{"id":743764,"date":"2026-06-18T04:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743764\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:56:15","slug":"4-rock-songs-from-1961-that-every-60s-kid-can-still-sing-by-memory-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743764\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Rock Songs From 1961 That Every 60s Kid Can Still Sing by Memory Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The music in the 1960s makes almost anyone smile, regardless of what year they were born. These four rock songs all came out in 1961, but are so good, every kid from the 60s can likely still sing them word for word.<\/p>\n

\u201cSea Of Heartbreak\u201d by Don Gibson<\/p>\n

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The only single on Don Gibson\u2019s The Best Of Don Gibson album, \u201cSea Of Heartbreak\u201d is written by Paul Hampton and Hal David. It became a crossover hit for Gibson.<\/p>\n

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A sad song about lost love, \u201cSea Of Heartbreak\u201d says, \u201cThe lights in the harbor \/ Don\u2019t shine for me \/ I\u2019m like a lost ship \/ Adrift on the sea \/ Yeah, the sea of heartbreak \/ Lost love and loneliness \/ Memories of your caress so divine \/ How I wish you were mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gibson is the first artist to have a hit with \u201cSea Of Heartbreak\u201d, but he isn\u2019t the only one to release this song. Other artists who covered \u201cSea Of Heartbreak\u201d include Ronnie McDowell, Johnny Cash<\/a>, The Everly Brothers, and Jimmy Buffett with George Strait.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig Bad John\u201d by Jimmy Dean<\/p>\n

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\u201cBig Bad John\u201d<\/a> is Jimmy Dean\u2019s first No.1 single. It went to the top of the pop and country charts, where it stayed for multiple weeks.<\/p>\n

Written by Dean, \u201cBig Bad John\u201d says, \u201cEvery morning at the mine you could see him arrive \/ He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five \/ King of broad at the shoulder at narrow at the hip \/ And everybody knew you didn\u2019t give no lip to Big John \/ Big John. Big John \/ Big Bad John, Big John.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dean earned the only Grammy Award<\/a> of his career with this song <\/p>\n

\u201cStand By Me\u201d by Ben E. King<\/p>\n

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Ben E. King\u2019s only No. 1 single as a solo artist, \u201cStand By Me\u201d is on his Don\u2019t Play That Song! record. It is written by King, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Surprisingly, it became a moderate hit for King again in 1986, when a film of the same name was released.<\/p>\n

\u201cStand By Me\u201d says, \u201cWhen the night has come \/ And the land is dark \/ And the moon is the only light we\u2019ll see \/ No, I won\u2019t be afraid \/ Oh, I won\u2019t be afraid \/ Just as long as you stand \/ Stand by me \/ So darlin\u2019, darlin\u2019 \/ Stand by me, oh, stand by me \/ Oh, stand, stand by me. Stand by me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty Little Angel Eyes\u201d by Curtis Lee<\/p>\n

Curtis Lee\u2019s biggest hit is \u201cPretty Little Angel Eyes\u201d. Written by Lee and Tommy Boyce, it appears on his sophomore Dunes album.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty Little Angel Eyes\u201d says, \u201cAngel eyes \/ I really love you so \/ Angel eyes \/ I\u2019ll never let you go \/ Because I love you \/ My darling angel eyes \/ Pretty, pretty, pretty little angel eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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