{"id":605645,"date":"2026-07-26T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T23:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/605645\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T23:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T23:15:13","slug":"4-songs-every-60s-kid-heard-while-riding-in-the-family-car-to-school-each-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/605645\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Songs Every 60s Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re a 60s kid reading this, I bet you can think of a whole host of songs that instantly transport you back to your childhood. Maybe certain songs remind you of listening to your record player in your bedroom. Maybe other songs remind you of gathering around the radio with your pals. Other songs, too, might just bring any 60s kid out there back to the family car on weekday mornings, when the radio would play Top 40 hits on the way to school. These four songs might just bring you back to those kinds of moments. Let\u2019s get a little nostalgic, shall we?<\/p>\n

\u201cSurfin\u2019 U.S.A.\u201d by The Beach Boys from \u2018Surfin\u2019 U.S.A.\u2019 (1963)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cSurfin\u2019 U.S.A.\u201d by The Beach Boys was easily the song of the summer in 1963. It dropped in March, and it was inescapable through summer break. But when fall came around and school was back in session, it remained a radio favorite for months more. This vocal surf rock and roll classic peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBe My Baby\u201d by The Ronettes from \u2018Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes\u2019 (1963)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cBe My Baby\u201d is an absolute classic of an R&B song, and it remains The Ronettes\u2019 most enduring pop hit after all these years. This gorgeous song peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart. And, since we mentioned The Beach Boys earlier, here\u2019s a fun fact: Brian Wilson once said that this song was enormously influential to him, and he wrote \u201cDon\u2019t Worry Baby\u201d from 1964 as a response to \u201cBe My Baby\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Tambourine Man\u201d by The Byrds from \u2018Mr. Tambourine Man\u2019 (1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is easily The Byrds<\/a>\u2019 most famous song, and something about \u201cMr. Tambourine Man\u201d just tickled the brains of listeners and contemporaries alike. This folky Bob Dylan original has been covered by many artists over the years, from Stevie Wonder to The Four Seasons. The Byrds\u2019 version, though, was a No. 1 hit across the US, UK, and Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy Together\u201d by The Turtles from \u2018Happy Together\u2019 (1967)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I still can\u2019t hear this song without getting super into it. It\u2019s such a good (and catchy) psychedelic pop song. Many a 60s kid would agree, as this entry on our list of songs was a hefty hit on the charts in 1967. \u201cHappy Together\u201d by The Turtles peaked at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and reached the Top 20 almost everywhere else.<\/p>\n

(Photo by \u00a9 Hulton-Deutsch Collection\/CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re a 60s kid reading this, I bet you can think of a whole host of songs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[32752,18,117,19,17,337,981,6321],"class_list":["post-605645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1960s","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-pop-music","tag-rock-music"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116988827044923158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}