THE HOLLIES - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - 1969
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- The Hollies are an English pop and rock group, formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, though most of the band members are from throughout East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and early-1970s. They enjoyed considerable popularity in many countries, although they did not achieve major US chart success until 1966. Along with The Rolling Stones and The Searchers, they are one of the few British pop groups of the early 1960s that have never officially broken up and that continue to record and perform. The Hollies were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 - Courtesy Wikepedia.
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My brother passed away last week. This was the song I chose for my song 2 his funeral. He had such courage during his illness & always apologized for"being a burden", which he certainly wasn't. We were blessed 2 have him & know where he is. Until I see u again my precious brother rest in peace u so deserve. U are loved.❤
I have never understood why Allan Clarke and the Hollies are not better known. Their lyrics and performances are epic..
They were huge to be fair
Agree with you Clive Shaw . Their lyrics, performances and their harmonies are epic. Those set them apart from other bands. Add Allan Clarke's haunting, soulful , distinct voice, its then complete.
Undoubtedly they should've enjoyed more commercial success. Graham Nash's departure shortly after their move to Epic was pivotal. The group had a more hits after he left including this song and long cool woman. They were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2010, owing to their success and legitimacy as great band. They're still a 60's fav of mine and I keep them in my Playlist.
They are still huge, at least for me! Alan Clarke (yes that’s how he spelled it back then) is a hell of a singer. And dangerously dishy.
Yeah, The Hollies are pretty well known
Beautiful this record is for all time
The best version of one of the greatest songs ever written.
What a great song!!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written
Allan Clarke had one of the best voices in rock history and this is one of my favorites from the band!👍
I graduated high school in 1976. This is the song we all sang at our graduation ceremony. I remember the two classmates that were standing on either side of me as we sang, and looking at them both. As the years have past bye I have wondered how they are and what their lives have been like, as I’ve wondered about many of my other classmates. I went to my 5th reunion but I haven’t seen anyone since. I’m 63 years old now and hope my former classmates have had happy, healthy fulfilling lives.
Yez.Mi.Apredeste.de.the🙏❤️💋🛌🌌.lê.paz.e.luz
Could songwriters nowadays produce a song of this quality...I doubt it!
best song ever
My 7 years older brother suffered with depression and addiction most of his life. I refused to quit on him. I helped in any way I could and later on he straightened himself out and had a good life until he contracted pancreatic cancer at 53. We said our goodbyes knowing that death could not break our brotherly love. This song leaves me emotional every time I hear it.
All time favorites.
One of greatest songs about brotherhood..And live here
Vocals, maybe, but the instruments were definitely mimed to a recording. Where is the harmonica?
@@ballhawk387 Yeah that's how tv appearances were in the 60s after 4 or 5 piece groups started adding all kinds of instuments to their songs..So It was like. a little bit live, a little bit recorded, a little of this, a little of that. Some of these shows wanted it flawless. frankny65yroldwhitekid
this is genuine music, talent, love, gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT. I am 63 years young and remember this song. it goes deep down in my spirit. the playing of the harmonica and the live band. the artist we have nowadays 2021 don’t know how to sing, all they do is sing foolishness and make money. we will never have these true genuine music artists again
The revolting Saville, but after him a great song. What a vocalist Allan Clarke was!!!
Remembering American musician, record producer, and songwriter BOBBY SCOTT (Jan 29, 1937 - Nov 5, 1990), co-writer of HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER with Bob Russell.
For being considered a pop group, this one of the most profound and touching songs I have ever heard. It was a popular song of war in the 60’s but is eternally relevant. It tells of the road of life from which there is no return and how we should treat each other along the way.
So true, nicely said
Thank you for succinctly sounding out the true meaning of this song, which is beyond classic, beyond timeless. Listen, and you shall hear. Music simply doesn't get better than this. Lyrics could stand by themselves, but to be backed by a wonderful melody, unique chord changes, timing structure, simply leaves me aghast every time I listen to it.
Elton John is actually playing the piano on the recording, too bad he's not here since he was only a session player at the time of the recording. Thanks for uploading!
Allan Clarke the voice of an Angel & the backing vocals giving me goosebumps, what a song! 😪 My oldest brother Robert, died unexpectedly three months ago, 7 yrs older than me-baby-of 4 sibs. When we were young he was my protector.💔
This is such a great song and I never get tired of hearing it!
It is amazing.
These boys were good. I mean Great. Lead singer has one of those special sounds.
This song going out to big brother who loss his wife 😔 to cancer
My dad really loved this song when we were kids. Looking back, I can see his devotion to his family and to his Catholic faith. Thanks Dad. I miss you.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you! 😊
This was a super group. I love them.
The Hollies along with the Kinks were the two best British bands to come out of the sixties!!!!!! Chad and Jeremy was easily the best duo ever - British or American!! C&J are dear friends of mine!!
I like how their voices harmonize, especially when they start the line...”and the load...”.
They don’t make songs like this anymore. We So need them now.
You can talk about this cover and that cover . . . the truth is, Allan Clarke nailed this song
Both my late Brother and I were in Vietnam. This song reminds me so much of him, and his caring ways toward me.
I was at NSA Danang, and he patrolled the Delta as a gunners mate.
I send out best wishes to all by fellow Vietnam Warriors, their Families, and Friends.
Feeling great at 68:)
OBB - Original Baby Boomer!
Thank you and your brother for your service ! God Bless You !
Wow. It's so unusual to hear a band on British tv really singing live, especially back then. Great version. Shame Jimmy Saville introduced them.
What a song. If I ever go to Karaoke, this'll definitely be on my list. I'm singing now ...!💖
I dedicate this song to my brother who loved the Hollies . Such brilliant harmonies that i will allways love and renowned for.
Allan Clarke has one of the most gorgeous voices ever and is singing about beautiful selflessness. That I know.
Alan Clarke was at the PEAK of his wonderful singing talent.Crystal clear and full of emotion. Well done, Alan. THANK-YOU for this beautiful song.
Goosebumps even after all these years! That´s music that lasts forever!
What planet is that? Great ballad, great singer, great band, nice people. I want to be there not here surrounded by biebers, rappers, gagas and all kind of rubbish.
One of pop's all time classics!
I’m 75 years old and think we had the best time in the 60 + years, Life was so bloody great 👍 thanks for the memories
Man, that kid can sing
I love Jaggers, crafty voice Roger Daltrey‘s sweet voice. One of my favourites is Joe Cocker I mean the Motown guys are all great. Lennon just put me over the top loved him I mean there’s so many great singers you know George Michael’s just there is a ton to go on for hours but nobody’s got the vocals of the kid in the hollies he tops them all
@@vincenzotesoro1169Listen to Jay Black from Jay and the Americans sing Cara Mia
❤ ich liebe die Hollies auch mit 72 Jahren ihre Musik ist unsterblich und dies ist für alle Zeiten mein Lieblingssong❤❤
du hast Geschmack! :)
Meiner auch😊
I love Allan Clarke. He was so well dressed had a beautiful smile and good looks. Memo to singers of today who perform in the clothes they wear at home n no proper shoes
Boys Town statue has this on it. He ain’t heavy father He’s my brother
That’s wonderful to hear, thank you!
Omg these guys were absolutely shagalicious. Adore them.
This song reminds me of my brother. Makes me cry and smile at the same time. We were always together has kids. What one of us wouldn't think of the other one did. He had my back and I had his. We are now adults, he has since passed away. I miss him so much.
RIP Beto I will cherish the memories we had together love you brother say hello to Mom, Dad, and Roy love you brother until we meet again 🙏🙏🙏
This is one of the best performances I have seen the Hollies perform, of this great song.
Thank you for leading the group for so long, and so well, Mr. Clarke.
the amazing Allan Clarke 💕💕
pure magic and timeless
So Beautiful the melody,
So Meaningful the message,
So Attractive the voice,
So Wonderful the performance,
That my tears flood in my eyes !!!!
I had my 20 year old daughter listen to this first. Then I told her the story behind the song. She's heard it before, but never really "listened" until yesterday.
Really love this song, this singer, this band .... beyond words !!!!
Thank you !
Peace Be with You , when you in the lapse of GOD !!!!
Certainly an evergreen song by the Hollies.
I can't place Alan Clark by name but I am sure if I knew some of his songs I could recall from the day I'm 67 and thought everyone from my generation knew and loved most of their songs regardless of what type of music they were told were into. I have have turned my 30 year old son to their more popular songs 3 he didn't know what he had been missing...
That is awesome❤
What' s with the forefront post 's .... wanna ' agents....sometime it 's okay to hang back, relax and just listen...makes right for one's spirit...it your moment, your precious life, your needed friend...it's music...universal truth....
stunning. what a beautiful performance.
What a great song. Allan Clarke amazing vocals
Who ever without sin cast the first stone
Still love this song after umpteen years later...
Truly great music 🎶 you never get tired of.
What are they doin'?? This is NOT the song to be dancing to... This the song to be crying to.
Just great. Alan Clarke is one of the top rock/pop singers ever.
COMO.UMA.USICA.TAO.LINDA.COMO.ESSA.NAO.TOCA.MAIS.QUE.PENA.NAO.DAR.VALOR.NO
NOSSO.PASSADO
Excellent! The Hollies is the best group in the world! Ever! Thanks!
Wonderful song. Love it.
EVERLASTING MEMORIES,,BECAUSE MUSIC NEVER DIES ❤️❤️
Como poesias de longas datas, 60's, conseguem ultrapassar fronteiras e mais fronteiras... Simplesmente, porque são poesias! 🇧🇷
Why do I cry with so much pain every time I hear this song? Maybe it's the Viet Nam War and the friends I lost there or maybe it's just that phenomenal year of 1969....the end of an unbelievable decade. I don't know, but it will always be a GREAT song, and I will always cry when I hear it.....
My favourite song in the 70’s. I was a teen blaring this out of my 8 track cassette driving my 1973 chevy SS.. it always seemed to go a little faster playing this song.😆
Used this for the funeral of my twin boys. Such beautifull lyrics. Never grow tired of this song.
So very sorry for your loss.
Suzanne Gaskell such a great sentiment. I also buried my son and I feel for your loss. A song can mean so much. Stay strong xx
Suzanne Gaskell Amen to that brother my condolences to you and your family
Monumental song of the 60s. They don't make music like this anymore.
I was really glad when the Hollies were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because I always felt that they were somewhat under-appreciated. Mainly because of the popularity of other British acts.
There certainly were a lot of them back then.
jeffthewhiff Quite so. They were very fine musicians indeed: a great voice on lead vocal, a unique line in high harmony (originally Graham Nash’s role), one of the best drummers in the business (his beat placement is to die for, on a par with people like Phil Collins and Bill Bruford), and an excellent lead guitarist/occasional bassist.
I remember hearing this song the first time (I am young) back in the 90's when the commercials would come up about drug abuse and help on CBC. Always put a tear to my eye. Love the song.
My dad and I are just alike thank you God for dad and the holy spirit
Surely they could edit Saville out of the start of that clip !
Really. That guy was a creep.
👍👍👍👍👍
I am in awe at the humility of the Brits. I looked it all up, and see that Allan unceremoniously stepped down when he lost his voice - to every season - and was reminded also today for some reason of the Scarlet Pimpernel - one of my all time favorite movies - and also saw that Anthony Andrews is not a press monger and is quietly living his life, as Allan, with his wife of several years, in a dignified way. Our American celebrities, even of a certain age, have lost that.
I miss my brother but when I hear this it's like yesterday we were so young and thought life would never end what I would give to see him for 5 mins
2023 @ beyond ❤ does happen
Grande The Hollies, uno de los grupos más importantes de los 60.
beautiful live performance- note perfect
Bellísima cancion ❤
I've always loved this song. This is what we need to hear right now.
Thinking of you, and hope you’ll be feeling much better, very soon.
I miss you, my dear sweet friend … 💧💧💧
Como é bom ouvir música romântica inesquecível,de primeira qualidade.bons tempos.anos 60
Great song. Allan Clarke was one of the great vocalists of the 60's. Pity that revolting pervert couldn't be edited out at the start.
Good point. Fortunately his degeneracy can't taint The Hollies or their legacy.
@@sherrybirchall8677 Jimmy Savile was a child molester. Look it up.
Makes. Me. Cry. My. Brother served. In. Vietnam. .he. was. In. The. Corp. Of engineers. Only. 18. When he. Signed. Up in. The, army. A. Real. Hero. My. Other brother. Was. In. The. Army .miss. him. The. Song. Is for. Him.he. passed. Away
.lm. praying. For. All the. Heros. That
Love Allan Clarke and the Hollies....Allan Clarke is the only person to sing this....
EXACTLY! Funny how the article could not even mention his name... had to get a plug for Elton in there, but heaven forbid they give a tip of the hat to indeed, the ONLY man that could ever sing this song, Allan Clarke.
@@paulwhite382 your right! What is it about these Brits anyway? They live on an island 🏝 overflowing with musical 🎤 talent! Is it something in the water? 💧
my favourite group of all time
World Peace means __--- everyone in the world listens to this at the exact same time. :)
allan clarke is like the same face of chris norman even the style when he's singing😍❤
Oh my gosh! You're right!
Makes me cry every time I hear it❤️
Likewise. Every single time.
Happy 74th to Allan Clarke
Maravilhosa!!!
RIP Beto love you brother 🙏 I will cherish the memories we had together love you brother 4-21-2024 until we meet again your little brother Jorge L Lopez 🙏
He really loved his brother.This must be based on a true story.The Hollies are always great.
Every Time I listen to this song, my heart fills up with love & joy for my Brother/Sister, for the world , wanting to help in any way I can, Praying everyone can & will do the same, this song is so Beautiful & Powerful & hits me every time I listen to it every time , 1 of my favorite songs of the 60s, very good looking man also, many Blessings to him & his family ! Thanks for sharing with us all (The Hollies) May GOD Bless you always ~ AMEN !
To my brother don't care where he is I will love him no matter what love you bro
This song never fails to make my eyes misty... Yes, it may be much older than me, but hey I grew up listening to this song on the radio... Such a powerful message, such a moving melody...
I was fifteen when I followed The Hollies.The song Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress is cool.
This is a passage from the book Beyond Valor, WWII, fighting in the Arddenes, my Uncle Ray Gonzalez: While we were pulling back we were getting a lot of machine gun and sniper fire. [Someone in the platoon] said Breyers got hit. I said, "Well I didn't see him." He said, "He's right up there by that hill." Everybody left because we were under heavy fire and weren't supposed to bring the wounded out; we left them there and the mdics would take care of them. But I wasn't going to leave him behind, so I threw my knapsack down and I went over there and said, "How ya doing, Breyers?" He said, "Okay." I said, "I'm not leaving you. They told me to move out, but I'm not moving." He said, "Move out, soldier." I said, " I'm not moving."
In D-day I had lost my toothbrush, and Breyers loaned me his toothbrush to brush my teeth, and that's how close we were. He was like a brother to me. It was getting dusk and I told him, "I'm going back to camp and get some help." I went back and got some help and some men in a jeep to take care of Breyers.
As I was walking through fields to find my company and I found another kid from K Company that I knew and he was wounded, he had his knee knocked out. and he asked me not to leave him. I said I wouldn't leave him. I picked him up and put him over my shoulder, and his wounded knee was right by my face, and all he could do was squirt blood on me. I walked with him for about a half-hour; all I wanted to do was get away from that shell, they were shelling the shit out of us. Found another wounded man and tried to help him, also. I said, "Well, let's try and get out of here." I picked him up and I fell down with him and said, "I am going to go over here to find some help."
I stayed by the two men that got hit. I just forget it because it would wear you out to keep thinking of it.
Ray Gonzalez 82nd Airborne, All Americans, 505th, C Company. Uncle Ray was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and many other metals for Valor.
Thank you.
Yes a very nice song I love the hollies and 60s music. I'm a baby boomer I listen to boom radio UK
From the movie about boys town and father Flanagan .part of the movie where an older boy is carrying his youger brother and Father Flanagan asks him isn’t he heavy? The older answers,”he ain’t heavy,he’s my brother.”
Here’s to our friends now gone we should have cared more about and loved more than we did.This song was and still is a word from Heaven concerning what we should have whole heartedly done for the people placed in our lives.I know as tears fill my eyes for those I knew.I fell short and could have done more.Love and be kind to those God places before you for some of them you will never get another chance to tell them how precious they were to you even though you didn’t realize it when they were once in your life.
It actually questions heaven if you actually listen to the lyrics.
true words, Tom Balthis, true words!!
Something most of us only realise
when it's TOO late. The damage done can never be undone except
by remembering them in prayer .
They will know.
@@2011littlejohn1 it actually tells you that the welfare of other people should be your concern.
@@sherrybirchall8677 Yes that's the main theme but also what I said. I play this very regularly.
I'm sat here with tears in my eyes, what a lovely song by a great great group. Make me proud to be from Northwest England.
Thanx for the memory lane moment, takes me back to my senior year at Grammar School - aaargh.
Beautiful song. Reminds me of my childhood friend.