It was announced today that B.J. Thomas, the Country/Pop star known for many hits in the 1970s, passed away after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 78 years old. Thomas first achieved success in 1966 with a cover of Hank Williams’ song, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”, but would have his first top five hit two years later with “Hooked on a Feeling”. His first of two number one hits, “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head”, a song written by Burt Bacharach, became not only synonymous with Thomas, but with Paul Newman, who was doing bicycling stunts to it…