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 a nice 'n' straightforward fake TIRnRR playlist, gathering various cover tunes that wound up more widely-known than the original records that inspired them. Some of these are better than the (relatively) forgotten original, and some are not, but each is at least worthy of an appreciative spin on a virtual radio show, or even on a real radio show. Ain't nothing that here that isn't pretty swell in its own right.
Some of our previous exercises in phonus-balonus playlist building have likewise danced to the concepts of covers and/or originals: The Forgotten Originals!, Definitive Covers, Meet The Song! (By Whatever Means Necessary), and The Hit Songs You Know! (maybe not by the artist you expect). In the real world, TIRnRR has done a few all-covers shows, and a Forgotten Originals! show in 2015. Whether it's a cover or an original, let the music play. A great song is its own reward.
The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:
***And NOW AVAILABLE! This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5!***
FAKE TIRnRR PLAYLIST: Better-Known Covers
THE BEACH BOYS: I Can Hear Music [The Ronettes]
LET'S ACTIVE: Blue Line [The Outskirts]
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Respect [Otis Redding]
SOFT CELL: Tainted Love [Gloria Jones]
TONI BASIL: Mickey [Racey, as "Kitty"]
THELMA HOUSTON: Don't Leave Me This Way [Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes]
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MANFRED MANN: Do Wah Diddy Diddy [The Exciters, as "Do Wah Diddy"]
THE KINGSMEN: Louie Louie [Richard Berry and the Pharaohs, Rockin' Robin Roberts]
THE ROLLING STONES: It's All Over Now [The Valentinos]
THE DRIFTERS: On Broadway [The Cookies]
NAZARETH: Love Hurts [The Everly Brothers]
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS: This Diamond Ring [Sammy Ambrose]
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THE MONKEES: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone [Paul Revere and the Raiders]
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock And Roll Love Letter [Tim Moore]
ELVIS PRESLEY: Burning Love [Arthur Alexander]
THE MOODY BLUES: Go Now! [Bessie Banks]
THE HOLLIES: I Can't Let Go [Evie Sands]
JACKIE WILSON: Higher And Higher [The Dells]
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THE GO-GO'S: Vacation [The Textones]
CYNDI LAUPER: Money Changes Everything [The Brains]
THE BANGLES: Going Down To Liverpool [Katrina and the Waves]
THE TROGGS: Wild Thing [The Wild Ones]
LOVE: My Little Red Book [Manfred Mann]
EDWIN STARR: War [The Temptations]
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THE TEMPTATIONS: Papa Was A Rollin' Stone [The Undisputed Truth]
THE BYRDS: Mr. Tambourine Man [Bob Dylan]
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me [The Wylde Knights]
CHAKA KHAN: I Feel For You [Prince]
THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR: I Fought The Law [The Crickets]
THE SEARCHERS: Needles And Pins [Jackie DeShannon]
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THE GRASS ROOTS: Let's Live For Today [The Living Daylights]
ACE FREHLEY: New York Groove [Hello]
THE GEORGIA SATELLITES: Battleship Chains [The Woods]
THE PRETENDERS: Stop Your Sobbing [The Kinks]
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: Somebody To Love [The Great Society, as "Someone To Love"]
THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: Little Bit O' Soul [The Little Darlings]
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding? [Brinsley Schwarz]
THE STONE PONEYS: Different Drum [The Greenbriar Boys]
THE TREMELOES: Silence Is Golden [The Four Seasons]
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: Midnight Train To Georgia [Jim Weatherly (as "Midnight Plane To Houston"), Cissy Houston]
THE HUMAN BEINZ: Nobody But Me [The Isley Brothers]
SINÈAD O'CONNOR: Nothing Compares 2 U [The Family]
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JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS: I Love Rock 'n' Roll [The Arrows]
JUICE NEWTON: Queen Of Hearts [Dave Edmunds]
CHEAP TRICK: California Man [The Move]
THE YOUNG RASCALS: Good Lovin' [Lemme B. Good, The Olympics]
DEEP PURPLE: Hush [Billy Joe Royal]
DION: Ruby Baby [The Drifters]
HERMAN'S HERMITS: I'm Into Something Good [Earl-Jean]
OTIS REDDING: Try A Little Tenderness [Ray Noble Orchestra, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra]
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THE BEATLES: Twist And Shout [The Top Notes, The Isley Brothers]
ELVIS PRESLEY: Hound Dog [Big Mama Thornton]
THE MONKEES: That Was Then This Is Now [The Mosquitos]
THE ROLLING STONES: Time Is On My Side [Irma Thomas]
GEORGE HARRISON: Got My Mind Set On You [James Ray]
THE COWSILLS: Hair [The Cast Of Hair]
THE 5TH DIMENSION: Age Of Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures) [The Cast Of Hair)
BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY: Piece Of My Heart [Erma Franklin]
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THE VENTURES: Walk--Don't Run [Johnny Smith]
THE RAMONES: I Need Your Love [The Boyfriends]
THE STALLIONS: Why [The Dirty Wurds]
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