How Robert Kennedy Inspired 'Abraham, Martin and John' ". The New York Times Company. June 5, 2018 . Retrieved June 10, 2018.

Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 2006, p. 363 Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" 1962 " Sandman" " Soldier's Plea" " Stubborn Kind of Fellow" " Hitch Hike" 1963 " Pride and Joy" " Can I Get a Witness" 1964 " You're a Wonderful One" " Once Upon a Time" " What's the Matter with You Baby" " Try It Baby" " Baby Don't You Do It" " What Good Am I Without You" " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 1965 " I'll Be Doggone" " Pretty Little Baby" " Ain't That Peculiar" 1966 " One More Heartache" " Take This Heart of Mine" " Little Darling (I Need You)" " It Takes Two" 1967 " Ain't No Mountain High Enough" " Your Unchanging Love" " Your Precious Love" " You" " If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"/" If This World Were Mine" 1968 " Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" " You're All I Need to Get By" " Chained" " Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" " You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" " His Eye Is on the Sparrow" " I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 1969 " Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" " Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" " That's the Way Love Is" " Abraham, Martin and John" " What You Gave Me" " How Can I Forget"

Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X. Cash Box Top 100 12/21/68". Tropicalglen.com. December 21, 1968. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016 . Retrieved October 1, 2016.

Comedian Moms Mabley performed a completely serious version that hit the U.S. Top 40. It reached number 35 in July 1969 and number 18 on the R&B charts, making Mabley (at 75) the oldest living person to have a U.S. Top 40 hit. [11] [12] Collins, Ace. Songs Sung, Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs. HarperResource, 2003. ISBN 0060513047 Rosey Grier, who had been one of Robert F. Kennedy's bodyguards and helped subdue Sirhan Sirhan after he shot Kennedy, recorded a version for his 1986 gospel album Committed.

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Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca . Retrieved October 1, 2016. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.66. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Beverly Knight performed the song with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Gaye's 1969 recording on the 2021 album Motown with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: A Symphony of Soul (Motown/Island Records/UMC)

Marillion released two versions in 1999. A live recording was on their Unplugged at the Walls album, and a studio version on their fan club Christmas CD the same year.

Flavour of New Zealand, 17 January 1969 - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016 . Retrieved March 17, 2017. a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca . Retrieved July 14, 2015.

Emmylou Harris performed it as the second part of a medley with Nanci Griffith's song "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go" with her acoustic band, the Nash Ramblers, in the early 1990s. The medley was released on their 1992 live album At the Ryman. Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006, p. 400 Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006, p.109