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Jun. 2—OLD LYME — The discordant wail of sirens from police cruisers, firetrucks and ambulances started at Exit 70 off Interstate 95, continued along Route 156 and reached a fever pitch at Columbus Avenue on Tuesday morning, as the parade of vehicles responded not to an emergency, but a call for support. The procession delivered RJ Thomas, a 15-year-old from Southington with a rare genetic ...
Singer B.J. Thomas passed away Saturday at the age of 78. Here's 5 facts you didn't know about this singer/songwriter
Jun 1, 2021 Singer B.J. Thomas passed away Saturday at the age of 78. He announced back in March that he diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. B.J. was best known for singing the “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” song “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.” The tune, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, became his first number one song. He also had a hit with his 1968 cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” which spent 13 weeks on the Hot 100, as well as “Hooked On A Feeling,” which landed in the Top Five. He also is known for singing the “Growing Pa...
Fabulous Flip Sides In Memoriam B.J. Thomas Remembering pop, contemporary Christian, and country vocalist B.J. Thomas Author: New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 12, 2014, photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage, Getty Images B.J. Thomas, who passed away on May 29 at the age of 78, had 27 pop Top 100 songs in the 1960s through the 1980s. His biggest pop hits were his three gold singles. First there was the original version of “Hooked on a Feeling” charting in late 1968 through early 1969, with Mike Herrin on electric sitar. Next there was the Academy Award winning Hal David and Burt Bacharach compos...
Grammy Hall of Fame inductee and awardwinning country singer, BJ Thomas has passed away at the age of 78.