Billy Joe Thomas born August 7, is an American singer widely known for his hit songs of the s and s, which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts, and included recordings of the Mark James song " Hooked on a Feeling " and the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head " Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager, then joined the musical group The Triumphs [2] with Tim Griffith lead guitar , Tom Griffith bass , Denver "Zeke" Zatyka keyboards , Don Drachenberg vocal and sax , and Ted Mensik drums. The Traits and the Triumphs held several Battle of the Bands events in the early s. In , B. The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. In the same year, Thomas released a solo album of the same title on the Scepter Records label. Thomas came back to achieve mainstream success again in , first with "The Eyes of a New York Woman", then five months later with the much bigger " Hooked on a Feeling ", which featured the sound of Reggie Young 's electric sitar and was first released on the album On My Way Scepter Records. Its sales also exceeded one million copies, with Thomas being awarded his third gold record. Thomas's earlier hits were with Scepter Records, his label for six years. It was Thomas's first big hit since and secured him his fourth gold record.

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More Images. Please enable Javascript to take full advantage of our site features. Edit Artist. American singer, born on August 7, Since he has won 5 Grammy Awards in the category 'Gospel'. He is married to Gloria Thomas. The Weavils.
Thomas began singing while he was a child, performing in church. In his teens, he joined the Houston-based band the Triumphs , who released a number of independent singles that failed to gain any attention. For the group's last single, Thomas and fellow Triumph member Mark Charron wrote "Billy and Sue," which was another flop. Released by Scepter Records in early , the single became an immediate hit, catapulting to number eight on the pop charts. Although he had a series of moderate follow-up hits, including a re-release of "Billy and Sue," Thomas failed to reenter the Top Ten until , when "Hooked on a Feeling" became a number five, gold single. For the next decade, he continued to have hits on the country charts, with a couple of songs -- most notably "Don't Worry Baby" -- crossing over into the pop charts. During this period, he switched record companies at a rapid pace, but it did nothing to slow the pace of his hits.
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