- So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
Infobox Single
Name = So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
Artist =The Byrds
Album =Younger Than Yesterday
B-side = "Everybody's Been Burned"
Released = Start date|1967|1|9
Format =
Recorded =November 28 ,1966 , Columbia Studios, Hollywood
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:05
Label = Columbia
Writer = Jim McGuinn,Chris Hillman
Producer =Gary Usher
Certification =
Last single = "Mr. Spaceman "
(1966)
This single = "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
(1967)
Next single = "My Back Pages "
(1967)Infobox Single
Name = So You Want to Be
(a Rock'n'Roll Star)
Artist = Patti Smith Group
Album = Wave
B-side = "Frederick" (Live)
Released = Start date|1979
Format = Vinyl (7")
Recorded =Bearsville Studios
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:18
Label = Arista
Writer = Jim McGuinn,Chris Hillman
Producer =Todd Rundgren
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =Patti Smith singles
Type = single
Last single = "Dancing Barefoot "
(1979)
This single = "So You Want
to Be
(A Rock 'n' Roll Star)"
(1979)
Next single = "People Have the Power "
(1988)"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" is a rock song written by Jim McGuinn and
Chris Hillman , and first recorded byThe Byrds for their 1967 album "Younger Than Yesterday ".In 1979 the song was recorded by Patti Smith Group, and released as a third single from their album "Wave". [cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/807503 |title=Patti Smith Group - So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star |accessdate=2008-03-06 |publisher=Discogs] The song was also covered by
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during theirSouthern Accents tour. The Swedish pop groupRoxette included the song in theirMTV Unplugged show, in 1993. In 2006,Les Fradkin released cover version on his album "Goin' Back".Notes
External links
* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/patti_smith/836310/lyrics.jhtml Lyrics]
* [http://ebni.com/byrds/lpyty.html The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday]
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