Sheet music cover for 'He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother' by The Hollies (Robert Hartley ('Bobby') Elliott; Eric Haydock; Allan Clarke; Graham Nash; Tony Hicks)
15 of 16 portraits of Robert Hartley ('Bobby') Elliott
Sheet music cover for 'He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother' by The Hollies (Robert Hartley ('Bobby') Elliott; Eric Haydock; Allan Clarke; Graham Nash; Tony Hicks)
published by Cyril Shane Music Ltd, after Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction, published 1969
11 in. x 8 1/2 in. (278 mm x 215 mm) paper size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Reference Collection
NPG D48424
Sittersback to top
- Allan Clarke (1942-), Musician; member of The Hollies. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Robert Hartley ('Bobby') Elliott (1941-), Musician; member of The Hollies. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Eric Haydock (1942-), Musician; member of The Hollies. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Tony Hicks (1945-), Musician; member of The Hollies. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Graham Nash (1942-), Musician; member of The Hollies. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Cyril Shane Music Ltd, Music publisher. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6583 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Sheet music cover for 'He ain't heavy... he's my brother' by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell. Sheet music attached.
Events of 1969back to top
Current affairs
The Open University is established, based on the vision of Michael Young. Its aims were to offer the chance to study for higher education qualifications on a part time and distance learning basis, giving people who were unable to attend a traditional university because of family, work commitments or disability the opportunity to achieve university degrees.Art and science
The comedy sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast. The Pythons performed surreal sketches that reinvented the comedy tradition, eschewing punch lines for a stream-of-consciousness structure and incongruous authorial interventions: 'and now for something completely different'.Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta amuses and shocks audiences with full nudity on stage, taking advantage of the recent end to censorship laws.
International
Neil Armstrong takes 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' when he becomes the first man on the moon.Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. The plane was designed, developed and manufactured by a joint treaty between the French and English governments.
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