Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday (Sept. 16) at age 89, accomplished a great deal in his long career. His obits mentioned his many starring roles, his work as a respected director, his role in founding the Sundance Film Festival, his environmental activism and much more. But most missed this fun factoid – He starred in three films that spawned No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and Up Close & Personal.

The songs from those films — pop classics all — were, respectively, B.J. Thomas’ “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” and Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me.” The first two of these songs won Oscars for best original song. The third, probably Diane Warren’s finest song, was nominated.

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