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1. "He Was A Friend Of Mine" was a traditional American folk song. After the death of John F Kennedy, it was re-written in his honour:
"He was a friend of mine, he was a friend of mine
His killing had no purpose, no reason or rhyme
He was a friend of mine.." Which band was behind this new version?
2. "Oh, the bullets of the false revenge have struck us once again
As the angry seas have struck upon the sand
And it seemed as though a friendless world had lost itself a friend
That was the President and that was the man..." which singer of political folk songs lamented the death of Kennedy and predicted that his glory would shine as brightly as that of another murdered President, Lincoln?
3. "In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden as the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing..." These are the lyrics of a song that the writer denied was about Kennedy, but were based on a poem he wrote that was clearly about the President. Who was the writer?
4. "I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar
The team from the university was playing football on TV
Then the screen want dead and the announcer said:
' There's been a tragedy
There's are unconfirmed reports the president's been shot
And he may be dead or dying.' Which rocker who had a wild side to him wrote and sang "The Day John Kennedy Died"?
5. "Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and fate..." Which British band imagined the death of Kennedy in a long line of acts by Lucifer and asked if there was "Sympathy For The Devil"?
6. "JFK blown away, what else do I have to say?..." Which American songwriter included the death of Kennedy in the long line of momentous events he had seen in his own life?
7. It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds..." sang a British electronic band who had previously asked if anyone wanted them. The answer, apparently, was yes as that song topped the charts in the US and the UK. Who were they?
8. "Last week I had the strangest dream
Where everything was exactly how it seemed
Where there was never any mystery of who shot John F. Kennedy
It was just a man with something to prove
Slightly bored and severely confused
He steadied his rifle with his target in the center
And became famous on that day in November.." The opening lyrics of this song seem to suggest that the writer accepted the initial conclusions of the Warren Commission that Lee Harvey Oswald was acting alone on the day JFK died. Who delivered the notion?
9. "Well they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine
Was a great brave leader by the name of Kennedy
He fought for right and freedom tried to keep this nation clean
But they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine..." Which rock and roller who first had a hit long before JFK took office sang this song in homage to that deadly day in Dallas?
10. In 1968, Dion had a hit with a song that referenced the assassination of John F Kennedy with those of two other political leaders. Who were they?
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