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.

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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. 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] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles recorded a version that became an American Top 40 single in 1969, reaching number 33 [9] while reaching number 16 on the US R&B charts [10] 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" 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. 400 Marvin Gaye, with an orchestral arrangement by Norman Whitfield, also recorded a version in 1969 that became a top-ten hit (reaching number 9) in the United Kingdom in 1970 (Gaye's version was never released in the U.S. as a single but was featured on his 1970 album, That's the Way Love Is, and was one of his first experiments with social messages in his music which would culminate in his 1971 album, What's Going On.) Whitney Houston performed the song in her live concert in 1997 which aired on VH1 and HBO as Whitney Houston: Live Washington DC. Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 2006, p. 363