THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO: The Artists We Played In 2019

This Sunday December 29th brings This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio's annual countdown show, as we play back what we played a lot over the course of these past twelve months. The countdown show is always extraordinary, and we hope you'll join us Sunday night from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/  Who was our most-played artist in 2019? What was our most-played track? You can find out as we count 'em down Sunday night.

To get pumped for this extravaganza, here's a presumably comprehensive list of every act we played on TIRnRR this year. The show's stats are maintained by our pal Fritz Van Leaven, and if the list below isn't comprehensive, it ain't Fritz's fault; it means my bleary eyes missed a line or two in transferring the data Fritz gave us. I am as God made me. But I think this is right, and it offers a detailed snapshot of TIRnRR 2019, a glimpse of where we think we are and what this place looks like this year. Every act and every song in Sunday's countdown show comes from someone among this long list of artists.

In 2019, This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio served up a total of 2531 spins, including multiple spins of some tracks and but a single spin of some others. Whether a one-off play or the saturation play that befits a pop radio hit, these are the acts who provided the music of TIRnRR in 2019. 



1.4.5.
10cc
The 13th Floor Elevators
20/20
ABBA
The Ad Libs
Adam Sandler
Addison Love
The Adverts
Agnetha Faltskog
Al Green
Alex Chilton
Alice Cooper
Alice Peacock
Altered Images
Amen Corner
Amoeba Teen
A-Moms
The Amplifier Heads
Amy Rigby
ANC4
The Anderson Council
The Andersons!
Andy Bown
Anna Calvi
Anni-Frid Lyngstad



Ann-Margret
Anny Celsi/Annyland
Anton Barbeau
Any Trouble
The Archies
Aretha Franklin
The Argonauts
Armchair Oracles
The Armoires
Arrogance
The Arrows
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Arthur Alexander
Arthur Nasson
The Artwoods
The Astronauts
astroPuppees
Athanor
The Au Pairs
Autumn
The B-52's
Badfinger



The Bandwagon/Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon/Johnny Johnson & his Bandwagon
The Bangles/The Bangs
The Basement Wall
Bash And Pop
Baskery
The Bay City Rollers
The Beach Boys
The Beards
The Beat/Paul Collins' Beat
Beat Angels
The Beatles
The Beatmas
The Beatpunkers
The Beau Brummels



Bebe Buell
Belle and Sebastian
Ben Vaughn
The Bent Backed Tulips
Betty Everett
Beverley
The Bevis Frond
Bibi Farber with the Michael Lynch Orchestra
Big Al Dowling
Big Blitz
Big Star
Bill Lloyd
Billy Preston
Billy Sullivan
Billy the Kid Emerson
Birds Of A Feather
Bis
Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club



Blondie
The Blossoms
Bo Diddley
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
Bob Koenig
Bob McFadden and Dor
Bob Mould
Bob Seger/The Bob Seger System/Bob Seger & the Last Heard
The Bobby Fuller Four
The Bookends
Booker T & the MG's
BOTP Band
The Bradburys
Bram Tchaikovsky
Brenda and the Beach Balls
Brinsley Schwarz
Broken Arrows
The Brothers Steve
Bruce Wooley and the Camera Club
Bryan Bowers
Bubble Puppy



Buck Owens & his Buckaroos
The Buckinghams
Buddy Holly
Buddy Love and the Tearjerkers
Buddy Miles
Buffalo Springfield
The Buoys
The Bush Tetras
Butch Young
The Buzzcocks
The Byrds
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
C. J. Ramone
Camper Van Beethoven
Candy
Capt. Skidmarks
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Car City
Cargoe
Carl Perkins
Carla Olson
Carla Olsen & Todd Wolfe
Carolyne Mas
The Carpenters
The Cars
Cast
The Castaways
The Catholic Girls
The Cavedogs



The Chambers Brothers
Cheap Trick
The Cherry Bluestorms
The Chesterfield Kings
Chewy Marble
The Chords
Chris Lund
Chris Pain and the Lettertrain
Chris von Sneidern
Christopher Grey
Chuck Berry
Cinnamon
Circe Link & Christian Nesmith
The Clash
The Click Beetles
Clifford Ulrich
The Clingers
Clockwork Flowers
Clockwork Oranges
Cloud Eleven
The Coasters
Cockeyed Ghost
The Cocktail Slippers
The Coolies
Cotton Mather



The Cowsills
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Crickets
The Crickle
Crocheted Donut Ring
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
The Crossfires
The Crowd Scene
Crowded House
The Cryan' Shames
The Cure
Curtis Mayfield
Cyndi Lauper
The Cynics
The Damned
The Dandy Warhols
Danny Elfman
Danny McDonald
The Darling Buds
Dave Allen



The Dave Clark Five
Dave Edmunds
David Bowie
David Brookings and the Average Lookings
David Carswell and Megan Barnes
David Johansen
David Nance Group
The dB's
The Dead Boys
Dean Landew
Deanna Lynn Campbell
The Decibels
Deep Purple
The Del Fuegos
Del Shannon



Derrick Anderson
The Detroit Cobras
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Diane Renay
Dick Dale and the Deltones
Dime Box Band
Dino, Desi & Billy
Dion and the Belmonts
Dirty Looks
The Dirty Royals
The Dixie Cups
DM3
Doctor Ross



Dog Party
Dolph Chaney
Don Dixon & Jamie Hoover
The Donnas
Donovan
The Doors
Doug Powell
The Doughboys
The Downbeat 5
Dr. Feelgood
Dream Syndicate
Dreams So Real
Dress Code
The Drowners
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens
The Eagles



Earth, Wind and Fire
The Easybeats
Eddie and the Hot Rods
Eddie Cochran
Edison Lighthouse
Edwin Starr
Ego Ritual
The Elfettes
Elton John and Kiki Dee
Elvis Costello/Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Elvis Presley
The Embryos
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Emitt Rhodes
Emperor Penguin
The Enemies
The English Beat
The Equals
The Erasers
Eric Barao
Ethel y los Drakers
Etta James
Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto
The Everly Brothers
The Exploding Hearts
The Ex-Teens



Eytan Mirsky
The Fabulous Poodles
The Faces
The Factory
Factotums
The False Positives
The Feelies
Fenwyck
The Fifth Dimension
The Finkers 
Fire
The Fireman
The First Class
The Five Du-Tones
The Flamin' Groovies
The Flashcubes
The Flatmates
The Fleshtones
Les Fleur de Lys
Flight Of the Conchords



The Flirtations
The Fondettes
Fools Face
Foster and Lloyd
Fountains Of Wayne
The Four Tops
Freda Payne
Freddie and the Dreamers
The Free Design
Freeloader
Gang Of Four
The Gants
Gary Frenay
Gary Glitter
Gary Moore
Gary Numan and Tubeway Army
Gary Street
Gary Walker and the Rain
Gene Clark
Gene Pitney



Gene Simmons
Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps
General Johnson and Joey Ramone
General Public
Gentle Brent
George Harrison
The Georgia Satellites
Gigolo Aunts
Gil Scott-Heron
The Gin Blossoms
Girls At Our Best!
The Gladiolas
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Glen Burtnik's Summer of Love
Glen Campbell
The GoAllTheWays
The Go-Betweens
The Godfathers



The Go-Go's
The Gold Needles
The Graces
The Graham Bond Organization
Graham Parker and the Rumour
Grand Funk
The Great Society
The Greenberry Woods
The Greenhornes
Gregg Yeti and the Best Lights
Gretchen's Wheel
Grin
The Grip Weeds
The Groovie Ghoulies
The Guess Who
Hal Blaine
The Hangabouts
Hank Williams
Harmonic Dirt
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Hawks
Heads of the Family
Hello Helen



Herb Alpert/Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Hindu Love Gods
The Hit Quad
Hole
The Hollies
Holly Golightly/Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs
Honeyjug
The Honeycombs
The Hoodoo Gurus
The Hot Dogs
The Hudson Brothers
Humble Pie
Husker Du
Ian Hunter
Icicle Works
The Idea
Iggy and the Stooges
Ike and Tina Turner
In Deed
Intensive Care



Irene Peña
The Isley Brothers
It's Karma It's Cool
Ivan
The JAC
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie Shane
Jackie Wilson
Jackson Browne with Bonnie Raitt
The Jackson Five
The Jags
The Jam
James Brown
The James Gang
Jamie Hoover
Jan Panter
Jana Peri
Javier Batiz and the Famous Finks
The Jayhawks
Jean Knight
Jeff Lynne
Jefferson Airplane
The Jellybricks
Jeremy
Jethro Tull
Jigsaw
Jim Basnight
Jim Boggia
Jimmy Cavallo and his Houserockers



The Jive Five
Joan Armatrading
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joe Cocker
Joe Jackson
Joe Normal and the Anytown'rs
Joe Sullivan
John Hiatt
John Larson and the Silver Fields
John Lennon/John and Yoko
Johnathan Pushkar
Johnny and the Hurricanes
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
Joni Mitchell
Jonny Magus and the Bursting Bubbles
Joshua Hedley



Josie and the Pussycats
Joy Division
The Judy's
The Judybats
Julie Driscoll
Julie Grant
The Junior League
Kai Danzberg
The Kariannes
Katrina and the Waves
Kelly's Heels
Ken Sharp
The Kennedys
Kenny
The Keys
Kiki Dee
Kim Weston
King Crimson
The Kings
The Kingsmen



The Kinks
Kirsty MacColl
KISS
Klaatu
The Knack
The Knickerbockers
Kool and the Gang
The Kursaal Flyers
The La's
The Lackloves
Lannie Flowers
Larry's Rebels
The Last
Laurie Biagini
Lava Hay
The Left Banke
Lene Lovich
Les Handclaps
Lesley Gore
Leslie Pereira and the Lazy Heroes
Let's Active
Librarians with Hickeys
The Like



Linda Ronstadt
Lindy Blaskey and the Lavells
Link Wray and his Ray Men
Lip Service
Lisa Lauren
Lisa Mychols
The Little Darlings
Little Eva
Little Richard
The Liverbirds
The Living Dolls
Liz Phair
Lone Star
Loretta Lynn
Los Apson
Los Belmonts
Los Gatos Negros Quique Tudela
Los Matematicos
Los Mustang
Los Pets
Los Salvajes
Los Shain's
Los Shakers
Los Straitjackets
Los Yaki
Lost and Found
The Loud Family



Lulu
Lunar Laugh
Lyn Collins
Lyres
The Magnetic Fields
The Majestics
The Mal Thursday Quintet
The Mamas and the Papas
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Mannix
Margo Guryan
Marianne Faithfull
Mark Lindsay
The Marlowes
Marshall Crenshaw



Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Marti Jones and Don Dixon
Marty Stuart
The Marvelettes
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Mary Lou Lord
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Marykate O'Neil
Material Issue
Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
Maura
Maurice Jarre
The Mavericks
Maxine Nightingale
The MC5
Melanie



Merle Haggard
Merry Clayton
The Merrymakers
MFSB
Michael Carpenter
Michael Slawter
Micky Dolenz
The Midnight Callers
The Mighty Lemondrops
Mike and the Runaways
Mike Nicholson
Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers
Mindy Smith
The Miracles/Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The Moberlys
Moby Grape
The Mockers
The Modern Lovers
Modern Sounds
Mondello



The Monkees
The Monochrome Set
The Moody Blues
The Morells
Morgen
The Morning Line
Mose Allison
The Mosquitos
Motel Mirrors
Motorcyle Abeline
Motorhead
The Motors
Mott the Hoople
The Move
Mr! Mouray
Mr. Encrypto
Muck and the Mires
Mud
Mudcrutch
Muddy Waters



The Muffs
The Music Explosion
The Music Machine
Nada Surf
Nancy Sinatra
The Nashville Ramblers
Nazareth
The Nazz
Neal Hefti
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nelson Bragg
The Nerves
New Order
The New Pornographers
The Newds
Nezrock
Nick Frater
Nick Gilder
Nick Heyward
Nick Lowe
Nico



Nikki and the Corvettes
Nilsson
Nina Simone
Nirvana
NRBQ
The Nutley Brass
The O'Jays
Oasis
The Ohio Express
The Ohio Players
The Ohio Untouchables
The Only Ones
Orbis Max
The Orion Experience'
Otis and Carla
Otis Redding
The Outlets
P. Hux



P. P. Arnold
Pacific Soul Ltd.
The Paley Brothers with The Ramones
The Pandoras
Parliament
The Parties
The Partridge Family
Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells
Paul McCartney/Wings
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Paula Carino
The Penetrators
The Pengwins
The Pernice Brothers
Pete Kennedy
Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend with Ronnie Lane
Peter and Gordon
Peter Tork
Peter Tork and the New Monks


Pezband
The Phenomenal Cats
Phil Ochs
Phil Seymour
Pink Floyd
Piper
The Pivots
The Pixies
Plasticsoul
The Plimsouls
The Police
Poncho Sanchez
PoP
Pop Co-Op
Popdudes
The Poptarts
The Posies
The Presidents of the United States of America
The Pretenders
The Pretty Things
Primal Scream
The Primitives



Prince
The Producers
Psychedelic Furs
Puffy AmiYumi
Punk Rock Treehouse
The Pyramids
Quicksilver Messenger Service
R.E.M.
Racehorses
Rachel Sweet
The Raconteurs
Radio Birdman
Rain Parade
The Ramones
The Ramonetures
Randy Newman
The Raspberries
The Raves
Ray Paul
Raylene and the Blue Angels



The Records
Redd Kross
The Reducers
The Reflectors
The Remains
The Rembrandts
The Replacements
The Restless
The Revillos
Rice University Marching Owl Band
Richard and Mimi Farina
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Turgeon
Richard X. Heyman
Richie Havens
Richie Parsons



Rick James
Ringo Starr
Ritchie Valens
Robb Benson
Robert Bidney
Robert Gordon
Robert J. Kral
Robert Johnson
Robert Urban
Rockin' Vickers
Rockpile
Rod Stewart
Roger McGuinn
Roky Erickson/Roky Erickson and the Aliens



The Rolling Stones
The Romantics
The Ronettes
Ronnie Dark
Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance
Ronnie Spector and the E Street Band
Rory Gallagher
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
Rotary Connection
Roxy Music
Roy Loney/Roy Loney and the Phantom Movers
Roy Wood and Wizzard
Rubayyat
The Rubettes
The Rubinoos
Rufus Thomas



The Runaways
The Rutles
The Safes
The Saints
Salford Jets
Sam and Dave
Sam Chalpin
Sam Cooke
Sammy Ambrose
Sax Kari featuring Ella Reed
Screen Test
Scruffy the Cat
Sea of Bees
Sea Urchins
Sean Hutton/Sean Hutton with Poppermost



The Searchers
The Secret Service
The Secrets
Segarini
The Selecter
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
The Seven and Six
Sex Clark Five
The Sex Pistols
The Shadows
Shakin' Stevens
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
The Sharpees
Shaun Cassidy
She Trinity
The Shirelles



The Shirts
The Shivvers
Shoes
Shonen Knife
Shplang
The Sighs
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon Morel
The Simpsons
The Singles
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Slade
The Slapbacks
Sleepy LaBeef
Slim Harpo
The Slits
Slumberjet



Sly and the Family Stone
The Small Faces
The Smithereens
Solomon Burke
The Somethings
Sonny
Sonny and Cher
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sons of Morning
Southwest F.O.B.
The Spades
Spandau Ballet
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Sparks
Speed of Sound
The Speedways
The Spinners
Split Enz


The Spongetones
The Sports
Squeeze
Squibby and the Reflections
Squire
Stag
The Stallions
The Standells
The Staple Singers
Starlites
Status Quo with The Beach Boys
The Stems
Stephen Lawrenson
Steve Aliment
Steve Barton
The Steve Deaton Three
Steve Stoeckel
Stevie Wonder
Stiff Little Fingers



Stiv Bators
The Stone Poneys
The Stooges
The Strangeloves
The Stranglers
Styx
The Successful Failures
Sugar
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Sugarbomb
Sundial
The Supremes
Supremium
Susan Cowsill


Suzi Quatro
Sweet
The Swodahs
Sybil
Syl Johnson
T. Rex
Talk Talk
Talking Heads
Tamaralee Shutt with Orbis Max
Tammi Terrell
T Bone Burnett
The T-Bones
The Tearaways



The Tearjerkers
Teenage Fanclub
Tegan and Sara
Television
The Temptations
Terry Draper
Texas Tornados
The Textones
That Petrol Emotion
Thee Milkshakes
Thelma Houston
Them
Thin Lizzy
Three Days Awake



The Three Degrees
The Three O'Clock
Thunderclap Newman
Tim Buckley
Time
The Times
Tina Turner
TIRnRR All-stars
Todd Rundgren
Tom Evans
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy Roe
Tomorrow
The Toms
Tony Jackson with the Vibrations


Toots and the Maytals
Tor Guides
The Tourists
The Toys
Tracey Ullman
Translator
The Traveling Wilburys
The Tremblers
The Trend
Trip Wire
The Troggs
Tsar
The Turtles
The Tweeds
Ug and the Cavemen



The Undertones
Urge Overkill
Utopia
Van Duren with Jody Stephens
Vanilla
Vapour Trails
Vegas with Randolph
Velvet Crush
The Velvet Underground
The Vertebrats
The Villas
The Virtues
The Vogues
The Vores
The Wag
The Waitresses
The Wallmen


Wanda Jackson
Warren Zevon
The Wedding Party
Wednesday Week
The Weeklings/The Weeklings featuring Peter Noone
The Well Wishers
Wes Hollywood
West Coast Music Club
West Coast Revival
Wham!
The Wheels
White Plains
The Who
Wilkerson
Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard



Wilson Pickett
Wire Train
Wondermints
World Party
Wreckless Eric
Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby
X-Ray Spex
XTC
The Yachts
The Yardbirds
The Young Rascals
The Zombies



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