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“Let’s Live for Today” (The Grass Roots)/”I Count the Tears” (The Drifters)

Let's Live for Today, the Grass Roots

Your classic song that sounds an awful lot like another classic song of the day is “Let’s Live for Today” by the Grass Roots. It was released in May of 1967 and hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100—and it bears a striking resemblance to the Drifters’ 1961 hit, “I Count the Tears.” The music for “Let’s Live for Today”…

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