"Who wrote ""Raindrops Are Fallin' On My Head"", the theme from the film ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid""?"
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head 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 Academy Award 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 hoarser than in the 7-inch release. The film version featured a separate vaudeville-style instrumental
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head first recorded instance of drummer Sean Moore performing on trumpet, and also appears on their 2003 B-sides and rarities compilation album "Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)". The Manics further reference the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" with the B-side "Sepia". The Barry Sisters covered the song in a Yiddish version ("Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop") on their 1973 album "Our Way". Lisa Miskovsky covered the song in the extended version of her self-titled (2004) album. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal