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"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]

"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)
Official audio
"Show Biz Kids" on YouTube

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

Personnel

• 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

External links

• Song Review by AllMusic

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[de] Show Biz Kids

Show Biz Kids ist ein Song der Jazz-Rockband Steely Dan, der 1973 als erste Single aus dem Album Countdown to Ecstasy veröffentlicht wurde. Er erreichte Platz 61 in den Billboard-Charts.[1]

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«Show Biz Kids» — песня, написанная Уолтером Беккером и Дональдом Фейгеном и исполненная группой Steely Dan совместно с Риком Дерринджером на слайд-гитаре. Она была выпущена ведущим синглом с альбома 1973 года Countdown to Ecstasy и добралась до 61-ой позиции в хит-параде Billboard Hot 100[1].

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