{"id":787725,"date":"2026-07-27T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787725\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:58:12","slug":"every-baby-boomer-alive-remembers-these-4-classic-rock-jams-from-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787725\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Rock Jams From 1964"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The classic rock tunes of <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/1960s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1964<\/a> were on another level, and many a baby boomer got to enjoy some seriously groundbreaking music when those songs first dropped. What a privilege. If you were around in 1964 to hear these rockin\u2019 tunes hit the airwaves, there\u2019s no way you\u2019ve forgotten about them. Let\u2019s take a brief walk through music history, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime Is On My Side\u201d by The Rolling Stones from \u2018The Rolling Stones No. 2\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785175090_380_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This Rolling Stones hit from the band\u2019s early days is actually a cover of an R&amp;B tune by Kai Winding, released just one year prior. Irma Thomas also recorded the song before The Stones got their hands on it and turned it into a hit. \u201cTime Is On My Side\u201d peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became a fast rock anthem for the decade.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House Of The Rising Sun\u201d by The Animals from \u2018The Animals\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782941590_64_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another famous cover, \u201cThe House Of The Rising Sun\u201d by The Animals was originally an old traditional folk song recorded by countless musicians from Woody Guthrie to Nina Simone to Lead Belly to Joan Baez. The Animals, however, had a serious hit on their hands with their version. \u201cThe House Of The Rising Sun\u201d by The Animals peaked at No. 1 in the US, UK, Canada, and elsewhere. And few alive today don\u2019t at least recognize it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou Really Got Me\u201d by The Kinks from \u2018Kinks\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785175092_666_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This song was basically proto-everything. \u201cYou Really Got Me\u201d by The Kinks was a garage rock classic, one that was considered proto-punk and proto-metal years before either genre was really born. And it\u2019s still such a killer song after all these years. \u201cYou Really Got Me\u201d by The Kinks peaked at No. 1 in the UK. It also reached No. 7 in the US back in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViva Las Vegas\u201d by Elvis Presley<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785175092_359_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This classic rock and roll jam has been covered by many. But the vast majority of people out there likely remember Elvis Presley\u2019s version. \u201cViva Las Vegas\u201d makes it to our list of baby boomer classic rock tunes from 1964 because it has become such an enduring hit. Oddly enough, when it was first released, it wasn\u2019t that big of a smash. Presley\u2019s version of \u201cViva Las Vegas\u201d peaked at No. 17 in the UK and No. 29 in the US.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The classic rock tunes of 1964 were on another level, and many a baby boomer got to enjoy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[24911,2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":["post-787725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1960s","tag-classic-rock","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-rock-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787725","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=787725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}