I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
B.J. ThomasReported release: 1966Date needs verification
Source year-end #36Supplied note - not independently verified
A cover of Hank Williams' 1949 country classic
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10 catalog entries, grouped by year.
ARTIST ESSENTIALS
Explore Artist EssentialsB.J. Thomas: a curated listening guide
Follow the warm lead voice from compact Scepter pop through country ballads and quieter gospel recordings, keeping the original studio performances in focus.
15 selections with release evidence; 6 beyond the yearly lists.
About B.J. Thomas
B.J. Thomas moved between pop, country and gospel while maintaining a warm, direct vocal style. His early work developed through the Texas group the Triumphs before the national Scepter recordings, followed by MCA country-pop and Myrrh gospel albums. His Columbia recordings brought another country period in the 1980s. Later acoustic projects revisited familiar songs with duet partners, making it useful to distinguish those new performances from the original studio recordings collected here.
Artist background sources
B.J. Thomas - original Scepter recording and version review
The artist-hosted original-album reissue announcement identifies the Scepter studio programs and the original Billy Joe Thomas recording. It explicitly distinguishes the Raindrops film performance from the subsequently recorded single vocal and horn ending. Its modern announcement date is not an original release date. The earlier regional Triumphs release is acknowledged without a resolved release year. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
B.J. Thomas - official original album chronology
The official discography identifies the original On My Way, Young and in Love, Everybody's Out of Town, Billy Joe Thomas, Reunion, B.J. Thomas, Home Where I Belong, You Gave Me Love and New Looks album years. Album dates do not replace earlier regional or non-album singles, including the 1969 Raindrops single before the listed 1970 album. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
B.J. Thomas - original recordings and later acoustic career
The official biography describes the pop, country and gospel repertoire, identifies the original 1977 Don't Worry Baby and 1983 Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love contexts, and explicitly describes the 2013 Living Room Sessions as new acoustic performances with named duet partners. Used for those boundaries and artist context. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
1966
1968
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A song about being captivated by a woman's gaze in New York City.
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A pop song about being deeply in love
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This melancholic pop song was another hit for B.J. Thomas in 1970.
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This pop song continued B.J. Thomas's string of hits following "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."
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B.J. ThomasReported release: 1969Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #4Supplied note - not independently verified
This song was featured in the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and won an Academy Award.
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This gospel-influenced pop song became a hit for B.J. Thomas.
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A tribute to the healing power of music
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(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
B.J. ThomasRelease: 1975Source checked
Source year-end #18Supplied note - not independently verified
A tongue-in-cheek take on country music's tendency towards sad love songs.
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A cover of the Beach Boys hit about reassurance in a relationship
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.