Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film" Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
It won an Oscar for Best Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score.
The song was recorded by B. J. Thomas in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six.
In the film version of the song, Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound more abrasive than in the 7- inch release.
The film version featured a separate vaudeville- style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts.
The single by B. J. Thomas reached No. 1 on charts in the United States, Canada, Norway and reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart.
It topped the" Billboard" Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American No. 1 hit of the 1970s.
The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart.
" Billboard" ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970.
According to" Billboard" magazine, Thomas' single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with eight- track and cassette versions also climbing the charts.
B. J. Thomas
Billy Joe Thomas( born August 7, 1942) is an American singer.
He is particularly known for his hit songs of the 1960s and 1970s, which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts.
His best- known recordings are the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and the original version of the Mark James song" Hooked on a Feeling".
Odds and Ends (song)
" Odds and Ends" is a 1969 song by Dionne Warwick, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
It was released as a non-album single.
Narrowly missing the U.S." Billboard" Top 40, it reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts of Canada and the U.S., where it peaked at number seven.
The song was covered by Johnny Mathis on his 1970 LP," Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head".
On My Way (Louis Armstrong song)
" On My Way" is a Louis Armstrong song that appeared on the album" Louis and the Good Book" in 1958 and was issued with" I'll String Along with You" as a single in 1959.
It features a solo section with Louis and Trummy Young.
A variant of I'm on My Way( traditional song), Armstrong's version starts with" On My Way" or" I'm on My Way"( or similar phrases in various versions) and then goes into a chorus
" On my way now, got on my traveling shoes ...".
The song is no relation to" Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!", a song sung by Ella Fitzgerald the previous year( 1957) on the" Porgy and Bess" album by Fitzgerald and Armstrong.
That song begins:" Porgy and all, I'm on my way to a heav'nly lan.
I'm on My Way (traditional song)
" I'm on my way( and I wo n't turn back)" is a traditional Gospel song.
It is described a typical" going- to- Canaan" song; and possibly an Underground Railroad song.
The lyrics begin I'm on my way and I wo n't turn back, I'm on my way and I wo n't turn back, I'm on my way and I wo n't turn back; I'm on my way, great God, I'm on my way.
I asked my brother to come with me ...
Todo cambió (Becky G song)
" Todo Cambió" is a song by Mexican- American singer Becky G.
It was released on March 3, 2017 by Kemosabe Records and RCA Records as the intended third single from her then forthcoming Spanish debut album.
Gomez released two remixes: the first featuring boy band CNCO and the second with Justin Quiles.
The song was later scrapped along with two other singles, while her debut album was released in 2019.
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Mel Tormé album)
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is a 1969 studio album by Mel Tormé.
As with 1966's" Right Now! Raindrops" consists mostly of cover versions of popular songs of the late 1960s.
This would be the last studio album Tormé would record before taking an eight- year hiatus; he would return to recording in 1977 with.
Come Saturday Morning (song)
" Come Saturday Morning" is a popular song with music by Fred Karlin and lyrics by Dory Previn, published in 1970.
It was first performed by The Sandpipers on the soundtrack of the 1969 film" The Sterile Cuckoo" starring Liza Minnelli.
The Sandpipers also included the song on their 1970 album," Come Saturday Morning".
In 1970," Come Saturday Morning" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, losing to Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head from the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The Sandpipers' recording debuted on the" Billboard" Hot 100 in December 1969, remaining in the chart for eight weeks and peaking at# 83 in January 1970 and also lasting 13 weeks on the Easy Listening chart and peaking at# 9.
The single re-entered both charts in April 1970, when it spent an additional 12 weeks on the Hot 100, peaking at# 17 in June, and an additional 11 weeks on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at# 5.
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (disambiguation)
" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film" Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head may also refer to:
Looking Through a Tear
Looking Through A Tear is the third studio album by Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham, the title of which relates to a song on the album, which is a cover of an Aretha Franklin number.
it was released in Australia by EMI Records in July 1970.
Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's penned" One" which became a hit for Three Dog Night and a cover B. J. Thomas' single" Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" were released as singles, and helped to propel the album to# 11 on the Australian Kent Music Report Album Charts.
" One Mr. Whippy"( non-album track) was released as a double A- side in July 1969 and peaked at# 4 on the" Go- Set" National Singles Charts.
" Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at# 1 for seven weeks in January – March 1970.
Farnham wrote two songs for the album.

Question: Which song came out earlier, Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head or Todo Cambió (Becky G Song)?
Answer: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head