Fabulous Flip Sides In Memoriam B.J. Thomas
Remembering pop, contemporary Christian, and country vocalist B.J. Thomas
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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 composition “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” from the film