Drummer reacts to "Abraham, Martin & John" by Moms Mabley

[@rosshartley5807]

I never saw her sing. She was one of the funniest and raunchiest comedians ever. I saw her many times on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. One of a kind.

[@mattneil4211]

Loved moms version. Tough time for our generation. Our heroes were taken one after the other.

[@genegarrett3372]

USed to see her several times a year on TV variety shows. It's been a while,

[@johnnyfrederick01]

So happy to see this one being featured and reacted to. Moms Mabley is one of the greatest comedians ever. I loved seeing her whenever she came on tv. Whoopi Goldberg did an amazing documentary about her life on HBO I think. Truly one-of-a-kind. Thanks 🙏 Lee for introducing her to a new generation !

[@mickell241]

this song is enough to make you cry.... so sad, the loss of great men

[@genegarrett3372]

The host was Merv Griffin.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

Wow, I didn't know she sang. I had only heard Dion's version of this song, and only knew her as a comedian. Great find Johnny F, thanks. Great reaction as always, Lee. Blessings all.

[@Moz1011]

This is beautiful. I know the song but I never heard of this lovely lady.

[@johnperrigo6474]

It is odd to see this side of her since mostly she performed her comedy "stuff". Beautiful rendition though. So heartfelt.

[@jessicalee7119]

😭😭😭😭😭Many of us here were lucky enough to grow up watching her. I hope you check out her comedy ~

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Beautiful performance

[@Coquinagirl]

Singing out with such a broken heart… Lee looked very sad. Thank you, Johnny F. I’d never heard of Moms Mabley.

[@dawntucker5052]

Oh this one. . Have not seen this in decades😢

[@LodiLegends]

I remember seeing this on the Merv Griffin show. It was a devastating time in United States history, and everyone was pretty broken up at the time. The first time I heard the song was Dion DiMucci on the Ed Sullivan show. This song helped a lot of people heal from all of the emotional wounds.

[@nancy9891]

Moms Mabley was a hilarious comedian even her voice was comical but she sounds like a female version of Louis Armstrong. She is so clear in her version of Dion’s song. Just beautiful and poignant in every way. OMG All murdered for people to have the right to be free.

[@laurencaulton103]

Moms Mabley was one of the funniest people ever. Her name is pronounced May-blee.

[@blitztim6416]

I’ve only heard Dion’s version. It’s the one they played on the radio. Moms was really funny. You should hear her comedy. Merv Griffin had a talk show and created a lot of game shows. Like Wheel of Fortune.

[@mojorider8455]

man, this tune really pulls at your heart---at the missed opportunities, all the things that could've been to push our society and world ahead for the better. We took a huge step backwards. If anything, their deaths showed us the possibilities, to inspire us to pick up where they left off

[@leeannies-tears369]

I was 10 when Martin Luther killed. I think I've heard this song by her when I was pretty young, BUT this killed me tonight. This song makes me cry every dang time I hear anyone sing it. I was a young girl and remember every assassination in my childhood. JFK in first grade in class and it was being broadcast. It was so sad. Everyone was crying. I didn't fully understand of course but it had such a profound life impact on me. I was older when John Lennon killed and had grown up on the beatles. That whole 15 years including the 60s revolution... Wow THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TONIGHT 🎶🥰

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Is it ever too early to cry...pray they come back as Avatars

[@mojorider8455]

never too early to weep for the things that could've been. spirit never dies, as long as we can be inspired by their ideals and do something to make this world a little better.

[@juliethompson5160]

❤

[@genegarrett3372]

Lincolns VP was Andrew Johnson a southern Democrat who didn't follow Lincoln's reconstruction plans.

[@louise_rose]

Heard this one sung by Marvin Gaye (who himself ended up killed by gunfire in a tragic family showdown) - this is such a poignant song. 💙💙 All three of these men (and arguably Marvin, too) have long since reached the status of global icons, not just American heroes.

[@nanlewis]

I know this song done by a male singer...I wanna say BJ Thomas, but I'm not sure. I've always loved it. Such important lyrics and message. I never heard this version. Boy... bringing me to tears.

[@user-ph9wt3ue7c]

Dion

[@littleaeros4063]

Yes Dion!

[@nanlewis]

Oh, wow. Ok. Thanks.

[@visaman]

Bobby Darin

[@visaman]

The host is Merv Griffin. He created and produced the classic quiz show, Jeopardy.

[@StevenMichals0812]

The famous version is by Dion. There is also a version by Bob Dylan, there is a video of that on KZbin.

[@connieleighton4375]

Omg, Mom's is one of the funniest women ever she used to make party albums way back in the day. Please do yourself a favor and listen to her stuff, and she used to show up on TV as well

[@rodneygriffin7666]

Dion. Great song.

[@jaycorby]

Obviously, I was not alive in this present body at least, when our 16th POTUS Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 (less than a full week after the end of the American Civil War). However, I remember quite clearly the untimely and horrific murders of the other three men (Pres. JF Kennedy - '63, Robert F. Kennedy - '68 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - '68). I was a young college freshman in '63 and a teacher in public school in '68. No words can express the anguish associated with these events, and though the era of the 60's was so cool and uplifting in so many ways (music especially), the dark cloud of these assassinations hung heavy over the United States and for those of us who were alive then our lives were changed forever.

[@Richard2003]

She was a comedian. Didn't know she sang. She was on Ed Sullivan a lot.

[@musicairplanes4884]

That was Merv Griffin. The creator of The Wheel of Fortune and also Jeopardy.

[@nanlewis]

Reconstruction

[@user-mk5xc4ye9t]

I was gonna just blurt out Reconstruction!!. Not that you would hear me. But you nailed it with 30 seconds to spare..ding ding ding. But holy crap, Jackie "Moms" Mabley! Now you're diving deep. She was funny as all hell, a female Redd Foxx. Yes, Malcolm should have been added to the list. And it has grown since. Speak truth, "they" kill you. Bobby would have been elected easily and then reopened the investigation into the murder of his brother. Nope. I think that was Merv Griffin, have to rewatch. He had a couple of semi-hit records in the 50's or 60's. Don't react to them. Please

[@woedan48]

Martin Luther a.k.a. Dr. King .

[@fineasfogg1461]

Moms Mabley was on the politically incorrect * wink wink * Smothers Brothers show that was always being censored. Oh she's funny as all get out man. I love how she talks about her "young men" America's First Black, Bisexual, Female Standup!

[@JimboKM]

I always thought Dion wrote it. At any rate, his is the most popular version.

[@WILLKMC]

I remember her as a comedian, a little nasty and hilarious; sometimes she'd take her teeth out. The host is Merv Griffen, a media mogul, who created Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, and maybe Bi, a longtime friend /? of Robert Kennedy's wife Ethel

[@genegarrett3372]

not Mab Ly it is pronounced like May Ble

[@blitztim6416]

He got it.

[@jimmymcintyre7944]

Didn't know she could sing. Only heard her raunchy jokes.

[@mattneil4211]

Reconstruction