Music was going through quite an evolution in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the middle of the change came the songs in 1960, which set a precedent for the music that would be released throughout the decade. These are three of the best rock songs that came out in 1960, songs that are so good, I still want to listen to them today.
“Stuck On You” by Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley’s first single in 1960, “Stuck On You” is on his Elvis’ Golden Records, Vol. 3 project. Aaron Schroeder and J. Leslie McFarland are the song’s two writers.
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“Stuck On You’ says, “You can shake an apple off an apple tree / Shake-a, shake-a sugar, but you’ll never shake me / Uh-uh-uh / No, siree / I’m going to stick like glue / Stick, because I’m / Stuck on you / I’m gonna run my fingers through your long black hair / Squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear / Uh-uh-huh /Yes, siree, uh uh / I’m going to stick like glue / Stick, because I’m / Stuck on you.”
“Stuck On You” also became a Top 10 R&B hit and a Top 30 country single for Presley.
“Cathy’s Clown” by The Everly Brothers
“Cathy’s Clown” is on The Everly Brothers’ fourth studio album, A Date With The Everly Brothers. Don Everly wrote “Cathy’s Clown” by himself.
A No. 1 song for The Everly Brothers, “Cathy’s Clown” says, “I’ve gotta stand tall / You know a man can’t crawl / But when he knows you’re tellin’ lies / And he hears them passing by / He’s not a man at all / Don’t want your love anymore / Don’t want your kisses, that’s for sure / I die each time / I hear this sound / ‘Here he comes / That’s Cathy’s clown.’”
Also, in 1989, Reba McEntire had a No. 1 single with this song.
“I Want To Be Wanted” by Brenda Lee
Before Brenda Lee became a country music superstar, she got her start in rock music. On Lee’s This Is…Brenda album is “I Want To Be Wanted”. The song became Lee’s second No. 1 single.
“I Want To Be Wanted” began as an Italian song, written by Pino Spotti and Alberto Testa. Kim Gannon later added the English lyrics. The song says, “When I am kissed / I want his lips to really kiss me / When we’re apart / I want his heart to really miss me / I want to know / He loves me so his eyes are misting. / That’s the way I want to be loved.“
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