So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star

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writer:Chris Hillman
Roger McGuinn
publisher:Tickson Music Co.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/29807 [info]
Wikidata:Q6976655 [info]
referred to in medleys:California Revisited
later translated versions:Rock’n’Roll-Star

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1966-11-28So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
1967-06-17So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarliveThe Byrds2:25
1967-06-17So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarliveThe Byrds?:??
1967-06-17So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1967-06-17: Monterey Pop Festival, CA, USA)liveThe Byrds2:25
1967-06-17So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star (live, 1967-06-1x: Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey County Fairground, Monterey, CA, USA)liveThe Byrds2:49
1967-09-14So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and liveThe Move2:55
1967-09-14So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star?cover and liveThe Move2:55
1969-02-07 – 1969-02-08So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1969-02: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveThe Byrds2:36
1971-05-13So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (live, 1971-05-13: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)liveThe Byrds3:07
1973-02-10So You Want to Be a Rock’n’Roll Star (live, 1973-02-10: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)liveThe Byrds2:56
1979-04-21(So You Want to Be a) Rock 'n' Roll Star (live, 1979-04-22: Grughalle, Essen, Germany)cover and livePatti Smith5:49
1979-05-13So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1979-05-13: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA)cover and livePatti Smith8:05
1979-08-11Rock and Roll Star (live, 1979-08-11: CBGB, New York City, New York, USA)cover and livePatti Smith12:00
1979-08-11So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1979-08-11: CBGB, New York City, New York, USA)livePatti Smith12:00
1979-08-11So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star (live, 1979‐08‐11: CBGB, New York, NY, USA)livePatti Smith Group?:??
1982-12-04So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and liveTom Petty3:39
1982-12-04So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star (live, 1982-12-04: Utrecht, Netherlands)cover and liveTom Petty & the Heartbreakers3:40
1982-12-09So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1982-12-09: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland)liveTom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:38
1984-04-17So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Star (live, 1984-04-17: Exo-7, Rouen, France)cover and liveR.E.M.?:??
1984-06-13So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (live, 1984-06-13: WLIR 92.7FM, WLIR Studios, Westbury, NY, USA)cover and liveR.E.M.?:??
1984-06-27So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live 1984-06-27: Seattle, WA, USA)cover and liveR.E.M.1:57
1985-08-07So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star (live, 1985-08-07: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveTom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:37
1985So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Starcover and liveTom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:31
1986-02-24Rock-n-Roll Starcover and liveBob Dylan & Tom Petty3:41
1986-02-24So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Starcover and liveBob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers4:00
1986-02-24So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1986-02-24: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)cover and liveBob Dylan3:58
1986-02-24 – 1986-02-25So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and liveBob Dylan & Tom Petty4:02
1986-02-24 – 1986-02-25So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Starcover and liveBob Dylan & Tom Petty4:03
1986-03-05So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (1986-03-05: Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan)cover and liveTom Petty and the Heartbreakers4:03
1986-06-12 – 1986-07-20Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and liveTom Petty and the Heartbreakers4:14
1989-04-07So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1989‐04‐07: Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveCrowded House with Roger McGuinn2:50
1990-01-10Desire (live, 1990-01: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)cover, live and partialU25:35
1994-09-09So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Star (live, 1994-09-09: Globen, Stockholm, Sweden)cover and liveRoxette4:09
1994-09-20So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1994-09-20: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)cover and liveRoxette4:15
1995-11-04So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (live, 1995-11-04: Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA, USA)cover and livePearl Jam, Ben Harper & Kim Warnick4:38
1995-11-04So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star / Brain of J (live, 1995-11-04: Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA, USA)cover, live and partialPearl Jam4:10
1995So You Wanna Be a Rock’n’ Roll Star (live, 1995)cover and livePearl Jam with Ben Harper and Kim*5:16
1999-07-16So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Starcover and liveCounting Crows?:??
2006-07-02So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (live, 2006-07-02: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA)cover and livePearl Jam4:33
2006-07-03So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and livePearl Jam3:56
2006-10-15So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 2006‐10‐15: CBGB, New York, NY, USA)livePatti Smith?:??
2010-05-01So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star (live, 2010-05-01: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA, USA)cover and livePearl Jam4:18
2013-05-20So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 2013-05-20: Beacon Theatre, New York, USA)cover and liveTom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:40
2014-08-30So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 2014‐08‐30: Fenway Park, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveTom Petty & the Heartbreakers3:44
Rock and Roll StarcoverCharly García & Fito Páez?:??
Rock’n’Roll Starcover and liveThe Sea Urchins2:27
Rock’n’Roll StarcoverBeatsteaks1:25
S.Y.W.T.B.A.R.N.R.S.coverHunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar2:12
So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and livePearl Jam4:34
So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarcoverR.E.M.1:59
So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Starcover and liveRoxette2:11
So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll StarcoverRoxette2:48
So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:03
So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (unplugged, 1993-01-09: Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden)cover and liveRoxette2:19
So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarcoverSun Dragon2:01
So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:05
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll StarThe Byrds2:38
So You Wanna Be a Rock Roll Starcover and liveRoxette2:20
So You Want to be a Rock 'n' roll StarcoverRichard Clapton2:28
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:05
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarliveRoger McGuinn2:04
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarliveBob Dylan4:07
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarTom Petty3:39
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarBob Dylan & Tom Petty4:02
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarliveThe Byrds3:00
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (live, 1967-04: Stockholm, Sweden)liveThe Byrds2:31
So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll StarliveRoger McGuinn, Chris Hillman With Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives2:26
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1970-02-28:Colden Auditorium, Queens College, Queens, NY, USA)liveThe Byrds2:38
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarliveThe Byrds3:13
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:08
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1969/1970: USA)liveThe Byrds2:18
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:08
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1967-06-17: Monterey Pop Festival, CA, USA)liveThe Byrds2:10
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:05
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:08
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:07
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live)liveThe Byrds2:38
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live)coverTom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:39
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Starcover and liveThe Move2:59
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:04
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star (live, 1984‐06‐09: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA)liveR.E.M. & Roger McGuinn?:??
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:06
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe Byrds2:35
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarliveThe Byrds3:27
So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarliveThe Byrds2:58
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