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==Credits==
|title = So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (unreleased cover)
* Written by: '''[[Roger McGuinn]]''' and '''[[Chris Hillman]]'''
|writer = [[Roger McGuinn]] and [[Chris Hillman]]
|performer = [[The Coward Brothers]]<br>[[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] <br>[[Elvis Costello]], [[John Hiatt]], [[Richard Thompson]] & others <small>([[Concert 1984-06-30 Santa Monica|1984-06-30]])</small> <br> [[Elvis Costello]], [[Tom Petty]] & [[The Attractions]] <small>([[Concert 1986-10-05 Los Angeles|1986-10-05]])</small> <br> [[Elvis Costello]], [[Roger McGuinn]] & [[Steve Nieve]] <small>([[Concert 1998-10-24 San Remo|1998-10-24]], [[Concert 1999-10-30 Orlando|1999-10-30]])</small> <br> [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Roger McGuinn]] <small>([[Concert 2001-05-11 Dublin|2001-05-11]])</small><br>[[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Imposters]] <small>(2011-2012)</small>
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==Performances==
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This song is '''unreleased''' by Elvis Costello, but he has performed it in concert, most frequently in [[Gigography 1984|1984]]. He has also performed it as a duet with both [[Roger McGuinn]] and [[Tom Petty]].
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|first = [[Concert 1984-05-01 Universal City|May 1, 1984, Universal City, CA]]  
|last = [[Concert 2012-09-15 Milwaukee|September 15, 2012, Milwaukee, WI]]
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==Recordings==
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* '''[[The Byrds]]''', on '''Younger Than Yesterday''', [[1967]]
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* [[Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers]], [[1986]]
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==Bootlegs==
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* ''This section is incomplete.''
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| year = 1967
| band = '''[[The Byrds]]'''
| info = ''Younger Than Yesterday''
| link = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Than_Yesterday Wikipedia] }}
 
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| year = 1985
| band = [[Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers]]
| info = ''Pack Up the Plantation: Live!''
| link = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Up_the_Plantation:_Live! Wikipedia] }}


==Internal links==  
==[[Special:WhatLinksHere/So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star|Internal links]]==  
*[[Gigography]]
*[[Template:So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star|Lyrics]]
*[[Template:So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star]]


==External links==  
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Star Wikipedia]


[[Category:1984]]
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:Unreleased covers]]
[[Category:Unreleased covers]]
[[Category:1984 unreleased covers]]
[[Category:Vanity Fair 500 songs]]

Revision as of 10:58, 17 November 2013

So you want to be a rock and roll star
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time
And learn how to play

And with your hair swung right
And your pants too tight
It's gonna be all right
Then it's time to go downtown
Where the agent man won't let you down

Sell your soul to the company
Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware
And in a week or two
If you make the charts
The girls'll tear you apart

The price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game? You're a little insane
The money, the fame, and the public acclaim
Don't forget who you are
You're a rock and roll star
So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (unreleased cover)
Written byRoger McGuinn and Chris Hillman
Performed byThe Coward Brothers
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson & others (1984-06-30)
Elvis Costello, Tom Petty & The Attractions (1986-10-05)
Elvis Costello, Roger McGuinn & Steve Nieve (1998-10-24, 1999-10-30)
Elvis Costello & Roger McGuinn (2001-05-11)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (2011-2012)

First known performance:
 May 1, 1984, Universal City, CA
Last known performance:
 September 15, 2012, Milwaukee, WI
     (46 known performances)


Category:Unreleased covers1999-00-00 live.jpg


Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 The Byrds  1967  Younger Than Yesterday  Wikipedia
 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers  1985  Pack Up the Plantation: Live!  Wikipedia

Internal links

External links

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