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. Brooks McLane S. Brooks McLane S. Brooks McLane (died January 13, 2000) was the electronic technician in the Field Emission Laboratory at Penn State who, with Gerald Fowler and J. A. Panitz was responsible for developing the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope. An electronics specialist who received an M.S. degree from the Texas School of Arts and Industries, he was Assistant Professor of Physics at Davidson College in 1957 and co-authored several scientific papers including "Field Absorption and desorption of helium and neon" that appeared in "Surface Science" in 1969. Between 1964 and 1986 he co-wrote 8 separate articles in his field that