Lest we forget amidst our pandemic: Today is the anniversary of US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. being shot and killed on a Memphis motel balcony in 1968.
Dion Dimucci of Dion and The Belmonts was a recovering heroin addict at the time. Earlier the group had recorded hits like Run-Around-Sue and The Wanderer. The tragic events of this day in 1968 inspired him enough to clean up his life and record the tribute song, Abraham, Martin, and John. Later re-recorded to mention the other Kennedy brother Booby.
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