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The Impressions
single · Feb 1965

People Get Ready

The Impressions

The Impressions, featuring singer-songwriter Curtis Mayfield, hit No. 14 Pop, No. 3 R&B with "People Get Ready". The song is inspired by the March on Washington in 1963, where Martin Luther King delivered his - I Have A Dream - speech.