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Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images 5 Hit Songs From 1969 That Will Teleport You to Your Younger Years
No matter your age (but especially if you identify as a baby boomer), these hit songs from 1969 will instantly transport you to younger years.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – JULY 07: Musician Roger Waters performs onstage during Live Earth New York at Giants Stadium on July 7, 2007 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
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Miranda Lambert performs "Kerosene" at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York (Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage) -
British singer Dusty Springfield (1939 – 1999) performing during a rehearsal for her TV show, 'It Must Be Dusty', at ATV Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, 1968. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
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UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Stoney Cooper Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images -
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Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers When These 4 Hit Songs From the 1970s Hit the Airwaves
Every baby boomer alive can remember the moment these iconic hit songs from the 1970s first came out into the world, changing music forever.
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NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 01: NETHERLANDS Photo of Liam GALLAGHER and Noel GALLAGHER and OASIS, L-R:Tony McCarroll, Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan – posed, group shot (Photo by Michel Linssen/Redferns) NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 01: NETHERLANDS Photo of Liam GALLAGHER and Noel GALLAGHER and OASIS, L-R:Tony McCarroll, Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan – posed, group shot (Photo by Michel Linssen/Redferns) -
LOS ANGELES – JUNE 12: Rock band Radiohead (Thom Yorke 2nd from left) poses for a portrait at Capitol Records during the release of their album OK Computer in Los Angeles, California on June 12, 1997. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
American Country musician Vince Gill plays electric guitar as he performs onstage at the Beacon Theatre, New York, New York, May 15, 1991. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
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Original Caption) : 1981: Sting, of the British pop band The Police, sings and plays bass during a concert. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) -
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American musician Jon Bon Jovi performs at the Manor Downs Racetrack for the Farm Aid II Concert, Austin, Texas, July 4, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, performing in New York City, 7th December 1977. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) -
American rock and roll singers the Everly Brothers, Phil and Don Everly, circa 1958. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)