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Related: About this forumMoms Mabley singing "Abraham, Martin & John"
a lesser-known version of the Dion ballad:
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Moms Mabley singing "Abraham, Martin & John" (Original Post)
villager
Nov 2013
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geefloyd46
(1,939 posts)1. Sorry I'm still a fan of Dion's version.
There was one a long time ago that they used to have the clips interspersed into the song. Very powerful.
villager
(26,001 posts)2. Hopefully, being a fan of one, doesn't preclude listening to the other!
Dion does a terrific job -- with his own song!
geefloyd46
(1,939 posts)3. No doubt.
You can like more than one.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)4. I have never heard her version before...thanks.
but I have always loved her voice and she did the song justice.
Danascot
(4,690 posts)5. Some fun facts from the Wikipedia article
The team that wrote the song's previous hit was Snoopy vs the Red Baron.
Moms Mabley's version made her the oldest person to have a top 40 hit, a record that still stands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham,_Martin_and_John
nolabear
(41,956 posts)6. I'd recommend the recent documentary about her. She was something else.
I remember her; my grandmother thought she was the funniest thing onstage. And she did get away with some things that others never could have, and certainly never could have now in the New Dark Ages. But I remember her version of that song, too. It was surprisingly affecting.
villager
(26,001 posts)7. I'd never heard of her version, until earlier today!
And hadn't thought on Moms Mabley in quite awhile...!