Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Songwriters Showcase, Part 1

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.


Here's one Dana and I will never do for real, simply because it would require too much coordination, and the result just wouldn't be This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. But it's a fun idea: a show wherein each set is devoted exclusively to the work of a single songwriter. That's an inviting playground to hop, skip 'n' jump within, so I'm gonna milk it for at least two fake TIRnRR playlists. We'll return here tomorrow for Part 2, dedicated to songwriters who worked with other songwriters, either steadily or occasionally. For now: it's not the singer, it's the songwriter.

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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Songwriters Showcase, Part 1

PAUL McCARTNEY: Not Such A Bad Boy
MARY HOPKINS: Goodbye
THE CRICKETS: T-Shirt
BADFINGER: Come And Get It
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: On The Wings Of A Nightingale
THE FIREMAN: Sing The Changes
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CHUCK BERRY: Johnny B. Goode
THE ROLLING STONES: Come On
BUDDY HOLLY: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
THE BEATLES: Rock And Roll Music
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS: It Wasn't Me

THE MC5: Back In The USA
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PRINCE: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
HINDU LOVE GODS: Raspberry Beret
CYNDI LAUPER: When You Were Mine
BIG DADDY: Purple Rain
CHAKA KHAN: I Feel For You
SINEAD O'CONNOR: Nothing Compares 2 U
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MICHAEL NESMITH: Rising In Love
THE STONE PONEYS: Different Drum
THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND: Mary, Mary
THE CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS: Some Of Shelly's Blues
MICHAEL CARPENTER: Joanne
THE MONKEES: You Just May Be The One
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ERIC CARMEN: Never Say Die
LISA MYCHOLS: Go All The Way
THE RUBINOOS: Tonight
SHAUN CASSIDY: That's Rock 'n' Roll
THE SHIVVERS: Hey Deanie
THE RASPBERRIES: I Wanna Be With You
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PAUL SIMON: American Tune
THE CYRKLE: Red Rubber Ball
FIRST AID KIT: America
THE BANGLES: Hazy Shade Of Winter
CHAD & JEREMY: Homeward Bound
SIMON & GARFUNKEL: My Little Town
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Girls In Their Summer Clothes
THE HOLLIES: Sandy
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS: Light Of Day
ROBERT GORDON: Fire
THE KNACK: Don't Look Back
DAVE EDMUNDS: From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) 
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NEIL DIAMOND with BRIAN WILSON: Delirious Love
LULU: The Boat That I Row
UB40: Red, Red Wine
URGE OVERKILL: Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
THE SPECIALS: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
THE SIDEWINDERS: Solitary Man
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RAY DAVIES: Sold Me Out
THE PRETENDERS: Stop Your Sobbing
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Time Will Tell
DAVID BOWIE: Waterloo Sunset
KIRSTY MacCOLL: Days
THE KINKS: You Really Got Me
THE KINKS: She's Got Everything [backing track]