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Senator Robert Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles, California, USA, by Sirhan Sirhan. Shortly after, singer-songwriter Laura Nyro will write the song Save The Country about the assassination, and it will be covered by The 5th Dimension, Julie Driscoll and Roseanne Cash. Kennedy's death also provides the inspiration for Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals (aka The Young Rascals) to write their massive hit single, People Got To Be Free.
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Felix Cavaliere (interview in Goldmine magazine, 2010) : Something in me just snapped. I thought, besides just selling records, The Rascals have a kind of a bully pulpit, and we
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