• career, and Holler continued to front the Rockets until signed by Herald-Ember Records in 1961. Herald-Ember changed the band name to Dick Holler and the...
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    Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (song) (category Songs written by Dick Holler)
    "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" is a novelty song written by Phil Gernhard and Dick Holler and recorded in 1966 by the Florida-based pop group The Royal Guardsmen...
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    Abraham, Martin and John (category Songs written by Dick Holler)
    "Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler. It was first recorded by Dion, in a version that was a substantial North American chart...
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  • "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" is a song first recorded by Dick Holler & the Holidays, written by Don Smith and Cyril Vetter. It was later recorded...
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    school, he started sitting in with a band called the Rockets, led by Dick Holler, who later wrote several hit songs, including "Abraham, Martin and John"...
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    solo performer, Dion recorded "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler. It is a tribute to social change icons Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther...
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    collage Length 6:10 Label Motown (MoWest MW5002F) Songwriter(s) Hal David, Burt Bacharach, Dick Holler Producer(s) Tom Clay Tom Clay singles chronology...
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  • Angeles band), pre-Crazy Horse The Rockets, a Louisiana band featuring Dick Holler The Rockets, 1950s British rock and roll group led by Tony Crombie The...
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  • "Mary's Near" (Allen Wayne, Henry Capps) "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler) "Proud Mary" (John Fogerty) "Let it Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë)...
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    condition that he record the song "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler (also the writer of the Royal Guardsmen's "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron")...
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  • Mamas & the Papas   11. "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" Phil Gernhard and Dick Holler The Royal Guardsmen   12. "MacArthur Park" Jimmy Webb Robert Goulet on...
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  • You and a Dog Named Boo" (A1) Kent LaVoie 2:57 3. "The Albatross" (A2) Dick Holler 3:07 4. "We'll Make It....I Know We Will" (A3) LaVoie 2:53 5. "A Little...
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  • "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)", a cover version of the 1964 single by Dick Holler & the Holidays in August. The album sold 10,000 in its first 10 days...
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  • Love)", written by Don Smith and Cyril Vetter and originally recorded by Dick Holler and the Holidays, reached No. 17 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1966...
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  • "Half-Breed" Mary Dean Al Capps 2:42 4. "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard" Dick Holler 2:48 5. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" Barry Gibb Robin Gibb 3:21...
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  • Whitfield) - 2:04 Side Two "Abraham, Martin & John" (originally by Dion) (Dick Holler) - 4:30 "Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love" (originally by The...
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    have been written about Lincoln. Abraham, Martin and John, written by Dick Holler, recorded by Dion (1968). This popular song first appeared under a sheet...
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  • Ochs 3:28 13. "Day for Night" Gene Clark 2:53 14. "Jokers Are Wild" Dick Holler, Pat Robinson 3:28 15. "Winning Hand" Gene Clark 2:34 16. "Lover's Turnaround"...
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  • Caroline" (rehearsal) Neil Diamond 4:31 12. "Fever" (rehearsal) Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell 3:36 13. "Abraham, Martin and John" (rehearsal) Dick Holler 3:08...
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  • top of the Billboard pop chart. Gernhard was introduced to songwriter Dick Holler, then performing locally in South Carolina with his group, the Holidays...
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  • Rogers 3:48 2. "Abraham, Martin & John"/"Precious Memories" (medley) Dick Holler 4:17 3. "I Would Like to See You Again" Charlie Craig, Larry Atwood 3:08...
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    and sung by Phil Ochs (1967) "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler, sung by Dion (1968) ”Murder Most Foul”, written by Bob Dylan, alludes...
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  • King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon 8267 Clarence Carter Patches 8268 Dick Holler Someday Soon 8269 Jo Mama Jo Mama 8270 Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett...
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    Pike Circle Hero" w.m. Bobby Russell "Abraham, Martin and John" w.m. Dick Holler "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" w.m. Les Reed & Barry Mason "Chitty Chitty...
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  • "Cryin' Time" (Buck Owens) 2:46 "The Greatest Song I've Ever Heard" (Dick Holler) 3:05 "I Get a Little Sentimental Over You" (Tony Macaulay, Geoff Stephens)...
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    Miraflores District, Lima "Abraham, Martin and John", 1968, written by Dick Holler and recorded first by Dion; the title refers to assassination victims...
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  • Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy written by Dick Holler and first recorded by Dion. "If I Can Dream" (1968), recorded by Elvis...
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  • Schwartz) "Utah" (Merrill Osmond) Side Two "Reaching Out for Someone" (Dick Holler) "Everything Changing" (W. Cates, P. Caldwell) "Time Limit" (Kristian...
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  • Cleveland) "You Neglect Me" (Robinson, Tarplin) "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler) "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) "Once I Got To Know...
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  • 2019 Slim Harpo - September 25, 2011 Hunter Hayes - September 7, 2012 Dick Holler - October 27, 2007 Johnny Horton - August 22, 2009 Mahalia Jackson -...
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