid Charlemagne"
* "Peg"
* "Deacon Blues"
* "FM (No Static at All)"
* "Josie"
* "Hey Nineteen"
* "Time Out of Mind"
* "Cousin Dupree"

Album tracks|

* "Aja"
* "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"
* "Dirty Work"

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits (1978)
* Steely Dan (1978)
* Gold (1982/91)
* A Decade of Steely Dan (1985)
* Reelin' In the Years (1985)
* Do It Again (1987)
* Citizen Steely Dan (1993)
* Then and Now (1993)
* Showbiz Kids (2000)
* The Definitive Collection (2006)
* Found Studio Tracks (2007)

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* Discography
* Gary Katz
* Members
* Roger Nichols
* Yacht rock

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