The lead actor of the film for which it was intended didn’t like the song at all. Neither did the first artist approached to sing it. Radio stations initially balked at the finished product, what with ...

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Singer B.J. Thomas, whose hits included "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," Hooked on a Feeling" and "I Just Can't Help Believing," died Saturday. He was 78. The Grammy Award-winning singer died at ...

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a ...

Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who ...

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as "I Just Can’t Help Believing," "Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head" and "Hooked on a ...

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a ...