B. J. Thomas (Billy Joe Thomas, b. August 7, 1942, in Hugo, Oklahoma) is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s.
During the mid-1990s, rumors cropped up that Thomas had died, but to the best of common knowledge, he is alive and well. The singer has continued to record and tour, maintaining a smaller but loyal fan base. He is very popular in Brazil, where his songs "Oh Me Oh My" and "Long Ago Tomorrow" (by Burt Bacharach and Hal David) were big hits in the '70s. The singer also found some new fans in Contemporary Christian Music. In 2002, he charted his first single since the late 1980s, with "You Call That A Mountain" from an album of the same name. In October 2007, B.J. Thomas released "Love To Burn", an album of all new material. On The January 15, 1998 edition of the Howard Stern Show, he would not sing a song about Rosie O'Donnell that Stern had requested by saying "I am a Christian and I don't want to do that." Stern then replied saying "you're no fun!"
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