Classic rock will never truly die. There\u2019s just too much great music from the 20th century to sift through and enjoy. That being said, a select few classic rock songs make it to my regular rotation, and many of those songs were released in 1969. Let\u2019s look at a few examples! One of your favorites might just be on my list.<\/p>\n
\u201cFortunate Son\u201d by Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/p>\n
This was truly the song of the decade in my book. The roots rock classic \u201cFortunate Son\u201d by Creedence Clearwater Revival dropped in October 1969 and became a fast hit, peaking at No. 14 in November of that year. It was an ode to soldiers during the Vietnam War, and has also become a retrospective protest song of its era. In my opinion, this song might just be John Fogerty\u2019s best songwriting to date.<\/p>\n
A few songs that also could have made it here include \u201cIt Came Out Of The Sky\u201d and \u201cDown On The Corner\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome Together\u201d by The Beatles<\/p>\n
A couple of different songs from Abbey Road could have made it to our list of amazing classic rock songs from 1969. However, I went with \u201cCome Together\u201d, simply because I revisit it so often. It\u2019s one of The Beatles<\/a>\u2019 best songs, and it\u2019s a whole hodgepodge of nonsense with an overall vibe of togetherness. That\u2019s really what the Fab Four were about, in my opinion: Surrealist nonsensical wordsmithing in conjunction with a desire for people to come together and find peace.<\/p>\n Come close contenders: \u201cI Want You (She\u2019s So Heavy)\u201d and \u201cThe End\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cMake Your Own Kind Of Music\u201d by Cass Elliot<\/p>\n This wouldn\u2019t be a list of classic rock songs from 1969 without including a gem from Cass Elliot. A few different tunes could have made it here from the former The Mamas & The Papas crooner, but I went with what is probably her most enduring song: \u201cMake Your Own Kind Of Music\u201d. People still love this song today, including young, new listeners who made it go viral<\/a> on platforms like TikTok in recent years. It\u2019s a pop-rock, sunshine-soaked classic, and I think it should have gone further than No. 36 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n A couple of potential follow-ups: \u201cIt\u2019s Getting Better\u201d or even \u201cI Can Dream, Can\u2019t I\u201d.<\/p>\n Photo by Michael Putland\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic rock will never truly die. There\u2019s just too much great music from the 20th century to sift…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[24911,2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":{"0":"post-267254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1960s","9":"tag-classic-rock","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rock-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}