Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head: B.J. Thomas
I remember the first time I heard this. It was in the Peace Corps Hostel in Accra. I didn’t know a thing about the song. It had been released in October 1969, my first year in Ghana. I had missed it.
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November 23, 2015 at 1:22 pm
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November 23, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Loved this song and it meant the really fab “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
And who had a gigantic hit with this in the UK ? None other than everyone’s favorite super handsome Frenchman Sachel Distel. So loved was Sasha that Morecambe and Wise that he became Slasher Distillery.
November 23, 2015 at 2:04 pm
My Dear Hedley,
I didn’t see this movie until much later as I didn’t even know it existed. When I did, it was, as you’ve said, really fab.
Sacha Distel is totally unknown to me so I went hunting:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Obituary%3A+Sacha+Distel.-a0119736704
November 23, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Rachel ??????
Its Sacha or Slasher but certainly not Rachel.
A very “worldly” fellow by all accounts
November 23, 2015 at 2:18 pm
MDH,
The machine chose the name automatically. I didn’t even notice. Thanks for pointing it out! He has now returned to his original name and sex.
November 23, 2015 at 1:57 pm
And here is the man who “dated” Brigitte Bardot singing it in French and everything – Way to go Slasher
November 23, 2015 at 2:06 pm
My Dear Hedley,
“Distel’s version reached No.10 in the UK. (The original recording by B. J. Thomas, a million-seller in the US, had been only a minor British chart entry.)”
I get his popularity!! He’s adorable!
November 23, 2015 at 2:17 pm
As adorable as The Property Brothers ? Or just a different era ?
November 23, 2015 at 2:22 pm
MDH,
A different era.
Can you see either of The Property Brothers, even Drew, wearing that big gold chain?
November 23, 2015 at 2:43 pm
Neither Mr Drew nor Mr Scott would likely sport a gigantic gold neck chain – they were on Family Feud with Steve last week – all my favorites colliding.
However not only does Sacha carry it off but he even gets away with the shirt collar wide enough to fly a 747
November 23, 2015 at 2:47 pm
MDH,
I did notice the opened shirt collar, but I like the shirt and the collar so I didn’t mention it. He didn’t have it as far down as all those mafia men of the 70’s movies with open collar shirts, hairy chests and big gold chains.