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B.J. Thomas: In Remembrance - Love Songs & Lost Treasures (CD)

(Real Gone Music ) 18 tracks 1993 -2007 - 16 page booklet

Born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and beloved the world over, B.J. Thomas enjoyed a career that spanned six decades and over 70 million records sold.

It began with the Houston-based band The Triumphs, when as lead singer he covered his father’s favorite Hank Williams classic “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” which led to Scepter Records to buy out his contract and take the song to the national top 10. Hit after hit then followed for B.J. as he mixed genres effortlessly, joining legendary Memphis producer Chips Moman for a series of smashes (“Hooked on a Feeling,” “The Eyes of a New York Woman,” “I Just Can’t Help Believing”) and he hit paydirt with the #1 Bacharach- David hit “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” the Oscar-winning song from Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid.

B.J.’s cross-over to country was cemented with his 1975 pop/country/adult contemporary million-seller “(Hey, Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.” Simultaneously, B.J. became the first platinum-selling Contemporary Christian recording artist with a string of hugely popular albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s which also won him five Grammys and numerous other awards.

Along the way, B.J. made countless television appearances and performed thousands of concerts into 2020 until the Corona virus pandemic brought an end to touring. His voice and energy remained almost supernaturally strong and B.J. eagerly looked forward to returning to the stage until cancer claimed his life on May 29, 2021 at the age of 78.

B.J. was a special friend of ours here at Real Gone Music; the emotion, honesty, and heart he expressed in his music were his calling cards in life as well. It’s to honor his memory that we release this collection of rare and previously unreleased material recorded in the 1990s and 2000s.

Veteran songwriter-producer Steve Dorff teamed with B.J. for several outstanding unreleased outtakes spanning from 1992 to 2010 including a poignant remake of B.J.’s nostalgic 1972 hit “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lullaby.” Four additional rarities hail from a limited edition, direct response album from the mid-1990s, and from the Warner-Reprise vault comes a treasure trove of eight additional masters, all heard here for the first time. The grand total: 18 songs, 13 unreleased! Liner notes by Joe Marchese and rare photos complete our tribute to one of the nicest and most talented guys in popular music


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  • Album titlle: In Remembrance - Love Songs & Lost Treasures (CD)

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Thomas, B. J. - In Remembrance - Love Songs & Lost Treasures (CD) CD 1
01 Expression of faith B.J. Thomas
02 Meet at my heart B.J. Thomas
03 I like livin' B.J. Thomas
04 When the hero dies B.J. Thomas
05 The best things in life B.J. Thomas
06 Rock and roll lullaby B.J. Thomas
07 Hands on me again B.J. Thomas
08 This ain't a song (it's a prayer) B.J. Thomas
09 Think about me B.J. Thomas
10 No one else on earth B.J. Thomas
11 Our younger hearts B.J. Thomas
12 That's the thing about love B.J. Thomas
13 Red letter days B.J. Thomas
14 When a woman talks B.J. Thomas
15 Love by any name B.J. Thomas
16 Memory in the making B.J. Thomas
17 Wings of a dove B.J. Thomas
18 America the beautiful B.J. Thomas
B. J. Thomas B. J. Thomas is one of the many solo performers to break out of the South of the... more
"B.J. Thomas"

B. J. Thomas

B. J. Thomas is one of the many solo performers to break out of the South of the United States in the mid 60s -like Glen Campbell and Tony Joe White he touched on the country sound, and like Johnny Rivers he used other peoples songs as his hit vehicles. You've heard this voice many times over the airwaves and this collection of songs is realisation of the string of hits and standards that this strong clear singer can call his own. Oklahoma born Billy Joe Thomas had a singing pedigree in the local church choir (like many of his peers) and by the time he was in high school in Texas, he had joined his first band, The Triumphs. Classmate Mark Charron became pivotal in B.J. Thomas' development as a singing star.

The pair collaborated on a number of songs when Charron joined The Triumphs as a guitarist, but it would be two of Charron's compositions, 'Billy And Sue' and `Mama', which would prove to be the launching pad for Thomas' career. 'Mama' became a worldwide hit and is still often used as an advertising jingle today, but once again like many of his peers, it took several re-issues on several small labels before the Scepter Records release in 1966 got the show on the road. The Scepter deal came about via friend and fellow musician Steve Tyrell, who had made the shift from artist to record executive, and B.J. Thomas' regional Texas success quickly translated to national fame. Thomas switched his source of material to a young writer and acquaintance called Mark James, who provided him with the instantly recognisable Hooked On A Feeling before going on to write 'Suspicious Minds' for Elvis Presley and 'Always On My Mind' for Willie Nelson.

At the pinnacle of his success, Thomas recorded two Burt Bacharach/Hal David compositions, 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' and `Everybody's Out Of Town' - the writers continuing their association with Scepter that they started with Dionne Warwick. On paper the pairing of B.J. Thomas and legendary writer Barry Mann in the early 70s looked like another winner, but the reality of a struggling record company stepped in. The single Rock And Roll Lullaby has been acclaimed by some critics as one of the best songs of this era, and most rock scribes note this as the finest B.J. Thomas recording.

A homage to the fifteen years of rock and roll which preceeded it, all involved with this project believed they were on a winner, until the release of the single co-incided with the financial end of Scepter Records. Two more hits, `(Iley, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song' and `Whatever happened To Old Fashioned Love' followed many years and several labels apart, but the days of single after single hitting the charts were long gone. B.J. Thomas has continued to record up to present day, and it was his voice singing the theme to the TV show Growing Pains.

This collection covers all the major Australian hits of B.J. Thomas and include some of his more interesting releases such as his version of the Hank Williams song 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' and one of the first recordings of the Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil standard 'I Just Can't Help Believing', showcasing the rich legacy of B.J. Thomas' voice.

-Steve Scanes

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Thomas, B. J. - In Remembrance - Love Songs & Lost Treasures (CD) CD 1
01 Expression of faith
02 Meet at my heart
03 I like livin'
04 When the hero dies
05 The best things in life
06 Rock and roll lullaby
07 Hands on me again
08 This ain't a song (it's a prayer)
09 Think about me
10 No one else on earth
11 Our younger hearts
12 That's the thing about love
13 Red letter days
14 When a woman talks
15 Love by any name
16 Memory in the making
17 Wings of a dove
18 America the beautiful