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 Pains” theme song with
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 had hits with Hey Won t You Play Another Done Somebody Wrong Song and a cover of the Beach Boy s Don t Worry Baby. He also is known for singing the “Growing Pains” theme song with Jennifer Warnes. He is the winner of five GrammyAwards, all for religious-themed music. He transitioned into gospel music after becoming a born-again Christian in 1976.
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Last modified on Mon 31 May 2021 12.59 EDT In 1969, BJ Thomas, who has died of complications from lung cancer aged 78, spent four weeks at the top of the US chart with Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, from the soundtrack of the popular film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It is the song he will always be synonymous with, but he nearly didn’t get to sing it. As Thomas recalled, its composer Burt Bacharach originally wanted Bob Dylan to record it, but Dylan could not or would not oblige. Then Ray Stevens was offered it, but he too declined. When Thomas was at last given the job, he was warned not to sing by his doctor because he was suffering from laryngitis. “I had come off a two-week tour and had laryngitis and was barely able to eke out the thing for the soundtrack,” he remembered. Somehow he managed to battle his way through five takes in the studio and produce a result that the exacting Bacharach was happy with for the film. A recovered Thomas recorded a new vocal for the song’s release as a single.
B.J. Thomas, whose smooth voice made him a country and pop crossover success, died Saturday of complications from lung cancer, his publicist said. He was 78.
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