This is the first time I have heard the original song by Kelly Gordon.
I was reading about the 60s music scene and came across this song.
The Hollies almost made it there own, selling over 1 million copies.
He ain’t heavy he’s my brother - Kelly Gordon January 18th 1969
Wow,i thought it was The Hollies.
The Osmonds do it very well too Bretrick.
It is a lovely song.
And another thing I didn’t know. Thanks for sharing this.
An extremely well recorded Song for sure…take your pick of your favorite one!!..
Copied and Pasted …
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Kelly Gordon April 1969 First recording on January 18, 1969
First release
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Hollies September 1969 More famous than the original
Hit song
He Ain’t Heavy - He’s My Brother B.W.D. Production (Bill Wellings) November 1969
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Chartbusters [Dyne] (Pye Records Studio Artists) January 1970
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Brian Russell September 1970
He Ain’t Heavy … He’s My Brother Neil Diamond October 13, 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Hearts of Stone October 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother David & Jimmy Ruffin October 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Bobby Goldsboro October 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Robert William Scott November 1970
He Ain’t Heavy …He’s My Brother The Osmonds November 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Caleb Brooks 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Johnny Johnson and The Bandwagon 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Leon Bibb 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Matt Monro 1970
He Isn’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Samjazz Quintet 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother [The California Poppy Pickers] 1970
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Melba Moore January 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Donny Hathaway April 2, 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Glen Campbell June 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Andy Williams July 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Chér September 1971
Medley: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother / Bridge over Troubled Water Gladys Knight & The Pips December 1971 Medley
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Light Company 1971 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy Collage [US3] 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Dova 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Marion Williams [US] 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Matt Flinders 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Percy Faith His Orchestra and Chorus 1971
He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother) Pop Express Band 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Randolph Rose 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Rod McKuen 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Town Criers [US-GA] 1971
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother - You’ve Got a Friend The Persuasions [US] January 1972 A cappella
Medley
He Ain’t Heavy Edwin Duff February 1972
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Malcolm Roberts April 14, 1972
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Johnny Mathis September 13, 1972
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Haystack '72 Swing Choir 1972 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Ted Hamilton 1972 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Alex Harvey [GB] 1972
He Ain’t Heavy B.J. Thomas 1972
He Ain’t Heavy - He’s My Brother Ricky Shayne - Arr. & cond. Jo Plée 1972
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Tony Ronald 1972
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother B.J. Arnau 1973
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Tommy Leonetti 1973
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Brotherhood of Man September 1974
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Aliis 1974 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother The Peddlers 1974 Live
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Roger Whittaker 1974
He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother Samantha Jones 1974
He Ain’t Heavy The Amplified Version 1974
He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother Olivia Newton-John September 1975
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Barrie Brothers 1975 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Bob Morley 1975 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Barry Crocker August 1976
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Lorraine Ellison 1976
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Tracy [Huang] 1976
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Cissy Houston November 1977
He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Brother Sounds Familiar 1977
He Ain’t Heavy The Arbors 1977
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Roger Layton 1978
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Cannon & Ball 1979
He Ain’t Heavy … He’s My Brother Dana [IE] 1980
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Housemartins May 1986
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Al Green 1987
He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother Peter Hofmann 1987
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Yellowjackets [University of Rochester] 1987 A cappella
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Bill Medley August 1988
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Denis Walter 1989
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Just 4 Fun 1990
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother 王傑 (Dave Wong) July 11, 1991
He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Brother Lee Towers 1991
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Mikael Anreot 1991
He Ain’t Heavy Mark Murphy with the Louis Vandyke Trio 1992 Released more than 10 years after its recording
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Matt Monro Jnr & Matt Monro 1995
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Hollies & Coronation Street Cast 1995
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Starshine Orchestra & Singers 1995
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Gotthard 1996
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Bachelors [IE] 1996
He Ain’t Heavy Brian Lane Green June 10, 1997
He Ain’t Heavy . . . He’s My Brother Rufus Wainwright September 25, 2001
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Ronan Tynan 2002 Live
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Helmut Lotti September 22, 2003
He Ain’t Heavy Kaarstadbygget 2004 A cappella
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother American Idol Finalists [Season 4] April 19, 2005
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Barbados 2005
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Pentti Hietanen 2005
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Choirboys [GB] 2005
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Barry Manilow September 18, 2007
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Avid All Stars October 2007
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Radka Toneff 2008 Released more than 10 years after its recording
He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother) The Soldiers 2009
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Tribute Co. (Planet Music Studio Artists) September 7, 2010
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Ali Campbell November 18, 2010
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Brand Old 2010 Live
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Ida Sand & Raul Midón August 26, 2011
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Peter Jezewski 2011 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Brother The Vocal Majority Chorus 2011
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Michael Dawkins February 24, 2012
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Justice Collective December 17, 2012
He Ain’t Heavy The Thomas Brown Affair June 24, 2013
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Damien [US] December 16, 2014 Version from TV talent show
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Liquid Blue [US] January 30, 2015
He Ain’t Heavy (He Is My Brother) Leadfoot Rivet October 29, 2015
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Mark O’Connor [AU] November 21, 2015 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Peter Majanen 2015 Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Frontm3n November 25, 2016 Live
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Homeless Worldwide and Friends (Leee John, Heather Small, Peter Andre, Alexander O’Neal, Andy Abraham, Newton Faulkner, Natasha Hamilton, Lee Ryan, Patti Boulaye, Mel Gaynor, The London Community Gospel Choir, DJ Paleface, Ray Lewis, Chico, Jake Morell, Nonso Anozie, Judd Lander) February 15, 2019 Charity
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Cherie Currie & Brie Darling August 2, 2019
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Kevin Simm April 23, 2021 Acoustic
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Distance [GB1] March 4, 2022 Acoustic
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Rehupiikles - Topic Unverified
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother written by Bobby Scott instrumental
Yes, 125 covers.
Such a great song.
Wow, I was convinced it was The Hollies! Fantastic song. 
@Bretrick As a piece of trivia 
did you know that the song from the Hollies, Jennifer Eccles was given that name as a joining up from Allan Clarke’s wife Jennifer and Graham Nash’s wife Rose Eccles.
No, I never knew that. I do know that every song has an interesting story related to it.
@LongDriver. Here is a snippet for you.
The Beatles “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album took 700 hours to produce and cost $75,000 in 1962.
Equivalent to $778,678.00 in 2024.
