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In the 1940s, the words, adapted as "He ain't heavy, Father, he's my brother", were taken as a slogan for Boys Town children's home by founder Father Edward Flanagan. [3] According to the Boys Town website, the phrase as used by Boys Town was said to Fr. Flanagan in 1918 by one of the residents while carrying another up a set of stairs.
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother may also refer to: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (album) , a 1969 Hollies album, also known as Hollies Sing Hollies and including the song of the same name He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (film) , a Hong Kong film, also known as He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father or 新難兄難弟
Gilbert Young (born 1941) [1] is an American artist from Cincinnati, specializing in conceptions of the African-American experience. Young is best known for his painting He Ain't Heavy, which as of 2004 had sold "nearly one million" copies. [2]
The follow-up was the emotional ballad "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell, which featured the piano playing of Elton John; it reached No. 3 in the UK in October 1969, and No. 7 in the US in March 1970.
The US version of Hollies Sing Hollies was renamed He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother with a different full cover art, and was released in December 1969 by Epic Records. It included the hit single " He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother " and omitted two tracks from the UK version, "Soldier's Dilemma" and "Marigold/Gloria Swansong" (the second was saved ...
Ain't continued to be used without restraint by many upper middle class speakers in southern England into the beginning of the 20th century. [29] [30] Ain't was a prominent target of early prescriptivist writers. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, some writers began to propound the need to establish a "pure" or "correct" form of English. [31]
He knows the daily trek to collect his mail won't get easier as he gets older. “I’m 82,” he said, climbing back into the Jeep. “We don’t walk up here.” ...
In 2012, the Justice Collective recorded a new version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", a popular music ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell made famous by the Hollies. The song went on to take the coveted Christmas number 1 position for 2012 in the UK, [3] [4] beating X Factor winner James Arthur, who was number one the previous ...