So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star singolo discografico | |
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Artista | The Byrds |
Pubblicazione | 1967 |
Durata | 2:05 |
Album di provenienza | Younger Than Yesterday |
Genere | Rock |
Etichetta | Columbia Records |
Produttore | Gary Usher |
The Byrds - cronologia | |
Singolo precedente Mr. Spaceman (1966)Singolo successivo My Back Pages (1967) |
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star è un singolo del gruppo musicale statunitense The Byrds, pubblicato nel 1967 ed incluso nell'album Younger Than Yesterday.
La canzone è stata scritta da Jim McGuinn e Chris Hillman.
Tracce
- 7"
- So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
- Everybody's Been Burned
Cover
Tra gli artisti e i gruppi che hanno realizzato la cover del brano vi sono The Royal Guardsmen (1967), The Move (1968), Hookfoot (1974), Nazareth (per l'album Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll, 1976), Black Oak Arkansas (1977), The Patti Smith Group (per l'album Wave, 1979), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (dal vivo nell'album Pack Up the Plantation: Live!, 1985), Roxette (dal vivo, 1993), Ronnie Wood (per l'album Not for Beginners, 2001), Golden Earring, Jon Bon Jovi (dal vivo) Pearl Jam (dal vivo) e Tunas (dal vivo).
In altri media
La canzone è udibile nei film Purple Haze (1982) e The Country Bears - I favolorsi (The Country Bears, 2002).
Collegamenti esterni
- The Byrds - So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (Audio), su YouTube, 1º settembre 2013.
- (EN) So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (canzone), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
- (EN) So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (album), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
V · D · M | |
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Roger McGuinn · Gene Clark · David Crosby · Chris Hillman · Michael Clarke Gram Parsons · Kevin Kelley · Clarence White · Gene Parsons · John York · Skip Battin | |
Album | Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) · Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) · Fifth Dimension (1966) · Younger Than Yesterday (1967) · The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) · Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968) · Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969) · Ballad of Easy Rider (1969) · (Untitled) (1970) · Byrdmaniax (1971) · Farther Along (1971) · Byrds (1973) |
Compilation | The Byrds' Greatest Hits · Preflyte · The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II (UK) · The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II (USA) · History of The Byrds · The Byrds Play Dylan · The Original Singles: 1965-1967, Volume 1 · The Original Singles: 1967-1969, Volume 2 · Never Before · In the Beginning · 20 Essential Tracks from the Byrds Box Set (1965-1990) · Full Flyte 1965-1970 · The Very Best of The Byrds · The Preflyte Sessions · The Essential Byrds · There Is a Season |
Singoli | Mr. Tambourine Man/I Knew I'd Want You · All I Really Want to Do/I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better · Turn! Turn! Turn!/She Don't Care About Time · Set You Free This Time · It Won't Be Wrong · Eight Miles High/Why · 5D (Fifth Dimension) · Mr. Spaceman/What's Happening?!?! · So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star/Everybody's Been Burned · My Back Pages · Have You Seen Her Face/Don't Make Waves · Lady Friend/Old John Robertson · Goin' Back/Change Is Now · You Ain't Goin' Nowhere · I Am a Pilgrim · Bad Night at the Whiskey · Lay Lady Lay · Wasn't Born to Follow · Ballad of Easy Rider · Jesus Is Just Alright/It's All Over Now, Baby Blue · Chestnut Mare · I Trust (Everything Is Gonna Work Out Alright) · Glory, Glory · America's Great National Pastime · Full Circle · Things Will Be Better |
Live | (Untitled) · Live at the Fillmore - February 1969 · Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 |
Box Set | The Byrds |
Voci correlate | Folk rock · Bob Dylan · Country rock · Jimmi Seiter · Derek Taylor · Terry Melcher · Gary Usher · Johnny Rogan · John Guerin · Jacques Levy · Kim Fowley · Raga rock · Rickenbacker |
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