<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Dick Holler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Phil Gernhard </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <P> Each of the first three verses features one of the men named in the song's title, for example: </P>

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