Rare B.J. Thomas 1994 Album Back/Forward, DISA Records Two Cassettes Unopened!

Description: BACK/FORWARD 1994 Produced by B.J. Thomas, Steve Dorff, Eddie Martinez and Todd Andrews DISA Records Rare Album, Available Finally on ebay! 29 Songs! One Double Cassette! Unopened and in Original Shrink-wrap! $29.95 for both Cassettes for their Rarity. (YOU ARE PURCHASING ONE UNOPENED DOUBLE CASSETTE SET IN SHRINKWRAP)Shipped Media Rate BACK/FORWARD Cassette 1 Side A 1. Hands On Me Again 2. King of the Troubadours 3. Expression of Faith 4. Who Would I Be 5. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry 6. This Ain’t a Song (It’s a Prayer) 7. Mama 8. Billy and Sue Side B 1. The Eyes of a New York Woman 2. Hooked on a Feeling 3. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head 4. I Just Can’t Help Believing 5. Most of All 6. No Love at All 7. Mighty Clouds of Joy BACK/FORWARD Cassette 2 Side A 1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Lullaby 2. Song for My Brother 3. That’s What Friends are for 4. (Hey, Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song 5. Don’t Worry Baby 6. New Looks from an Old Lover 7. Old Fashioned Love Side B 1. Broken Toys 2. As Long as We Got Each Other 3. Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport 4. Home Where I Belong 5. Amazing Grace 6. America Is 7. America the Beautiful For 59 years, “Hooked on a Feeling” soul stirrer B.J. Thomas was a warmly received road companion. Effortlessly leapfrogging from one musical genre to another, Thomas intended to decamp to the hip Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with Memphis Boys songwriter Dan Penn [the Box Tops’ “Cry Like a Baby”] and Billy Lawson [Trace Adkins’ “I Left Something Turned On at Home”] for a project exploring artistically challenging original material until (the pandemic) foiled his itinerary. A shocking advanced stage four lung cancer diagnosis, in spite of kicking cigarettes to the curb in 1988, inflicted the final blow late last month. Thomas was 78 years old. Rightly acknowledged as a song interpreter and five-time Grammy alum — oddly all for his Contemporary Christian recordings rather than secular anthems like “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” and “[Hey Won’t You Play] Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”— the Houstonian also wrote 21 songs documented in the BMI Repertoire database. “Without a Doubt,” a ukulele-powered “reflection on Thomas’ spiritual awakening,” is the most widely disseminated. None have been listed chronologically with corresponding albums, single status, and YouTube streaming links until this minute. The B.J. Thomas Songwriting Catalog 1. “I Know It’s Wrong” [written by B.J. Thomas, A-side only for the Triumphs, August 1962, Dante Records] 2. “The Lazy Man” [B.J. Thomas, B-side only of “I Know It’s Wrong,” August 1962] 3. “Life” [Steve Tyrell / Glen Spreen / B.J. Thomas, B-side of “Mighty Clouds of Joy,” June 1971, available on Scepter Records’ Greatest Hits Volume Two] 4. “Without a Doubt” [B.J. Thomas / Chris Christian, A-side, Home Where I Belong, April 1977, Myrrh Records] 5. “I Need a Miracle” [B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas / B.W. Stevenson, March 1982, Miracle, Myrrh Records] 6. “Sail on Atlanta” [Pete Drake / B.J. Thomas, March 1982, Miracle] 7. “Pray for Me” [B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas / Aaron Wilburn, A-side, Love Shines, May 1983, Priority Records] 8. “Beautiful World” [B.J. Thomas, B-side of “Two Car Garage,” November 1983, The Great American Dream, Cleveland International / Columbia Records] 9. “I Wonder Who the Bad Guys Are” [Pete Drake / B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas, Window Music / Honey Man Publishing, other details unknown although the steel guitar pioneer produced Amazing Grace, Miracle, Peace in the Valley, New Looks, Love Shines, The Great American Dream, and All Is Calm, All Is Bright for Thomas between 1981 and 1985] 10. “When I Become the Wind” [B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas, title cut of Gloria’s 1988 album, Valley of the Sun Records] 11.“I Want to Be Everything I Want the World to Be” [Betty C. Hill / B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas, When I Become the Wind, 1988] 12. “God’s on My Side” [B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas / Mercy Morrow, When I Become the Wind, 1988] 13. “Rise and Shine” [B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas, When I Become the Wind, 1988] 14. “Back Against the Wall” [B.J. Thomas, title cut of January 1992 album for Reprise Records] 15. “Hands on Me Again” [B.J. Thomas, Back-Forward: 29 of His Greatest Hits, 1994, DISA Records] 16. “Troubadour” [B.J. Thomas, perhaps a shortened title for “King of the Troubadours” from 1994’s Back-Forward: 29 of His Greatest Hits] 17. “Who Would I Be” [B.J. Thomas, Back-Forward: 29 of His Greatest Hits, 1994] 18. “Going Home” [B.J. Thomas, Honey Man Publishing, other details unknown] 19. “Grandpa’s Farm” [Buck W. Stephenson / B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas, Honey Man Publishing, other details unknown] 20. “Think About Me” [B.J. Thomas, Honey Man Publishing, other details unknown] 21. “Two of Us” [B.J. Thomas / Gloria Thomas, Honey Man Publishing / Gloria Thomas Music, other details unknown] https://jeremylr.medium.com/without-a-doubt-the-essential-b-j-thomas-songwriting-tally-ec21fbfd992f B. J. Thomas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia B. J. Thomas Background information Birth name Billy Joe Thomas Born August 7, 1942 Hugo, Oklahoma, U.S. Origin Houston, Texas, U.S. Died May 29, 2021 (aged 78) Arlington, Texas, U.S. Genres Country, pop, contemporary Christian, rock Occupation(s) Singer Instruments Vocals Years active 1966–2021 Labels Scepter, Myrrh, Columbia, ABC, Paramount, MCA Website bjthomas.com Billy Joe Thomas[1] (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021) was an American singer widely known for his pop, country, and Christian hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He made popular recordings of "Hooked on a Feeling" (1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969), "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (1975), "Don't Worry Baby" (1977) and "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" (1983). Early life Thomas was born in Hugo, Oklahoma, on August 7, 1942, the son of Geneva and Vernon Thomas. He grew up in and around Houston, Texas, graduating from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager, then joined the musical group The Triumphs[5] with Tim Griffith (lead guitar), Tom Griffith (bass), Denver "Zeke" Zatyka (keyboards), Don Drachenberg (vocal and sax), and Ted Mensik (drums). During his senior year, he made friends with Roy Head of Roy Head and The Traits. The Traits and the Triumphs held several Battle of the Bands events in the early 1960s. Career In 1966, Thomas and the Triumphs released the album I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Pacemaker Records), featuring a hit cover of the Hank Williams song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. The follow-up single, "Mama", peaked at No. 22. 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 1968, 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). "Hooked on a Feeling" became Thomas' second million-selling record.[6] A year later, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid featured Thomas performing the Bacharach/David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", which won the Academy Award for best original song that year and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970. Its sales also exceeded one million copies, with Thomas being awarded his third gold record.[6] The song was also released on an album of the same title. His other hits of the 1970s included "Everybody's Out of Town", "I Just Can't Help Believing" (No. 9 in 1970, covered by Elvis Presley), "No Love at All", "Mighty Clouds of Joy", and "Rock and Roll Lullaby". "Thomas never turned rock and roller because he was, and is, a country singer. And like most, he does better with the real stuff—'No Love at All' comes close for a pop song and he broke with a Hank Williams cover—than with Bacharach/David." — Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981 Thomas' earlier hits were with Scepter Records, his label for six years. He left Scepter Records in 1972 and spent a short period, in 1973 and 1974, with Paramount Records, during which time he released two albums, Songs (1973) and Longhorns & Londonbridges (1974). In 1975, Thomas released the album Reunion on ABC Records, which had absorbed the Paramount label; it contained "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (the longest-titled No. 1 hit ever on the Hot 100). It was Thomas' first big hit since 1972 and secured him his fourth gold record. In 1976, Thomas released Home Where I Belong, produced by Chris Christian on Myrrh Records, the first of several gospel albums. It was the first Christian album to go platinum, and Thomas became the biggest contemporary Christian musical artist of the period. Thomas embraced his newfound faith, but sometimes clashed with fundamentalist Christian fans because he still performed his popular past hits. On MCA Records, Thomas and Chris Christian recorded what would be his last Top 40 hit single, "Don't Worry Baby", on his last pop album, which also included the Adult Contemporary hit "Still the Lovin' Is Fun". During the 1980s, Thomas' success on the pop charts began to wane, but many of his singles reached the upper regions on the country singles chart, including two 1983 chart-toppers, "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" and "New Looks from an Old Lover", as well as "Two Car Garage", which reached No. 3 on the country charts. In 1981, on his 39th birthday, Thomas became the 60th member of the Grand Ole Opry.[10] (Thomas' Opry membership later lapsed, with the Opry having classified him as a non-regular "guest artist.") Thomas scored another hit, recording "As Long as We Got Each Other", the theme to the television series Growing Pains. The first-season theme was a solo for Thomas, but was re-recorded as a duet with Jennifer Warnes for the second and third seasons. For the show's fourth season, it was re-recorded again with British singer Dusty Springfield, but the Thomas/Warnes version was reinstated for season five and some of season seven. Thomas first released this track on his 1985 album Throwing Rocks at the Moon (Columbia Records). Thomas also wrote two books, including the autobiography Home Where I Belong, and starred in the movies Jory and Jake's Corner. Several commercial jingles, including ones for Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Bell Telephone, have featured his singing voice and music. On December 31, 2011, Thomas was the featured halftime performer at the 2011 Hyundai Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. On April 2, 2013, Thomas released The Living Room Sessions, an album with acoustic arrangements of well-known hits. It features guest appearances with established and emerging vocalists accompanying Thomas on seven of the album's twelve tracks. On December 3, 2013, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that his 1969 single "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" would be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Thomas was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal Studios fire. Personal life Thomas married singer-songwriter Gloria Richardson in December 1968. They had three daughters: Paige (born 1970), Nora (adopted from North Korea in 1978), and Erin (born in 1979). Shortly after Thomas' career began, he became dependent on drugs and alcohol, which led to his marriage nearly ending. On January 28, 1976, Thomas became a Christian, less than a month after Gloria did. Most press sources indicated that Thomas had been sober since he and Gloria reconciled in 1976. On March 23, 2021, Thomas announced on his official Facebook page that he had stage IV lung cancer and was being treated in Texas.] He died approximately nine weeks later on May 29 at his home in Arlington, Texas, at the age of 78.

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