Squashpants,I wasn't suggesting by my previous post that you deviate from your template of songs and pick songs by established artists. I was only stating what I feel is wrong with radio today. Even sattelite radio,like XM,will play the same songs in a rotation.
Classic rock stations are not much more,IMO,than top 40. They just play what the blind masses think they want to hear.
I do get a sense of what you're into. I do recommend you look into Gorgozillas recommendations,especially The Pipettes.
I do think you'd also like a song called "No surf in Cleveland" by The Euclid Beach band.
Another I'd recommend is "MY GIRL LOLLIPOP" by Bad Manners.
Both of these songs have a fun,catchy quality to them and almost non existant on the rock and roll radar.