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    Billy Joe Thomas was born August 7, in Hugo, Oklahoma, but his family soon moved to the Houston area, eventually settling in Rosenberg, a suburb a few miles southwest. He became B.J. at age ten due to the fact that there were four other Billy's on his little league baseball grupp. He developed a passion for country music from his father but also was attracted bygd such soul and early rock greats as Little Richard, Jackie Wilson and Bobby "Blue" Bland, often sneaking into nightclubs to hear them play years before he was of legal age.
    He began his career in , when he joined popular local band The Triumphs. Though he might have thought at the time -- he was all of fifteen years of age -- that he was on his way, the truth of the matter was that a long journey had just begun. It would be nine hard years before he and the band became nationally known as a result of his stunning treatment of one of Hank Williams' best songs, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". The recording of a Williams number

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    B.J. THOMAS DEAD AT 78

    ARLINGTON, Texas – Five-time Grammy award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee, B.J. Thomas, died today at home in Arlington, Texas at the age of 78 from complications due to stage four lung cancer.

    Few artists have left a more indelible mark on America’s musical landscape than B.J. Thomas. With his smooth, rich voice and unerring song sense, Thomas’s expansive career crossed multiple genres, including country, pop, and gospel, earning him CMA, Dove, and Grammy awards and nominations since his emergence in the s.

    Thomas’ career was anchored by numerous enduring hits, among them his million-selling cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” the Grammy-winning “(Hey Won&#;t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” and the iconic “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” which won the Academy Award for best original song. A five-time Grammy award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee, Thomas has sold over 70 million albums worldwid

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    B. J. Thomas discography

    Year Titles (A-side, B-side)
    Both sides from same album except where indicatedPeak chart positions[1]Album US ACUSUS CountryUS Christian (CHR)[2][3]CAN ACCANCAN CountryAUS[4] "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    b/w "Candy Baby" (from Tomorrow Never Comes)— 8 — — — 2 — — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"Mama"
    b/w "Wendy"— 22 — — — 12 — — "Billy and Sue"
    b/w "Never Tell"— 34 — — — 23 — — The Very Best of B. J. Thomas"Bring Back the Time"
    b/w "I Don't Have a Mind of My Own" (from Tomorrow Never Comes)— 75 — — — 53 — — I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"You'll Never Walk Alone"
    b/w "Chains of Love"— — — — — — — — The Very Best of B. J. Thomas"Tomorrow Never Comes"
    b/w "Your Tears Leave Me Cold" (non-album track)— 80 — — — 89 — — Tomorrow Nev