![]() ![]() By 1976, while “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” was hitting No. He was touring and recording constantly and taking dozens of pills a day. Thomas would later say the phenomenon of “Raindrops” exacerbated an addiction to pills and alcohol which dated back to his teens, when a record producer in Houston suggested he take amphetamines to keep his energy up. Co-star Robert Redford (left) was critical of the song's use in the film, noting the scene's lack of rain. How wrong I was.” "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" became immortalized in the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" by accompanying a scene in which Butch (played by Paul Newman, at right) shows off his bicycling skills. “At the time, it seemed like a dumb idea. “When the film was released, I was highly critical - how did the song fit with the film? There was no rain,” Redford told USA Today in 2019. Redford, meanwhile, doubted the song even belonged in Butch Cassidy. Thomas was recovering from laryngitis while recording the soundtrack version and his vocals are raspier than for the track released on its own. But, at first, not everyone was satisfied. “Raindrops” has since been heard everywhere from The Simpsons to Forrest Gump and was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013. ![]() But his warm, soulful tenor fit the song’s easygoing mood, immortalized on film during the scene when Butch (Paul Newman) shows off his new bicycle to Etta Place (Katharine Ross), the girlfriend of the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford). Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid is a classic western and buddy movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford - but why, exactly, does it feature the. Thomas wasn’t the first choice to perform the whimsical ballad composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Ray Stevens turned the songwriters down. 1 pop hit and an Oscar winner for best original song as part of the soundtrack to one of the biggest movies of 1969, the irreverent Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. His signature recording was “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,” a No.
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