{"id":257228,"date":"2025-09-26T23:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257228\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:05:11","slug":"3-rock-and-roll-songs-from-1962-that-sound-even-better-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257228\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Rock and Roll Songs From 1962 That Sound Even Better Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rock music as we know it today sounded nothing like the rock and roll of the 1960s and early 1960s. It was a very different time, and quite a few of the biggest rock and roll songs from that era are considered a bit dated. However, there are a few rock songs from 1962 that still hit today. If anything, they\u2019re a lesson in how rock music evolved from the good ol\u2019 genre of rock and roll. Let\u2019s take a look!<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cSurfin\u2019 Safari\u201d by The Beach Boys<\/p>\n<p>This classic tune from The Beach Boys is a fine example of the direction rock and roll would take, at least when it comes to surf rock. \u201cSurfin\u2019 Safari\u201d by The Beach Boys was released in June of 1962 and became an instant hit, peaking at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The whole album of the same name is essential listening, but you just can\u2019t beat this particular single. You can really hear the Chuck Berry inspiration, and \u201cSurfin\u2019 Safari\u201d is a simple yet catchy piece of work. Brian Wilson was on another level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturn To Sender\u201d by Elvis Presley<\/p>\n<p>The early 1960s were a good time for <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/on-this-day-in-1956-elvis-presley-began-a-historic-chart-run-with-his-biggest-selling-single-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elvis Presley<\/a>\u2019s career, so I had to throw one of his tracks on this list of rock songs from 1962. I went with \u201cReturn To Sender\u201d, considering how successful the song was upon its release. \u201cReturn To Sender\u201d was a No. 1 hit in the UK and a No. 2 hit on the Hot 100 chart that very year. Anyone who was around back in the early 60s probably remembers this song from its inclusion in the film Girls! Girls! Girls!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLittle Diane\u201d by Dion<\/p>\n<p>How about a bit of a deep cut from doo-wop legend Dion? \u201cLittle Diane\u201d was released in June 1962 and is a standout release from the album Lovers Who Wander. Arranged by Glen Stuart, this rock and roll song was a successful hit on the mainstream charts. Billboard has listed the rock tune at No. 86 on their list of the Top Hot 100 songs from 1962. I think that\u2019s more than fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact: Rivers Cuomo of Weezer covered this song back in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rock music as we know it today sounded nothing like the rock and roll of the 1960s and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[20560,171,975,4185,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-257228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1960s","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock-music","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115273107177003179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}