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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.
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 ...
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 11 November 2021, at 02:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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 ...
The following year, he and Jones were again nominated in the same category (the title song for the Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy). He had his last hit song in 1969–70 with "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", co-written with Bobby Scott and recorded by The Hollies.
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 26 February 2012, at 10:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Marcella Nasseri found her missing brother Thomas Manizak through a USA TODAY story after 25 years. New details emerge of his background.
In addition to "A Taste of Honey", Scott also co-wrote the song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". [14] In the 1960s he became a music teacher and studied again under Moritz, but occasionally recorded as well, including a Nat King Cole tribute album released in the 1980s. He also composed film soundtracks, including the scores to Slaves (1969 ...