Artist: Dion
Author: Dick Holler
Label: Laurie
Year: 1968
Top 5 US. About Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. Written the day after Robert Kennedy was murdered. The demo was cut on The Royal Guardsmen of Snoopy vs The Red Baron fame, which was written by the same author (Dick Holler).
Covers:
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles [hit US]
Moms Mabley [hit US]
Andy Williams [personal friend of Robert Kennedy; sang Battle Hymn Of The Republic at his funeral]
Wilson Pickett [as Cole, Cooke & Redding]
Marvin Gaye [top 10 UK; was also murdered]
Dick Holler [author]
Tom Clay [in medley with What The World Needs Now; top 10 US]
Aunt Mary [as Jimi, Janis & Brian]
Roy Buchanan [at the end of Hey Joe on his Live In Japan album, as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix]
Bob Dylan [live; his John was recently murdered John Lennon]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [with Beverley Knight]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)