{"id":878132,"date":"2026-10-11T03:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878132\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:08:11","slug":"3-top-40-hits-from-1966-that-every-60s-kid-still-knows-by-heart-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878132\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Top 40 Hits From 1966 That Every 60s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music from about halfway through the 1960s might be some of the best songs that have ever been released. So many great songs came out in the middle of the decade, including these three songs. All out in 1966, every 60s kid almost certainly still knows them by heart today.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrangers In The Night\u201d by Frank Sinatra<\/p>\n

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Frank Sinatra made \u201cStrangers In The Night<\/a>\u201d the title track of a record he also released in 1966. The chart-topping single was written by Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, and Eddie Snyder. \u201cStrangers In The Night\u201d began as an instrumental track, written by Kaempfert for the film A Man Could Get Killed. Singleton and Snyder later added the lyrics.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStrangers In The Night\u201d says, \u201cStrangers in the night \/ Two lonely people, we were strangers in the night \/ Up to the moment when we said our first hello, little did we know \/ Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The year 1966 was a big year for Sinatra. In addition to \u201cStrangers In The Night\u201d, Sinatra also had hits with \u201cSummer Wind\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s Life\u201d. One year later, in 1967, Sinatra had his final No. 1 single with \u201cSomethin\u2019 Stupid<\/a>\u201d, a duet with his daughter, Nancy Sinatra.<\/p>\n

\u201cI Am A Rock\u201d by Simon & Garfunkel<\/p>\n

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On Simon & Garfunkel\u2019s sophomore Sounds Of Silence record is \u201cI Am A Rock\u201d. \u201cI Am A Rock\u201d was written by Paul Simon.<\/p>\n

A song about loneliness, \u201cI Am A Rock\u201d says, \u201cI am a rock \/ I am an island \/ I\u2019ve built walls \/ A fortress, steep and mighty \/ That none may penetrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI Am A Rock\u201d also appears on The Paul Simon Songbook, Simon\u2019s first solo album, released in the United Kingdom. Simon wrote all but one of the 11 songs on Sounds Of Silence. Nine he wrote by himself, and one, \u201cSomewhere They Can\u2019t Find Me\u201d, he wrote with Davey Graham.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing On Strong\u201d by Brenda Lee<\/p>\n

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The title track of a record Brenda Lee released at the end of 1966, \u201cComing On Strong\u201d was written by Little David Wilkins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only single from Coming On Strong, the song begins with, \u201cComing on strong, coming on strong \/ I can feel the heartaches \/ Coming on strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also in 1966, Don Bryant released \u201cComing On Strong\u201d, although his version was not a big hit. In 1980, Barbara Mandrell included this song on her Love Is Fair project. \u201cComing On Strong\u201d was Lee\u2019s final Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a pop artist. In 1971, Lee released \u201cIf This Is Our Last Time\u201d, marking her switch to country music<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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