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The Byrds

So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star

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  • Rock
  • Folk
  • Pop
  • Space
  • Musical
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1965
  • 1967
  • 1965
  • 1964
  • 1969
  • 1997

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The Byrds were an American rock and roll band. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964, The Byrds underwent several personnel changes, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group’s disbandment in 1973. Their trademark songs include covers of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “My Back Pages” and Pete Seeger’s “Turn! Turn! Turn!“, as well as the originals “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”, “Eight Miles High” and “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.“ The Byrds were popular and influential during the mid-1960s and into the early 1970s. Initially, the band played folk rock, melding influences such as the British Invasion sound, contemporary folk and pop music. Later they expanded their sound into such sub-genres... Read on...

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