RAINDROPS
KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD
B.J. THOMAS
SONGWRITERS: BURT
BACHARACH & HAL DAVID
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ÁLBUM: B.J.
THOMAS/SINGLE
LABEL: SCEPTER
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1969
Billy Joe
Thomas(born August 7, 1942) is an American singer. He is particularly known for his
hit songs of the 1960s and 1970s, which appeared on the pop, country, and
Christian music charts. His best-known recordings are the
original version of the Mark James song "Hooked on a Feeling" (1968),
and Burt Bacharach and Hal David song, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
(1969).
In 1966,
B.J. Thomas and The Triumphs released the álbum I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry(Pacemaker
Records). It featured a hit cover of the Hank Williams song "I'm So
Lonesome I Could Cry". The single sold over one million copies and was
awarded a gold disc. The follow-up single, "Mama", peaked at No. 22.
In the same year, Thomas released a solo album of the same title on the Scepter
Records label.
Thomas
came back to achieve mainstream success again in 1968, first with "The
Eyes of a New York Woman", then five months later with the much bigger
"Hooked on a Feeling", which featured the sound of Reggie Young's electric
sitar and was first released on the album On My Way(Scepter Records).
"Hooked on a Feeling" became Thomas's second million-selling record. A
year later Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid featured Thomas performing the
Bacharach/David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", which won
the Academy Award for best original song that year and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot
100 in January 1970. Sales of it also exceeded one million copies, with Thomas
being awarded his third gold record. The song was also released on an album of
the same title. Other hits of the 1970s were "Everybody's Out of
Town", "I Just Can't Help Believing" (No. 9 in 1970, covered by Elvis
Presley), "No Love at All", "Mighty Clouds of Joy", and
"Rock and Roll Lullaby".(…)
"Raindrops
Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach
for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won an Oscar for Best
Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score. The song was
recorded by B. J. Thomas in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed
dissatisfaction with the first six. In the film version of the song, Thomas had
been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound more abrasive than
in the 7-inch release. The film version featured a separate vaudeville-style instrumental
break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts.
The
single by B. J. Thomas reached No. 1 on charts in the United States, Canada,
Norway and reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. It topped the Billboard Hot
100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American No. 1 hit of
the 1970s. The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary
chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970. According to Billboard magazine,
Thomas' single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with
eight-track and cassette versions also climbing the charts.
Raindrops keep
falling on my head
And just like
the guy whose feet are too big for his bed,
nothing seems to
fit
those,
raindrops are
falling on my head, they keep falling
so I just did me
some talking to the sun,
and I said I
didn't like the way he got things done,
sleeping on the
job
those,
raindrops are
falling on my head they keep falling
But there's one
thing, I know
the blues they
sent to meet me won't defeat me.
It won't be long
'till happiness steps up to greet me
Raindrops keep
falling on my head
but that doesn't
mean my eyes will soon be turning red.
Crying's not for
me, cause
I'm never gonna
stop the rain by complaining
because I'm free
nothing's
worrying me
It won't be long
till happiness steps up to greet me
Raindrops keep
falling on my head
but that doesn't
mean my eyes will soon be turning red
crying 's not
for me
Cause I'm never
gonna stop the rain by complaining
because I'm free
Nothing's
worrying me
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