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PERSONAL DATA
Name: Billy Joe Thomas
Birth Date: August 7, 1942
Birth Place: Hugo, Oklahoma
Residence: Arlington, Texas
Wife: Gloria
Daughters: Paige, Nora & Erin
Pets: Cats (6) - Meaux, Pretty Kitty, Sweety, Pumpkin, Rocky and Bill
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 6'
Favorite Drinks: Coke and coffee
Favorite Song: One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz to Men
Favorite Films: Bridges of Madison County & Babe
Hobbies: Golf and Reading (spiritual books or anything on golf)
Music Influences: Johnny Ace, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Jackie Wilson &
Elvis
The Person I Would Most Like to Meet: "Most recently I was very nervous
when I met Morgan Freeman. I guess I'm just like everyone else, I'd like to meet the stars
of today, like Nicolas Cage."
Most Memorable Moment in My Career: Performing on the Academy Awards
ACHIEVEMENTS
MILLION SELLING SINGLES (PLATINUM)
| I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY | 1966 |
| EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN | 1968 |
| HOOKED ON A FEELING | 1968 |
| RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD (Multi) | 1970 |
| I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING | 1970 |
| (HEY WON'T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG (Multi) |
1975 |
MILLION SELLING ALBUMS (PLATINUM)
| I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY | 1966 |
| ON MY WAY | 1968 |
| RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD (Multi) | 1970 |
| HOME WHERE I BELONG (Multi) | 1977 |
| HAPPY MAN (Multi) | 1978 |
| AMAZING GRACE (Multi) | 1981 |
500,000 (PLUS) SELLING SINGLES (GOLD)
| MOST OF ALL | 1971 |
| MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY | 1971 |
| ROCK & ROLL LULLABY | 1972 |
| DON'T WORRY BABY | 1975 |
500,000 (PLUS) SELLING ALBUMS (GOLD)
| ON MY WAY | 1968 |
| GREATEST HITS VOLUME I | 1969 |
| MOST OF ALL | 1971 |
| GREATEST HITS VOLUME II | 1971 |
| B.J. | 1973 |
| HELP ME MAKE IT TO MY ROCKING CHAIR | 1975 |
| YOU GAVE ME LOVE | 1979 |
| THE BEST OF.....VOLUME I | 1980 |
| MIRACLE | 1982 |
| PEACE IN THE VALLEY | 1982 |
| THE BEST OF.....VOLUME II | 1983 |
GRAMMY AWARDS
| HOME WHERE I BELONG | 1977 |
| HAPPY MAN | 1978 |
| YOU GAVE ME LOVE | 1979 |
| AMAZING GRACE | 1981 |
| COMPILATION ON THE LORD'S PRAYER | 1982 |
DOVE AWARDS
| HOME WHERE I BELONG (GOSPEL RECORD OF THE YEAR) | 1977 |
| AMAZING GRACE (GOSPEL RECORD OF THE YEAR) | 1981 |
ANGEL AWARDS
| HOME WHERE I BELONG | 1977 |
| AMAZING GRACE | 1981 |
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