Billy Joe Royal
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Billy Joe Royal is an American
United States
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 singer.

Biography

Born in Valdosta and raised in Marietta
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...

 in 1942, Royal became a local star
Celebrity
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 at Savannah, Georgia's
Savannah, Georgia
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 Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for the 1965 US
United States
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 Top 10 pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...

 "Down in the Boondocks," which, along with the singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "I Knew You When" (Top 20, 1965) and "Hush" (1967), were written
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 by Joe South
Joe South
Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...

. His 1969 single, "Cherry Hill Park
Cherry Hill Park
"Cherry Hill Park" was written by Robert Nix and Billy Gilmore, and sung by Billy Joe Royal. The song was arranged by Buddy Buie, James Cobb, and Emory Gordy, Jr.; and produced by Buddy Buie and Bill Lowery. It was a hit in 1969 reaching #15 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Cash Box...

," peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. In the 1970s his recording of "Heart's Desire" gained popularity for Northern soul
Northern soul
Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged from the British mod scene, initially in northern England in the late 1960s. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound...

 enthusiasts and was regularly played in Northern soul nightclubs.

During the 1980s, Royal scored a comeback with several Top 10 country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 hits, including "Tell It Like It Is
Tell It Like It Is
"Tell It Like It Is" is a song written by George Davis and Lee Diamond. It was first recorded by Aaron Neville, who released the song as a single in 1966. It was issued at the end of the year on the Par-Lo label and became a hit, peaking at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number...

," "Burned Like a Rocket
Burned Like a Rocket
"Burned Like a Rocket" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1985, it was the first single from the album Looking Ahead. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...

," and "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1987, it was the second single from the album The Royal Treatment. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....

."

When his rejuvenated career as a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 hitmaker quieted down, he followed up with bookings throughout the 1990s in large country music bar
Bar (establishment)
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s and became a successful act on that circuit.

As of April 2011 he has had roles in independent films such as Glass Bullets for Broken Hearts co starring country singer Cody McCarver
Confederate Railroad
Confederate Railroad is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia by Danny Shirley , Michael Lamb , Mark Dufresne , Chris McDaniel , Warren "Gates" Nichols and Wayne Secrest...

.

Albums

Year Album Chart Positions RIAA
US Country US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

CAN Country
1965 Billy Joe Royal
Down in the Boondocks
Down in the Boondocks (album)
Down in the Boondocks is the second studio album by Billy Joe Royal released in 1965, the same year as his self-titled debut album.There were three singles released from the album. The title track was first, and broke the top 10 with a #9 performance...

96
1969 Cherry Hill Park
Cherry Hill Park (album)
Cherry Hill Park is the third studio album by Billy Joe Royal released in 1969, four years after his hit album Down in the Boondocks.The song Cherry Hill Park hit #15 on The Billboard Hot 100...

100
1980 Billy Joe Royal
1987 Looking Ahead
Looking Ahead (album)
Looking Ahead is the fifth studio album by Billy Joe Royal released in 1987.Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was Burned Like a Rocket, which peaked at #10...

21
1987 The Royal Treatment
The Royal Treatment (album)
The Royal Treatment is the sixth studio album by Billy Joe Royal, which was released in 1987.Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow, which peaked at #5 in 1987...

5 Gold
1989 Tell It Like It Is
Tell It Like It Is (album)
Tell It Like It Is is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. It was released on January 31, 1989 via Atlantic Records...

15 31
1990 Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows (album)
Out of the Shadows is the eighth studio album by Billy Joe Royal, which was released in 1990.The album landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #24 in 1990.- Track listing :# "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue"# "Before the Night Is Over"...

24
1991 Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Billy Joe Royal album)
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. It was released on February 12, 1991 via Atlantic Records...

32

Singles

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Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

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Year Single Chart Positions Album
US
Billboard Hot 100
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CAN Country CAN
1965 "Down in the Boondocks" 9 1 Down in the Boondocks
"I Knew You When" 14 1
1966 "It's a Good Time" 104 Single only
"I've Got to Be Somebody" 38 15 Down in the Boondocks
"Heart's Desire" 88 56 Singles only
"Campfire Girls" 91 68
1967 "Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo (song)
"Yo-Yo" is a song written by Joe South that had some success as a single for Billy Joe Royal in 1966, peaking at #117 on the Billboard chart. In 1971, it became a major hit for The Osmonds, with the single reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on the Osmonds' album Phase III....

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117 42
"These Are Not My People" 113
"The Greatest Love" 117
"Hush" 52
1968 "Storybook Children" 117
1969 "Cherry Hill Park
Cherry Hill Park
"Cherry Hill Park" was written by Robert Nix and Billy Gilmore, and sung by Billy Joe Royal. The song was arranged by Buddy Buie, James Cobb, and Emory Gordy, Jr.; and produced by Buddy Buie and Bill Lowery. It was a hit in 1969 reaching #15 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Cash Box...

"
15 8 Cherry Hill Park
1970 "Every Night" 113 Singles only
1971 "Tulsa" 86 81
"Poor Little Pearl" 111 91
1978 "Under the Boardwalk
Under the Boardwalk
"Under the Boardwalk" is a hit pop song written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and recorded by The Drifters in 1964.-Premise:The lyric describes a tryst between a man and his beloved in a seaside town, who plan to privately meet "out of the sun" and out of sight from everyone else under a...

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82 74
1985 "Burned Like a Rocket
Burned Like a Rocket
"Burned Like a Rocket" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1985, it was the first single from the album Looking Ahead. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...

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10 Looking Ahead
1986 "Boardwalk Angel" 41 37
"I Miss You Already" 14
1987 "Old Bridges Burn Slow" 11
"Members Only" (w/ Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo is an American country music singer-songwriter, who is best-known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s...

)
23 The Royal Treatment
"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1987, it was the second single from the album The Royal Treatment. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....

"
5 17
1988 "Out of Sight and on My Mind
Out of Sight and on My Mind
"Out of Sight and on My Mind" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album The Royal Treatment. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....

"
10 7
"It Keeps Right On Hurtin'" 17 *
1989 "Tell It Like It Is
Tell It Like It Is
"Tell It Like It Is" is a song written by George Davis and Lee Diamond. It was first recorded by Aaron Neville, who released the song as a single in 1966. It was issued at the end of the year on the Par-Lo label and became a hit, peaking at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number...

"
2 2 Tell It Like It Is
"Love Has No Right
Love Has No Right
"Love Has No Right" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1989, it was the second single from the album Tell it Like it Is. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....

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4 3
"Till I Can't Take It Anymore
Till I Can't Take It Anymore
"Till I Can't Take It Anymore" is a song written by Clyde Otis and Ulysses Burton. It was first recorded as a duet between Dottie West and Don Gibson, whose version went to number 46 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1970. Since then, it has also charted as a single by Andra Willis, whose version...

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2 3
1990 "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue" 17 33 Out of the Shadows
"A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" 33 43
1991 "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" 29 24
1992 "I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)" 51 68 Singles only
2009 "Hard Rock to Roll"
  • A"Under the Boardwalk" also peaked at #37 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.

External links

  • [ Billy Joe Royal biography] at Allmusic website
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  • Fansite biography
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