{"id":628757,"date":"2026-08-09T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/628757\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:00:16","slug":"4-songs-from-1969-every-60s-kid-heard-while-riding-in-the-family-car-to-school-each-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/628757\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Songs From 1969 Every 60s Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember jumping into your family\u2019s car in the morning to head to school? If you were a 60s kid, you might just remember a lot of the music you got exposed to on the radio, and that music might have formed your tastes as an adult. Let\u2019s take a look at some radio songs from 1969, specifically, that you might have heard early in the morning while heading to school!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSweet Caroline\u201d by Neil Diamond from \u2018Brother Love\u2019s Travelling Salvation Show\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786287613_83_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/neil-diamond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Diamond<\/a> had a big hit on his hands with \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d in 1969. This soft rock jam has one of the most memorable choruses of any pop hit released that year. And it still gets people moving after all these years.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSweet Caroline\u201d reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and did similarly well in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMedley: Aquarius\/Let The Sunshine In\u201d by The 5th Dimension from \u2018The Age Of Aquarius\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786287614_73_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now this is a psychedelic soul song. In fact, \u201cMedley: Aquarius\/Let The Sunshine In\u201d by The 5th Dimension might just be one of the greatest psychedelic songs of the 1960s. This tune is actually a mashup of two songs that were written for the musical Hair in 1967. The 5th Dimension put their own spin on those tunes, and the result was a No. 1 hit in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHot Fun In The Summer\u201d by Sly And The Family Stone from \u2018Greatest Hits\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786287615_649_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHot Fun In The Summer\u201d by Sly And The Family Stone was inescapable during the summer of 1969, and its popularity carried over into the school year after summer came to an end. This psychedelic soul-funk jam was a No. 2 hit on the Hot 100, and I bet you remember it very well if you heard it as a child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cProud Mary\u201d by Creedence Clearwater Revival from \u2018Bayou Country\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786287616_741_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Creedence Clearwater Revival was enjoying quite the career renaissance in the late 1960s. And \u201cProud Mary\u201d is one of many songs from 1969 that school children likely heard on the radio. Written by John Fogerty, this roots rock tune was so popular that Ike and Tina Turner would later cover it and earn a Grammy Award for it. CCR\u2019s version, however, peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart. Both versions are killer, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by ABC Photo Archives\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remember jumping into your family\u2019s car in the morning to head to school? 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