INTERVIEW: A Conversation With BJ Thomas
October 9th, 2006 | 
Interviews | Source: Todays Pentecostal (3)
During a four-decade career, Billy Joe Thomas has been able to effectively straddle the pop and gospel fields unlike most any other recording artist. But it hasn’t been without pain, as he points out in two autobiographies, Home Where I Belong and In Tune: Finding How Good Life Can Be.
Through it all, Thomas has endured, en route to selling an amazing 70 million records. His signature song, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” spent four weeks as the nation’s top single in 1970. A decade later he had a number one Christian hit for four weeks in a row, “Jesus on My Mind.” He went on to win five Grammys, collect 11 gold and two platinum records and have 15 top 40 pop/rock hits. He remains the only artist to ever have a “Song of the Year” on pop, country and gospel charts. He also sang the theme song to the long-running ABC series Growing Pains.
Thomas, 64, recently spoke with News Editor John W. Kennedy. […read more]
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