Happy New Year from Choice Classic Rock! I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe 2021. I know that 2020 has been a challenge for most of us (isn’t THAT an understatement!) – but I truly believe better things are on the horizon in the New Year.
And although the year itself presented many challenges, new Classic Rock music was flourishing and finding its way onto the airwaves. The list at the end of this post contains all the songs released in 2020 that made it onto the playlist here at Choice Classic Rock.
Our resolution for the New Year – is to continue to search out and play the best music that Classic Rock has to offer; and to be ever grateful for all the many listeners from around the world who tune in and listen to the music. Your kind words of encouragement sent via the contact page and email are much appreciated, and are the reason I continue to do this. Thank you!
Songs Released in 2020 & Added to the CCR Playlist
| AC/DC – Shot In the Dark (from Power Up) |
| AC/DC – Realize (from Power Up) |
| AC/DC – Witch’s Spell (from Power Up) |
| AC/DC – Demon Fire (from Power Up) |
| AC/DC – Wild Reputation (from Power Up) |
| Ace Frehley – Space Truckin’ (from Origins, Vol. 2) |
| Ace Frehley – I’m Down (from Origins Vol. 2) |
| Ace Frehley – Jumpin’ Jack Flash (from Origins Vol. 2) |
| Alice Cooper – Don’t Give Up (Single) |
| Alison Solo – Last One Standing (from Plutonian) |
| Alison Solo – Chiron (from Plutonian) |
| America – Remembering (from Half Century) |
| Ann Wilson – The Revolution Starts Now (Single) |
| B.B. King & Eric Clapton – Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (from Ridin’ With the King (Extended)) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Live) (from 40th Anniversary – Agents Of Fortune – Live 2016) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – E.T.I. Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Live) (from 40th Anniversary – Agents Of Fortune – Live 2016) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – That Was Me (from The Symbol Remains) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – Box In My Head (from The Symbol Remains) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – Tainted Blood (from The Symbol Remains) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – Edge Of The World (from The Symbol Remains) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – Florida Man (from The Symbol Remains) |
| Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Road (from The Symbol Remains) |
| Bob Dylan – Murder Most Foul (Single) |
| Bob Dylan – I Contain Multitudes (from Rough and Rowdy Ways) |
| Bob Dylan – False Prophet (from Rough and Rowdy Ways) |
| Bob Dylan – Goodbye Jimmy Reed (from Rough and Rowdy Ways) |
| Bon Jovi – Limitless (from 2020) |
| Bon Jovi – American Reckoning (from 2020) |
| Bon Jovi – Do What You Can (from 2020) |
| Bon Jovi – Beautiful Drug (from 2020) |
| Bon Jovi – Brothers In Arms (from 2020) |
| Bragg & Hemsworth – Tall Stories on Short Street (from Tall Stories On Short Street) |
| Bragg & Hemsworth – New World (Has Begun) (from Tall Stories On Short Street) |
| Bruce Hornsby – My Resolve (feat. James Mercer) (from Non-Secure Connection) |
| Bruce Springsteen – Ghosts (from Letter To You) |
| Bruce Springsteen – Letter To You (from Letter To You) |
| Bruce Springsteen – Burnin’ Train (from Letter To You) |
| Bruce Springsteen – Last Man Standing (from Letter To You) |
| Bruce Springsteen – I’ll See You In My Dreams (from Letter To You) |
| Bryan Ferry – Sympathy For The Devil (Live) (from Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 1974) |
| Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Live) (from Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 1974) |
| Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang – Cognac (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| Champlin Williams Friestedt – Runaway Dancer feat. Lars Safsund (from CWF 2) |
| Champlin Williams Friestedt – Love in the World (from CWF 2) |
| Cheap Trick – Rebel Rebel (Single) |
| Chris Rea – Midnight Love (2020 Remaster) (from ERA 1 (As Bs & Rarities 1978-1984)) |
| Chris Rea – I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (Extended Mix) (from ERA 1 (As Bs & Rarities 1978-1984)) |
| Chris Rea – Diamonds (12 Version) (from ERA 1 (As Bs & Rarities 1978-1984) ) |
| Cindy Blackman Santana – Imagine (feat. Santana) (from Give The Drummer Some) |
| Cindy Blackman Santana – She’s Got It Goin’ On (from Give The Drummer Some) |
| Cindy Blackman Santana – Black Pearl (feat. Santana & Vernon Reid) (from Give The Drummer Some) |
| Cream – Crossroads (Live – San Diego Sports Arena) (from Goodbye Tour Live 1968) |
| David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World (2020 Mix) (from Metrobolist (aka The Man Who Sold The World)) |
| David Clayton-Thomas – The System (from Say Somethin’) |
| David Clayton-Thomas – Never Again (from Say Somethin’) |
| David Clayton-Thomas – Player (from Say Somethin’) |
| David Gilmour – Yes, I Have Ghosts (with Romany Gilmour) (Single) |
| David Lee Roth – Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar & Grill (Single) |
| Deep Purple – Hush (Live in Rome 2013) (from Live in Rome 2013) |
| Deep Purple – Throw My Bones (from Whoosh) |
| Deep Purple – Man Alive (from Whoosh) |
| Deep Purple – Nothing At All (from Whoosh) |
| Deep Purple – Step by Step (from Whoosh!) |
| Deep Purple – What the What (from Whoosh!) |
| Deep Purple – The Power of the Moon (from Whoosh!) |
| Def Leppard – Glad I’m Alive (Early Version) (from The Early Years 79-81) |
| Def Leppard – Rock Brigade (from The Early Years) |
| Dennis DeYoung – East Of Midnight (from 26 East, Vol. 1) |
| Dennis DeYoung – To The Good Old Days (with Julian Lennon) (from 26 East, Vol. 1) |
| Dennis DeYoung – With All Due Respect (from 26 East, Vol. 1) |
| Dennis DeYoung – A Kingdom Ablaze (from 26 East, Vol. 1) |
| Dion – Bam Bang Boom (from Blues With Friends) |
| Dion, Joe Bonamassa – Blues Comin’ On (from Blues With Friends) |
| Dion, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen – Hymn To Him (from Blues With Friends) |
| Dion, Paul Simon – Song For Sam Cooke (Here In America) (from Blues With Friends) |
| Dion, Samantha Fish – What If I Told You (from Blues With Friends) |
| Doyle Bramhall II with Tedeschi Trucks Band – That’s How Strong My Love Is (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| Elton John – Regimental Sgt. Zippo (from Jewel Box) |
| Elton John – White Man Danger (from Jewel Box) |
| Elton John – Medicine Man (from Jewel Box) |
| Elton John – Hey Papa Legba (from Jewel Box) |
| Elton John – Take Me Down To The Ocean (from Jewel Box) |
| Elton John – Things Only Get Better With Love (from Jewel Box) |
| Elton John & Kiki Dee – Snow Queen (from Jewel Box) |
| Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – Help Me (from 100 Years Of Blues) |
| Elvis Costello – No Flag (from Hey Clockface) |
| Elvis Costello – We Are All Cowards Now (from Hey Clockface) |
| Eric Clapton – Badge (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| Eric Clapton – Purple Rain (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| Eric Clapton with John Mayer & Doyle Bramhall II – Layla (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| Eric Johnson – Waterwheel (from EJ Vol II) |
| FM – Synchronized (from Synchronized) |
| FM – Superstar (from Synchronized) |
| FM – Broken (from Synchronized) |
| Frank Zappa – Arabesque (Guitar OD Mix) (from The Hot Rats Sessions) |
| Gary Moore – Oh, Pretty Woman (Live) (from Live from London) |
| Gary Moore – Since I Met You Baby (Live) (from Live from London) |
| Gary Moore – Still Got The Blues (Live) (from Live from London) |
| Gordon Lightfoot – Oh So Sweet (from Solo) |
| Gordon Lightfoot – Why Not Give It A Try (from Solo) |
| Green Leaf Rustlers – No Expectations (from From Within Marin) |
| Huey Lewis & The News – Hurry Back Baby (from Weather) |
| Jackson Browne – A Little Soon To Say (Single) |
| Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere (Single) |
| James Taylor – It’s Only A Paper Moon (from American Standard) |
| James Taylor – Teach Me Tonight (from American Standard) |
| Jefferson Starship – It’s About Time (from Mother Of the Sun) |
| Jefferson Starship – Runaway Again (from Mother Of the Sun) |
| Jefferson Starship – What Are We Waiting For? (Extended) (from Mother Of the Sun) |
| Joan Jett – Jeepster (from Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex) |
| Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting (from Shapeshifting) |
| Joe Satriani – Nineteen Eighty (from Shapeshifting) |
| John Fogerty – Don’t You Wish It Was True (Fogerty’s Factory Version) (from Fogerty’s Factory) |
| John Lennon – Come Together (Live) (from Gimme Some Truth (Deluxe)) |
| Kansas – Throwing Mountains (from The Absence Of Presence) |
| Kansas – Memories Down the Line (from The Absence Of Presence) |
| Kansas – Jets Overhead (from The Absence Of Presence) |
| Kansas – Never (from The Absence Of Presence) |
| Keith Richards – Happy (Live) (from Live at the Hollywood Palladium) |
| Lou Reed – Dirty Blvd. (Live) (from New York (Deluxe Edition)) |
| Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side (Live) (from New York (Deluxe Edition)) |
| Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Entirely Different Stars (from Naked Garden) |
| Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Civilized Hell (Alternate Version) (from Naked Garden) |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Last of the Street Survivors (Single) |
| Magnum – Where Are You Eden (from The Serpent Rings) |
| Magnum – The Last One On Earth (from The Serpent Rings) |
| Martin Barre – Life Is A Long Song (from 50 Years Of Jethro Tull) |
| Martin Barre – Locomotive Breath (from 50 Years Of Jethro Tull) |
| Martin Barre – Bungle In The Jungle (Live) (from 50 Years Of Jethro Tull) |
| Mick Fleetwood’s Da da ism – These Strange Times (Single) |
| Nancy Wilson – The Rising (Single) |
| Neil Finn – Find Your Way Back Home (feat. Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie) (Single) |
| Neil Young – White Line (from Homegrown) |
| Neil Young – Vacancy (from Homegrown) |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Falling from Above (Live) (from Return To Greendale) |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Be The Rain (Live) (from Return To Greendale) |
| Nektar – SkyWriter (from The Other Side) |
| Nick Lowe – Lay It On Me Baby (from Lay It On Me) |
| Nick Lowe – Here Comes That Feeling (from Lay It On Me) |
| Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – Interstellar Overdrive (Live) (from Live at the Roundhouse) |
| Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – See Emily Play (Live) (from Live at the Roundhouse) |
| Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – Arnold Layne (Live) (from Live at the Roundhouse) |
| Nils Lofgren Band – Across The Tracks (Live) (from Weathered) |
| Outlaws – Southern Rock Will Never Die (from Dixie Highway) |
| Outlaws – Dixie Highway (from Dixie Highway) |
| Ozzy Osbourne – Scary Little Green Men (from Ordinary Man) |
| Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man (with Elton John) (from Ordinary Man) |
| Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo – Together (Single) |
| Patty Smyth – Drive (from It’s About Time) |
| Paul Weller – Village (from On Sunset) |
| Paul Weller – On Sunset (from On Sunset) |
| Pearl Jam – Dance of the Clairvoyants (from Gigaton) |
| Pearl Jam – Superblood Wolfmoon (from Gigaton) |
| Pearl Jam – Never Destination (from Gigaton) |
| Pearl Jam – Retrograde (from Gigaton) |
| Pendragon – Who Really Are We? (from Love Over Fear) |
| Peter Frampton with Eric Clapton – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (2019 Remix, Live) (from Delicate Sound Of Thunder (2019 Remix; Live)) |
| Queen + Adam Lambert – You Are The Champions (Single) |
| Queen + Adam Lambert – Somebody To Love (Live) (from Live Around The World) |
| Queen + Adam Lambert – Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Live) (from Live Around The World) |
| Ray Wylie Hubbard – Bad Trick (from Co-Starring) |
| Robert Cray – Anything You Want (from That’s What I Heard) |
| Robert Cray – Hot (from That’s What I Heard) |
| Robert Plant – Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up Part 2) (from Digging Deep: Subterranea) |
| Robert Plant – Too Much Alike (with Patty Griffin) (from Digging Deep: Subterranea) |
| Robert Plant – Nothing Takes the Place of You (from Digging Deep: Subterranea) |
| Roger Waters – Money (Live) (from Us + Them) |
| Roger Waters – One of These Days (Live) (from Us + Them) |
| Roger Waters – The Great Gig In the Sky (Live) (from Us + Them) |
| Rory Gallagher – Calling Card (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1977) (from Check Shirt Wizard Live In ’77) |
| Rory Gallagher – Jack-Knife Beat (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1977) (from Check Shirt Wizard Live In ’77) |
| Sass Jordan – Leaving Trunk (from Rebel Moon Blues) |
| Sass Jordan – One Way Out (from Rebel Moon Blues) |
| Savoy Brown – All Gone Wrong (from Ain’t Done Yet) |
| Savoy Brown – Devil’s Highway (from Ain’t Done Yet) |
| Savoy Brown – Feel Like A Gypsy (from Ain’t Done Yet) |
| Sheryl Crow & Bonnie Raitt – Everything Is Broken (Live) (from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019) |
| SIXX:A.M. – Maybe It’s Time (ft. Corey Taylor, Joe Elliott, Brantley Gilbert, Ivan Moody, Slash) (Single) |
| Soul Asylum – If I Told You (from Hurry Up and Wait) |
| Soul Asylum – Got It Pretty Good (from Hurry Up and Wait) |
| Soul Asylum – Social Butterfly (from Hurry Up and Wait) |
| Sparks – Left Out in the Cold (from A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip) |
| Sparks – Self-Effacing (from A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip) |
| Steve Howe – The Headlands (from Love Is) |
| Steve Howe – See Me Through (from Love Is) |
| Steve Howe – It Ain’t Easy (from Love Is) |
| Steve Lukather – Run To Me (Single) |
| Stevie Nicks – Show Them the Way (Single) |
| Stewart Lindsey – Hold On (from Amelie) |
| Stone Temple Pilots – Fare Thee Well (from Perdida) |
| Stone Temple Pilots – She’s My Queen (from Perdida) |
| Tears For Fears – Sowing the Seeds of Love (Alternate Mix) (from The Seeds of Love (Super Deluxe)) |
| Tears For Fears – Woman in Chains (Townhouse Live Jam Sessions) (feat. Oleta Adams) (from The Seeds of Love (Super Deluxe)) |
| The Allman Betts Band – Magnolia Road (from Bless Your Heart) |
| The Allman Betts Band – Pale Horse Rider (from Bless Your Heart) |
| The Allman Betts Band – Savannah’s Dream (from Bless Your Heart) |
| The Allman Betts Band – Airboats & Cocaine (from Bless Your Heart) |
| The Allman Brothers Band – Trouble No More (Demo) (from Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection) |
| The Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky (Live At The Beacon Theatre, March 21, 2005) (from Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection) |
| The Boomtown Rats – Trash Glam Baby (from Citizens of Boomtown) |
| The Boomtown Rats – Here’s a Postcard (from Citizens of Boomtown) |
| The Boomtown Rats – Get a Grip (from Citizens of Boomtown) |
| The Dead Daisies – Unspoken (from Unspoken) |
| The Dirty Knobs – Wreckless Abandon (from Wreckless Abandon) |
| The Dirty Knobs – Irish Girl (from Wreckless Abandon) |
| The Dirty Knobs – Anna Lee (from Wreckless Abandon) |
| The Dirty Knobs – Loaded Gun (from Wreckless Abandon) |
| The Doors – Money (That’s What I Want) (from Morrison Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)) |
| The Eagles – Hotel California (Live from the Forum) (from Live from the Forum MMXVIII) |
| The Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes (Live from the Forum) (from Live from the Forum MMXVIII) |
| The Eagles – Take It Easy (Live from the Forum) (from Live from the Forum MMXVIII) |
| The Empty Hearts – Well Look At You (from The Second Album) |
| The Empty Hearts – Remember Days Like These (Feat. Ringo Starr) (from The Second Album) |
| The Empty Hearts – The World’s Gone Insane (from The Second Album) |
| The Explorers Club – I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite (from To Sing And Be Born Again) |
| The Explorers Club – Ruby (from The Explorers Club) |
| The Explorers Club – Somewhere Else (from The Explorers Club) |
| The Go-Go’s – Club Zero (Single) |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Live) (from Love In Maui) |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Stone Free (Live) (from Live In Maui) |
| The Killers – Caution (with Linday Buckingham) (from Imploding The Mirage) |
| The Monkees – (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (Live) (from The Mike & Micky Show) |
| The Pretenders – The Buzz (from Hate For Sale) |
| The Pretenders – You Can’t Hurt A Fool (from Hate For Sale) |
| The Pretenders – Hate for Sale (from Hate For Sale) |
| The Pretenders – Maybe Love Is in NYC (from Hate For Sale) |
| The Rolling Stones – Living In A Ghost Town (Single) |
| The Rolling Stones – Criss Cross (from Goats Head Soup) |
| The Rolling Stones – Scarlet (with Jimmy Page) (from Goats Head Soup (Deluxe)) |
| The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar (Live Brussels – 17/10/73) (from Goats Head Soup (Deluxe)) |
| The Rolling Stones – All The Rage (from Goats Head Soup (Deluxe)) |
| The Rolling Stones – Scarlet (The Killers & Jacques Lu Cont Remix) (feat. Jimmy Page) (from Goats Head Soup (Deluxe)) |
| The Scorpions – Sign Of Hope (Single) |
| The Strokes – The Adults Are Talking (from The New Abnormal) |
| The Waterboys – The Soul Singer (from Good Luck, Seeker (Deluxe)) |
| Thin Lizzy – Chinatown (Live) (from Rock Legends (Deluxe)) |
| Thin Lizzy – It’s Going Wrong (Demo) (from Rock Legends (Deluxe)) |
| Thin Lizzy – Don’t Let Him Slip Away (Demo) (from Rock Legends (Deluxe)) |
| Thin Lizzy – Blackmail (Demo) (from Rock Legends (Deluxe)) |
| Thin Lizzy – Trouble Boys (from Rock Legends (Deluxe)) |
| Timothy B. Schmit – Cross That Line (Single) |
| Todd Rundgren – Espionage (from Space Force) |
| Tokyo Storm – Optimistic State Of Mind (from Optimistic State Of Mind) |
| Tokyo Storm – Is This Love (from Optimistic State Of Mind) |
| Tom Petty – There Goes Angela (Dream Away) (from Wildflowers & All the Rest) |
| Tom Petty – Wildflowers (Home Recording) (from Wildflowers & All the Rest) |
| Tom Petty – Confusion Wheel (from Wildflowers & All the Rest) |
| Tom Petty – Leave Virginia Alone (from Wildflowers & All the Rest) |
| Tom Petty – Honey Bee (Live) (from Wildflowers & All The Rest) |
| Tom Petty – Walls (Live) (from Wildflowers & All The Rest ) |
| Tom Petty – You Wreck Me (Live) (from Wildflowers & All The Rest) |
| Tommy Shaw – Going To California (Single) |
| U2 With Elton John – Bang A Gong (Get It On) (from Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T.) |
| Van Morrison – Born To Be Free (Single) |
| Walter Trout – Ordinary Madness (from Ordinary Madness) |
| Walter Trout – Heaven In Your Eyes (from Ordinary Madness) |
| Walter Trout – Make It Right (from Ordinary Madness) |
| Whitesnake – Always The Same (from The ROCK Album) |
| William Shatner – Sunshine Of Your Love (with Sonny Landreth) (from The Blues) |
| William Shatner – The Thrill Is Gone (with Ritchie Blackmore) (from The Blues) |
| Wishbone Ash – We Stand As One (from Coat Of Arms) |
| Wishbone Ash – Empty Man (from Coat Of Arms) |
| Wishbone Ash – Back In The Day (from Coat Of Arms) |
| Yes – Imagine (Live) (from The Royal Affair Tour (Live in Las Vegas)) |
| Yes – No Opportunity Necessary No Experience Needed (Live) (from The Royal Affair Tour (Live in Las Vegas)) |
| Yes – All Good People (Live) (from The Royal Affair Tour (Live in Las Vegas)) |
| Yusef (Cat Stevens) – Where Do The Children Play (from Tea For the Tillerman 2) |
| Yusuf (Cat Stevens) – Miles from Nowhere (from Tea For the Tillerman 2) |
| Yusuf (Cat Stevens) – But I Might Die Tonight (from Tea For the Tillerman 2) |