{"id":692805,"date":"2026-06-09T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692805\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:00:10","slug":"3-rock-songs-from-1967-that-every-60s-kid-still-knows-by-heart-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692805\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Rock Songs From 1967 That Every 60s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard not to smile listening to the music of the 1960s. That decade saw some of rock music\u2019s biggest classics released, including these three songs. All out in 1967, it\u2019s likely that every 60s kid can still sing them by heart today.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrown Eyed Girl\u201d by Van Morrison<\/p>\n

Van Morrison\u2019s first single, \u201cBrown Eyed Girl\u201d is on his freshman Blowin\u2019 Your Mind album. The song is written by Morrison.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrown Eyed Girl\u201d begins with, \u201cHey, where did we go \/ Days when the rains came? \/ Down in the hollow \/ Playing a new game \/ Laughing and a-running, hey, hey \/ Skipping and a-jumping \/ In the misty morning fog with \/ Our, our hearts a-thumping \/ And you, my brown-eyed girl \/ You, my brown-eyed girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Top 10 hit for Morrison, \u201cBrown Eyed Girl\u201d was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame<\/a>. Still, Morrison rarely performed the song in his live shows for years,<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Brown Eyed Girl\u2019 I didn\u2019t perform for a long time, because for me it was like a throwaway song,\u201d Morrison says<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve got about 300 other songs I think are better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI Dig Rock And Roll Music\u201d by Peter, Paul and Mary<\/p>\n

Peter, Paul and Mary include \u201cI Dig Rock And Roll Music<\/a>\u201d on their Album 1700 record. \u201cI Dig Rock And Roll Music\u201d is written by band member Paul Stookey, along with James Mason and Dave Dixon.<\/p>\n

A tongue-in-cheek, slightly irreverent song about their dismay over the changing music scene, \u201cI Dig Rock And Roll Music\u201d says, \u201cI dig rock and roll music \/ I could really get it on in that scene \/ I think I could say something if you know what I mean \/ But if I really say it \/ The radio won\u2019t play it \/ Unless I lay it between the lines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPenny Lane\u201d by The Beatles<\/p>\n

\u201cPenny Lane\u201d is the first song The Beatles released in 1967. It is also the first single from The Beatles\u2019 Magical Mystery Tour project.<\/p>\n

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, \u201cPenny Lane\u201d says, \u201cOn the corner is a banker with a motorcar \/ The little children laugh at him behind his back. And the banker never wears a mac \/ In the pouring rain, very strange\u00a0 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes \/ There beneath the blue suburban skies \/ I sit, and meanwhile back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPenny Lane\u2019 became a hit single for The Beatles, but it isn\u2019t their only hit from Magical Mystery Tour. That record also includes \u201cAll You Need Is Love\u201d and \u201cHello, Goodbye\u201d.<\/p>\n

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