B.J. Thomas: Artist Essentials

First released: 1969 (year verified)

The original Scepter single was released in 1969 before the official discography's 1970 album. The artist-hosted recording account distinguishes its newly recorded vocal and horn ending from the earlier film presentation. The exact first worldwide single day is not asserted.

Recording: Original 1969 Scepter studio single vocal and horn ending; not the earlier film vocal
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

Real Gone Music - original Scepter single program
The issuing label identifies the original Scepter single sides and their historical sequence, including the 1969 Raindrops single and the 1971 Mighty Clouds of Joy and Long Ago Tomorrow recordings. These are original recording contexts, separate from later re-recorded anthologies; no chart day is claimed as a release day. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1968 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1968 and belongs to the original On My Way program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1968 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: On My Way
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

On My Way - licensed original studio program
The licensed ten-track original album program identifies the original 1968 recordings of The Eyes of a New York Woman and Hooked on a Feeling. Its later Gusto copyright does not change the original program year. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1972 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1972 and belongs to the original Billy Joe Thomas program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1972 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Billy Joe Thomas
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

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. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1970 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1970 and belongs to the original Everybody's Out of Town program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1970 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Everybody's Out of Town
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

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. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1975 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1975 and belongs to the original Reunion program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1975 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Reunion
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Reunion - licensed original album program
The licensed original 1975 program identifies the solo studio recording of the full-titled Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song. Later acoustic duets and re-recordings are separate. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1977 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1977 and belongs to the original B.J. Thomas program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1977 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: B.J. Thomas
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

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. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1968 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1968 and belongs to the original On My Way program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1968 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: On My Way
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

On My Way - licensed original studio program
The licensed ten-track original album program identifies the original 1968 recordings of The Eyes of a New York Woman and Hooked on a Feeling. Its later Gusto copyright does not change the original program year. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1970 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1970 and belongs to the original Everybody's Out of Town program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1970 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Everybody's Out of Town
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

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. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1971 (year verified)

The original Scepter single was released in 1971. A later album or expanded reissue association does not replace that original single year; exact earliest worldwide day is not asserted.

Recording: Original 1971 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Mighty Clouds of Joy

Real Gone Music - original Scepter single program
The issuing label identifies the original Scepter single sides and their historical sequence, including the 1969 Raindrops single and the 1971 Mighty Clouds of Joy and Long Ago Tomorrow recordings. These are original recording contexts, separate from later re-recorded anthologies; no chart day is claimed as a release day. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1976 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1976 and belongs to the original Home Where I Belong program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1976 studio recording
Credit: B.J. Thomas
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Home Where I Belong
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Home Where I Belong - licensed original program
The original ten-song Myrrh program identifies the 1976 studio title recording. The inherited January day is not asserted as an exact first worldwide release date. | Reviewed 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. | Reviewed 2026-10-18