{"id":917099,"date":"2026-11-14T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/917099\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T12:52:12","slug":"4-pop-rock-classics-from-1969-that-every-baby-boomer-knows-by-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/917099\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Pop-Rock Classics From 1969 That Every Baby Boomer Knows by Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re a baby boomer, you probably remember quite a few pop-rock gems that took over the airwaves in 1969. It was a good year for music, after all. Let\u2019s dive into just a few major pop-rock hits from that very year that you probably still know by heart today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaughing\u201d by The Guess Who from \u2018Canned Wheat\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\/11\/1794660731_558_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This classic pop-rock banger from The Guess Who was one of the finest released in 1969. If you\u2019re Canadian, you definitely remember this song. \u201cLaughing\u201d topped the charts in the Great White North and also made it to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings were on a roll with this song, as it was their second Top 10 song with The Guess Who.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballad Of John And Yoko\u201d by The Beatles<\/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\/11\/1794660731_486_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/the-beatles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Beatles<\/a> dominated pop-rock for a big chunk of the 1960s. And \u201cThe Ballad Of John And Yoko\u201d was one of many send-off songs that came about before the band came to an end in 1970. This non-album single chronicles the real-life celebrity pair\u2019s wedding and the events leading to it. And \u201cThe Ballad Of John And Yoko\u201d would be the iconic band\u2019s final No. 1 single in the UK for over 54 years. That is, until \u201cNow And Then\u201d was released in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuspicious Minds\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\/11\/1794660732_931_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song was a hit for Elvis Presley, but it was originally released by singer-songwriter Mark James (who famously co-wrote the country classic \u201cAlways On My Mind\u201d) the year prior. Presley turned it into a Grammy Hall of Fame classic in 1969, reaching No. 1 across the board in the US, Canada, and a number of other countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye\u201d by Steam from \u2018Steam\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\/11\/1794660732_479_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baby boomer fans of this 1969 pop-rock hit simply cannot stay quiet when that catchy chorus kicks in. \u201cNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye\u201d by Steam was a smash hit at the tail end of the year. It reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 and No. 9 on the UK Singles chart. The song was so good that it got a handful of successful covers from the likes of Bananarama in 1983 and The Nylons in 1987.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by Bettmann\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re a baby boomer, you probably remember quite a few pop-rock gems that took over the airwaves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[24911,88,216,17172,2156],"class_list":["post-917099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1960s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-music","tag-rock-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917099","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=917099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}