Souvenirs

Performer: B.J. Thomas
Distributor: n/a

Notes: Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl. Souvenirs focuses on the early career of singer B.J. Thomas with 18 cuts recorded for the Pacemaker and Scepter labels. Along with several cover versions of songs made popular by Tom Jones, Hank Williams, Wilson Pickett, and Clyde McPhatter, this set includes his first Top Ten chart entry, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," from 1966. Souvenirs is actually a reissue of Earliest Hits & Great Covers, originally issued on the Edsel label, minus the cuts "Miller's Cave," "I Just Got to Forget You," "You're the One," "A Fallen Star," "Luckiest Man in the World," and "Didn't It Rain," and with the addition of "Pretty Country Girl." ~ Al Campbell Souvenirs focuses on the early career of singer B.J. Thomas with 18 cuts recorded for the Pacemaker and Scepter labels. Along with several cover versions of songs made popular by Tom Jones, Hank Williams, Wilson Pickett, and Clyde McPhatter, this set includes his first Top Ten chart entry, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," from 1966. Please be advised that Souvenirs is a reissue of Earliest Hits & Great Covers, originally issued on the Edsel label, minus the cuts "Miller's Cave," "I Just Got to Forget You," "You're the One," "A Fallen Star," "Luckiest Man in the World," and "Didn't It Rain," and with the addition of "Pretty Country Girl." Listeners who are looking for radio staples like "Hooked on a Feeling," "I Just Can't Help Believin'," and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" will be disappointed, as those hits have been omitted. Seek out the superior Rhino Greatest Hits set or Varese's The Very Best of B.J. Thomas anthology. ~ Al Campbell

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