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song, a memorial for assassinated Americans

"Abraham, Martin and John" is a song written by Dick Holler. It was first recorded by Dion, in a version that was a substantial North American chart hit in – Near-simultaneous cover versions by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Moms Mabley also charted in the U.S.

in , and a version that same year by Marvin Gaye became the hit version in the UK. It was also a hit as part of a medley (with "What the World Needs Now Is Love") for Tom Clay in , and has subsequently been recorded by many other artists.

Holler was particularly impressed that Bob Dylan covered the song.^[1]

The song itself is a tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change: Abraham Lincoln, John F.

Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassination of King and that of Robert Kennedy in April and June , respectively.^[2]

Lyrics

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