Psalms 43: 5


Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

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"His Will, at last, be done"

Sean Bonniwell (Of The Music Machine).

"Look Up, Jesus Is Coming Soon" !

Tommy James






Sunday, January 03, 2010

The Let's Live For Today Compilation

The "Let's Live For Today" Compilation

The song "Let's Live For Today" is best known as a hit for the 60’s group The Grass Roots. It originally started out as a song called “I Count The Tears” which was done by the 50’s group the Drifters and written by Doc Pomus. My late hubby Mike and I would hear the Drifters song on the radio and think it sounded just like the Grassroots song Let’s Live For Today, and we would discuss that. Turns out we were right. I came across some info on a blog telling about other versions of the song and the history of it.

A 60’s Italian group called the Rokes did a version of it or based on it called "Piangi Con Me" back in 1965. They were mainly popular in Italy. A group called the Skope later did a version of it in English translated from the Italian. A New York group called The Living Daylights re-wrote the lyrics, turning it into the “Let’s Live For Today” that we all know and love. The Rokes after hearing about the English versions re-recorded it in English. The US 60’s group the Grass Roots got ahold of the song and recorded the "Let's Live For Today" version of it. This was the big hit version of it back in 1967. Later on in the early 80’s the group Lords Of The New Church led by the late Stiv Bators did a new hit version of it.

More info can be found here on the song:

http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2009/03/lets-live-for-today.html

I already had the Grassroots and Lords Of The new Churches versions of the song. I found the other version of the song online and really liked those versions too. So I put them together as a compilation. Here' tis...

Tracklist:

“I Count The Tears”- The Drifters

"Piangi Con Me"- The Rokes

"Let's Live For Today"- The Skope

"Let's Live For Today"- The Living Daylights

"Let's Live For Today"- The Rokes

"Let's Live For Today"- The Grass Roots

"Let's Live For Today"- The Lords Of The New Church

Download Here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PD2L6OCU