Thomas achieved mainstream success again in 1968, with the song 'The Eyes of a New York Woman'. In the same year, Thomas released a solo album of the same title on the Scepter Records label. The follow-up single, ' Mama', peaked at No. The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. 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 Traits and the Triumphs held several Battle of the Bands events in the early 1960s. During his senior year, he made friends with Roy Head of Roy Head and The Traits. Thomas later joined the musical group The Triumphs with Tim Griffith (lead guitar), Tom Griffith (bass), Denver 'Zeke' Zatyka (keyboards), Don Drachenberg (vocal and sax) and Ted Mensik (drums). Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager. Thomas grew up in and around Houston, Texas, and graduated from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. He was the son of Geneva and Vernon Thomas. Thomas was born in Hugo, Oklahoma, on August 7, 1942. In 2014, 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Popular songs by Thomas include ' 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). Billy Joe Thomas (Aug– May 29, 2021) was an American singer widely known for his country, contemporary Christian and pop hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Until I Found You by B.G. Thomas