{"id":819407,"date":"2026-08-20T02:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819407\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T02:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:18:12","slug":"4-rock-songs-from-1960-that-every-60s-kid-still-knows-by-heart-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819407\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Rock Songs From 1960 That Every 60s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year 1960 was the start of a pretty incredible decade of rock music. Among the many hits that year are these three rock songs, which are so good that it\u2019s likely that every kid from the 60s can still sing them by heart today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWild One\u201d by Bobby Rydell<\/p>\n

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Bobby Rydell released several singles in 1960, including \u201cWild One\u201d, which became Rydell\u2019s first Top 5 single. Written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann, and Bernie Lowe, \u201cWild One\u201d appears on Rydell\u2019s Bobby\u2019s Biggest Hits album.<\/p>\n

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A bit of a suggestive song, at least at the time, \u201cWild One\u201d says, \u201cOh oh oh oh wild one, I\u2019ll make you settle down \/ Ah wild one I\u2019ll clip your wings and them things \/ You got the lips that I\u2019m mad about \/ I got the lips that\u2019ll knock you out \/ C\u2019mon wild one be wild about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung Emotions\u201d by Ricky Nelson<\/p>\n

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Written by Jerry Livingston and Mack David, \u201cYoung Emotions\u201d was not on a Ricky Nelson <\/a>album when it was released. It is one of Nelson\u2019s many Top 15 singles.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung Emotions\u201d says, \u201cYoung emotions are mixed emotions \/ For it\u2019s a world where love and confusion reign \/ A world of hope and laughter and tears and pain \/ At times a gentle breeze in a hurricane \/ A world full of doubt, but love works it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

One year and several singles later, Nelson had his first No. 1 hit in 1961 with \u201cTravelin\u2019 Man\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevil Or Angel\u201d by Bobby Vee<\/p>\n

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Bobby Vee<\/a>\u2019s first gold single, \u201cDevil Or Angel\u201d is part of Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites, Vee\u2019s freshman record. The song was written by Blanche Carter, and first recorded by The Clovers in 1956.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevil Or Angel\u201d says, \u201cDevil or angel, I can\u2019t make up my mind \/ Which one you are I\u2019d like to wake up and find \/ Devil or angel dear, whichever you are \/ I miss you, I miss you, I miss you \/ Devil or angel please say you\u2019ll be mine \/ Love me or leave me, I\u2019ll go out of my mind \/ Devil or angel dear, whichever you are \/ I need you, I need you, I need you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other artists who recorded \u201cDevil Or Angel\u201d include Johnny Crawford, Jesse Winchester, and The Hollywood Flames, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Will I Be Loved\u201d by The Everly Brothers<\/p>\n

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The Everly Brothers had several hits in 1960, including \u201cCathy\u2019s Clown\u201d, a No. 1 single for the duo. But that isn\u2019t their only hit out in 1960. The duo follows \u201cCathy\u2019s Clown\u201d with \u201cWhen Will I Be Loved\u201d. It remains one of their signature rock songs to this day.<\/p>\n

Written by Phil Everly, \u201cWhen Will I Be Loved\u201d appears on their The Fabulous Style of The Everly Brothers record. The song says, \u201cI\u2019ve been made blue \/ I\u2019ve been lied to \/ When will I be loved? \/ I\u2019ve been turned down \/ I\u2019ve been pushed \u2019round \/ When will I be loved?\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Will I Be Loved\u201d has also been recorded by several other artists, including Linda Ronstadt<\/a>, who had a crossover hit single with this song.<\/p>\n

Photo by Michael Levin\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The year 1960 was the start of a pretty incredible decade of rock music. Among the many hits…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[24911,2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":["post-819407","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\/819407","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=819407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}