Abraham, Martin and John - wikipedia Abraham, Martin and John This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2015 ) `` Abraham, Martin and John '' Single by Dion from the album Dion B - side `` Daddy Rollin ' ( In Your Arms ) '' Released August 1968 Format 7 - inch Recorded Allegro Sound Studios ; Engineer Bruce Staple Genre Folk rock Length 3 : 15 Label Laurie Records Songwriter ( s ) Dick Holler Producer ( s ) Phil Gernhard `` Abraham, Martin and John '' is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler and first recorded by Dion. It is a tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassination of King and that of Robert Kennedy in April and June 1968, respectively. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Dion recording 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Later recordings and performances 5 As part of medleys 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Lyrics Each of the first three verses features one of the men named in the song 's title, for example : Anybody here, seen my old friend Abraham ? Can you tell me where he 's gone ? He freed a lot of people, but it seems the good, they die young You know I just looked around and he 's gone After a bridge, the fourth and final verse mentions Robert `` Bobby '' Kennedy, and ends with a description of him walking over a hill with the other three men. Dion recording The original version, recorded by Dion, featured a gentle folk rock production from Phil Gernhard and arrangement from John Abbott. The feeling of the song is set with a gentle oboe and violin opening then featuring harp flourishes at multiple points, including the instrumental conclusion. The song also features a flugelhorn, an electric organ, bass, and drums. Dion felt during post production that the song needed more depth and added a track featuring him playing classical guitar notably at the bridge, lead ins and the close. Although it was quite unlike the rock sound that Dion had become famous for in the early 1960s, and even more unlike Holler and Gernhard 's previous collaboration in the 1966 novelty smash `` Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron '', `` Abraham, Martin and John '' nonetheless was a major American hit single in late 1968. It reached # 4 on the U.S. pop singles chart and was awarded an RIAA gold record for selling a million copies. In Canada, it topped the charts, reaching # 1 in the RPM 100 on November 25, 1968. In 2001 this recording would be ranked number 248 on the RIAA 's Songs of the Century list. The record was also popular with adult listeners, reaching # 8 on Billboard 's Easy Listening survey. The personnel on the original recording included Vinnie Bell and Ralph Casale on guitar, Nick DeCaro on organ and David Robinson on drums. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1968 - 69 ) Peak position Canada RPM 100 New Zealand ( Listener ) 12 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 8 U.S. Billboard R&B 32 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1968 ) Rank Canada 91 U.S. ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 43 Later recordings and performances Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, whose cover also became an American Top 40 single in 1969, reaching # 33 while reaching # 16 on the US R&B charts Marvin Gaye, whose cover became a top - ten hit ( # 9 ) in the United Kingdom in 1970 ( Gaye 's version was never released in the U.S. as a single but was featured on his 1970 album, That 's the Way Love Is, and was one of his first experiments with social messages in his music which would culminate in his 1971 album, What 's Going On. ) Comedian Moms Mabley performed a version that hit the U.S. Top 40, reaching # 35 in 1969 and # 18 on the R&B charts and earning her the distinction of being the oldest living person to appear on a Hot 100 top 40 hit, aged 75, a record that still stands. This version was featured on the soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera Beto Rockfeller ( 1968 -- 1969 ). Ray Charles released a version of the song on his A Message from the People album in 1972. Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers recorded a live version of the song on the At the Ryman album in 1992. Bluesman Seasick Steve released a single version of the song in 2016. As part of medleys The song is also featured on Tom Clay 's 1971 `` What the World Needs Now Is Love / Abraham, Martin, and John '', a medley combining Dion 's recording with Jackie DeShannon 's recording of Burt Bacharach 's `` What the World Needs Now Is Love '', along with vocals by The Blackberries. Clay 's recording features narration ( an adult asking a child to define several words associated with social unrest ), sound bites from speeches given by President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., along with sound bites from the live press coverage of Robert Kennedy 's assassination, and his eulogy by his brother Edward M. Kennedy. It reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 14, 1971 and # 32 on the R&B charts. In 1997, Whitney Houston sang a rendition of `` Abraham, Martin and John '' that aired on VH1 and HBO : Whitney Houston : Live Washington DC. See also Abraham Lincoln cultural depictions Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy African - American Civil Rights Movement in popular culture References ^ Jump up to : `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Flavour of New Zealand, 17 January 1969 - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 12 / 21 / 68 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1968 - 12 - 21. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992, p. 317 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006, p. 400 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992 p. 287 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006, p. 363 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992, p. 102 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006, p. 109 Further reading Collins, Ace. Songs Sung, Red, White, and Blue : The Stories Behind America 's Best - Loved Patriotic Songs. HarperResource, 2003. ISBN 0060513047 External links Abraham Martin and John - by Dion Abraham Martin and John - by Andy Williams Abraham Martin and John - by The Miracles Abraham Martin and John - by Marvin Gaye Abraham Martin and John - by Moms Mabley Abraham Martin and John - by Harry Belafonte Abraham Martin and John - by Ray Charles Abraham Martin and John - by Emmylou Harris Abraham Martin and John - by Whitney Houston Abraham Martin and John - by Bon Jovi Preceded by `` Magic Carpet Ride '' by Steppenwolf Canadian RPM 100 number - one single November 25, 1968 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Love Child '' by Diana Ross & the Supremes Dion DiMucci Albums Born to Be with You Streetheart Singles `` Lonely Teenager '' `` Runaround Sue '' `` The Wanderer '' `` Lovers Who Wander '' `` Little Diane '' `` Love Came to Me '' `` Ruby Baby '' `` Sandy '' `` Come Go with Me '' `` Donna the Prima Donna '' `` Drip Drop '' `` I 'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man '' `` Shout '' `` Johnny B. Goode '' `` Abraham, Martin and John '' `` Purple Haze '' `` And the Night Stood Still '' `` Sea Cruise '' Book : Dion DiMucci The Miracles singles discography 1950s `` Got a Job '' ( 1958 ) `` Your Love ( Is All I Need ) '' ( 1958 ) `` I Cry '' ( 1958 ) `` I Need a Change '' ( 1959 ) `` It '' ( 1959 ) `` Bad Girl '' ( 1959 ) `` The Feeling Is So Fine '' ( 1959 ) / `` ( You Can ) Depend on Me '' ( 1959 ) 1960s `` Way Over There '' ( 1960 ) `` Shop Around '' ( 1960 ) / `` Who 's Lovin ' You '' ( 1960 ) `` Ai n't It Baby '' ( 1961 ) `` Mighty Good Lovin ' '' ( 1961 ) / Broken Hearted '' ( 1961 ) `` Everybody 's Gotta Pay Some Dues '' ( 1961 ) `` What 's So Good About Goodbye '' ( 1961 ) / `` I 've Been Good to You '' ( 1961 ) `` I 'll Try Something New '' ( 1962 ) `` You 've Really Got a Hold on Me '' ( 1962 ) / `` Happy Landing '' ( 1962 ) `` A Love She Can Count On '' ( 1963 ) / `` I Can Take a Hint '' ( 1963 ) `` Mickey 's Monkey '' ( 1963 ) `` I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying '' ( 1963 ) `` The Christmas Song '' ( 1963 ) `` ( You Ca n't Let the Boy Overpower ) The Man in You '' ( 1964 ) `` I Like It Like That '' ( 1964 ) `` That 's What Love Is Made Of '' ( 1964 ) `` Come On Do The Jerk '' ( 1964 ) `` Ooo Baby Baby '' ( 1965 ) `` The Tracks of My Tears '' ( 1965 ) / `` A Fork in the Road '' ( 1965 ) `` My Girl Has Gone '' ( 1965 ) `` Going to a Go - Go '' ( 1965 ) / `` Choosey Beggar '' ( 1965 ) `` Whole Lot of Shakin ' in My Heart ( Since I Met You ) '' ( 1966 ) `` ( Come ' Round Here ) I 'm the One You Need '' ( 1966 ) `` The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage '' ( 1967 ) `` More Love '' ( 1967 ) `` I Second That Emotion '' ( 1967 ) `` If You Can Want '' ( 1968 ) `` Yester Love '' ( 1968 ) `` Special Occasion '' ( 1968 ) `` Baby, Baby Do n't Cry '' ( 1969 ) `` Here I Go Again '' ( 1969 ) / `` Doggone Right '' ( 1969 ) `` Abraham, Martin and John '' ( 1969 ) `` Point It Out '' ( 1969 ) / `` Darling Dear '' ( 1969 ) 1970s `` Who 's Gonna Take the Blame '' ( 1970 ) `` The Tears of a Clown '' ( 1970 ) `` I Do n't Blame You At All '' ( 1970 ) `` Crazy About the La La '' ( 1971 ) `` Satisfaction '' ( 1971 ) `` We 've Come Too Far to End It Now '' ( 1972 ) `` I Ca n't Stand to See You Cry '' ( 1972 ) `` Do n't Let It End ( ' Til You Let It Begin ) '' ( 1973 ) `` Give Me Just Another Day '' ( 1973 ) `` Do It Baby '' ( 1974 ) `` Do n't Cha Love It '' ( 1974 ) `` Gemini '' ( 1975 ) `` Love Machine '' ( 1975 ) `` Night Life '' ( 1976 ) `` Spy for Brotherhood '' ( 1977 ) `` I Can Touch the Sky '' ( 1977 ) `` Mean Machine '' ( 1978 ) Book : The Miracles Marvin Gaye singles discography 1960s : ( Tamla ) 1961 `` Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide '' 1962 `` Sandman '' `` Soldier 's Plea '' `` Stubborn Kind of Fellow '' `` Hitch Hike '' 1963 `` Pride and Joy '' `` Can I Get a Witness '' 1964 `` You 're a Wonderful One '' `` Once Upon a Time '' `` What 's the Matter with You Baby '' `` Try It Baby '' `` Baby Do n't You Do It '' `` What Good Am I Without You '' `` How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved by You ) '' 1965 `` I 'll Be Doggone '' `` Pretty Little Baby '' `` Ai n't That Peculiar '' 1966 `` One More Heartache '' `` Take This Heart of Mine '' `` Little Darling ( I Need You ) '' `` It Takes Two '' 1967 `` Ai n't No Mountain High Enough '' `` Your Unchanging Love '' `` Your Precious Love '' `` You '' `` If I Could Build My Whole World Around You '' / `` If This World Were Mine '' 1968 `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' `` Chained '' `` Keep On Lovin ' Me Honey '' `` You Ai n't Livin ' till You 're Lovin ' '' `` His Eye Is on the Sparrow '' `` I Heard It Through the Grapevine '' 1969 `` Good Lovin ' Ai n't Easy to Come By '' `` Too Busy Thinking About My Baby '' `` That 's the Way Love Is '' `` Abraham, Martin and John '' `` What You Gave Me '' `` How Can I Forget '' 1970s : ( Tamla ) 1970 `` Gonna Give Her All the Love I 've Got '' `` The Onion Song '' `` California Soul '' `` The End of Our Road '' 1971 `` What 's Going On '' `` Mercy Mercy Me ( The Ecology ) '' `` Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler ) '' `` Save the Children '' 1972 `` You 're the Man '' `` Trouble Man '' `` I Want to Come Home for Christmas '' 1973 `` Let 's Get It On '' `` You 're a Special Part of Me '' `` Stop, Look, Listen ( To Your Heart ) '' `` Come Get to This '' `` You Sure Love to Ball '' `` My Mistake ( Was to Love You ) '' `` Do n't Knock My Love '' `` You Are Everything '' `` Distant Lover '' 1976 `` I Want You '' `` After the Dance '' `` Since I Had You '' 1977 `` Got to Give It Up '' 1978 `` Pops, We Love You ( A Tribute to Father ) '' 1979 `` A Funky Space Reincarnation '' `` Anger '' `` Ego Tripping Out '' 1980s : ( Tamla / Columbia ) 1981 `` Praise '' `` Heavy Love Affair '' 1982 `` Sexual Healing '' `` My Love Is Waiting '' `` ' Til Tomorrow '' `` Joy '' Posthumous 1985 `` Sanctified Lady '' `` It 's Madness '' `` Just Like '' 1986 `` The World Is Rated X '' 1991 `` My Last Chance '' `` Lucky, Lucky Me '' 1995 `` This Love Starved Heart Of Mine ( It 's Killing Me ) '' `` Music '' 2005 `` Let 's Get It On ( The M.P.G. 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Question: who originally sang the song abraham martin and john
Answer: Dion