He reached No. I will miss him as I know so many others will as well. Rest In Peace my friend," she said. My sincere condolences to the family of one of my favorite duet partners, BJ Thomas. Rest In Peace my friend. But his warm, soulful tenor fit the song's easygoing mood, immortalized on film during the scene when Butch Paul Newman shows off his new bicycle to Etta Place Katharine Ross , the girlfriend of the Sundance Kid Robert Redford. But, at first, not everyone was satisfied.
Thomas was recovering from laryngitis while recording the soundtrack version and his vocals are raspier than for the track released on its own. Redford, meanwhile, doubted the song even belonged in "Butch Cassidy. I ask all of you for your prayers during this time and that my music can live on with you. Is Tina Turner sick? Why did Choi Sung-bong pass out? South Korean singer diagnosed with cancer assures fans he'll be careful. Statement from BJ Thomas pic. Thomas is best known for hit songs of the s and s which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts.
His second hit came with 'Hooked on a Feeling', which was released in Thomas has been married to singer-songwriter Gloria Richardson Thomas since December and has three daughters with her, Paige, born in , Nora, adopted from North Korea in , and Erin, born in And he was confronted by an evangelical culture eager for stars but also instantly, angrily critical of them.
Other celebrities who have wanted to express their faith in pop music but struggled with the demands of believing fans—including Bob Dylan, Amy Grant, and Justin Bieber—would go through similar experiences in subsequent decades. He sang a string of his secular hits to an Oklahoma audience of more than 1,, and a woman started shouting at him to talk about Jesus. The singer returned to the stage and continued the show, but not before critiquing the fans. I've got Jesus, but you can't love me.
His shows were primarily secular, with a few religious songs mixed in. He had, nevertheless, many committed Christian fans who mourned his passing over the Memorial Day weekend. Thomas was born on August 7, , in Hugo, Oklahoma. Thomas became the lead singer for a local band called The Triumphs at 15 and started drinking and doing drugs at the same time. The song won Thomas an Academy Award and spent four weeks in as the No. He had another No. Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, his publicist Jeremy Westby said in a statement.
He reached No. I will miss him as I know so many others will as well. But, at first, not everyone was satisfied. Thomas was recovering from laryngitis while recording the soundtrack version and his vocals are raspier than for the track released on its own. How wrong I was.
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