He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Dave McCabe, Paul Heaton, Hollie Cook, Jon McClure, John Power, Gerry Marsden, and two original members of The Hollies, Bobby Elliott and Tony Hicks. Another version by an unknown vocalist was used in the early 1990s by the New Zealand Police in a televised public service announcement. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" is a ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell. Originally recorded by Kelly Gordon in 1969, the song became a worldwide hit for The Hollies later that year and again for Neil Diamond in 1970. It has been recorded by
S. S. DeWitt Sicily Island days was at the funeral where he recounted that although DeWitt never returned to live at Sicily Island, he never forgot his friends there and maintained contact with them. Hanna recalled that DeWitt became friends with his northeast Louisiana neighbor, John McKeithen, a former lawmaker who was governor during DeWitt's legislative tenure, described DeWitt as "a fine honorable man, a good representative of the people who stood by his word, and his convictions." DeWitt and his wife, Hazel, are interred at the Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton. S. S. DeWitt Sturgis Sprague DeWitt, known primarily as S. S.