AUGUST 2014

AUGUST 2014

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Happy Birthday to B. J. THOMAS. He's 71 today.

B. J. was born in Hugo, Oklahoma but grew up in the suburbs of Houston, Texas.  B.J. had a string of hits including "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" which was featured in the hit movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".  "Raindrops" won an Academy Award for the BEST ORIGINAL SONG OF THE YEAR in 1970 and it hit #1 on the BILLBOARD Hot 100.

"I just can't help believing" wasn't his biggest hit, it reached #9 on the Billboard Charts, but Elvis liked it and recorded it and featured it in his live concerts.

And, most important of all, it was my favorite B.J. Thomas song.

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