B.J. Thomas-Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1968)

Famous for his iconic song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", B.J. Thomas is a true legend in the United States. This singer-songwriter enjoyed a long career spanning five decades, during which he was a regular on the charts of pop rock, country, gospel, and soft rock. This Texan, born in 1942, showed early signs of his vocal talent as a child in his church choir. Years later, as a teenager, he began his career in groups like The Triumphs, and soon after became a professional musician. By the mid-sixties, he had climbed the charts with his song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", which sold over a million copies. Several years later, another song of his, "Hooked On A Feeling", became another major hit. Such was his popularity in the late sixties that the celebrated Burt Bacharach commissioned him to write a song for the western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", a classic film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The chosen song was "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", which quickly became a worldwide hit and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968. In the following years, Thomas achieved further success with songs like "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", a number one hit in 1975. In the second half of the seventies and throughout the eighties, his style shifted towards country and gospel with songs like "Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love", "Two Car Garage", and "As Long As We Got Each Other", the latter chosen as the theme song for the iconic sitcom "Growing Pains". Following this success, Thomas maintained his popularity for years with several hit songs such as "I Just Can't Help Believing", "No Love at All", and "Mighty Clouds of Joy". His albums include "On My Way" (1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969), "Most of All" (1970), and "Billy Joe Thomas" (1972), as well as several "Best Of" compilations. From the mid-1980s well into the 2000s, B.J. Thomas experienced a classic revival outside the mainstream charts.