Billy Joe Royal

Songs Performed or Written by Billy Joe RoyalTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) was an American country soul singer. His most successful record was "Down in the Boondocks" in 1965. == Life and career == Born in Valdosta, Georgia, to Clarence and Mary Sue Smith Royal, and raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal performed at the Georgia Jubilee in Atlanta during his teens. He formed his own rock and roll band, and became a local star at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah in the... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Down in the Boondocks - #2: I Knew You When - #3: Cherry Hill Park - #4: I've Got to Be Somebody - #5: Till I Can't Take It Anymore
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  Billy Joe Royal
1.
07/1965

#1  Down in the Boondocks
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Down in the Boondocks   
115 pts
9
US


38
UK
[Columbia 43305]
written by Joe South
2.
09/1965

#2  I Knew You When
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Down in the Boondocks   
69 pts
14
US




[Columbia 43390]
written by Joe South
3.
12/1965

#4  I've Got to Be Somebody
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Down in the Boondocks   
23 pts
38
US




[Columbia 43465]
written by Joe South
4.
02/1966

It's a Good Time
Billy Joe Royal greentick

3 pts
104
US




[Columbia 43538]
written by Joe South
5.
05/1966

Heart's Desire
Billy Joe Royal greentick

7 pts
88
US




[Columbia 43622]
written by Joe South
6.
09/1966

Campfire Girls
Billy Joe Royal greentick

6 pts
91
US




[Columbia 43740]
written by Freddy Weller
7.
12/1966

Yo-Yo
Billy Joe Royal greentick

3 pts
117
US




[Columbia 43883]
written by Joe South
8.
06/1967

These Are Not My People
Billy Joe Royal greentick

4 pts
113
US




[Columbia 44103]
written by Joe South
9.
06/1967

The Greatest Love
Billy Joe Royal greentick

4 pts
117
US




US B side to These Are Not My People
[Columbia 44103]
written by Joe South
Hush
10.
09/1967

Hush
Billy Joe Royal greentick

16 pts
52
US




[Columbia 44277]
written by Joe South
11.
08/1968

Storybook Children
Billy Joe Royal greentick

3 pts
117
US




[Columbia 44574]
written by Billy Vera & Chip Taylor
Cherry Hill Park
12.
10/1969

#3  Cherry Hill Park
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Cherry Hill Park   
68 pts
15
US




[Columbia 44902]
written by Robert Nix & Billy Gilmore
13.
09/1970

Every Night
Billy Joe Royal greentick

3 pts
113
US




[Columbia 45220]
written by Paul McCartney
14.
02/1971

Tulsa
Billy Joe Royal greentick

8 pts
86
US




[Columbia 45289]
written by Wayne Carson Thompson
15.
07/1971

Poor Little Pearl
Billy Joe Royal greentick

4 pts
111
US




[Columbia 45406]
written by Mac Davis
Under the Boardwalk
16.
06/1978

Under the Boardwalk
Billy Joe Royal greentick

8 pts
82
US




[Private Stock 45192]
written by Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick
17.
10/1985

Burned Like a Rocket
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Looking Ahead   
8 pts


10
ctry


[Atlantic America 99599]
written by Gary Burr
18.
05/1986

Boardwalk Angel
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Looking Ahead   
2 pts


41
ctry


[Atlantic America 99555]
written by John Cafferty
19.
08/1986

I Miss You Already
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Looking Ahead   
7 pts


14
ctry


[Atlantic America 99519]
written by Marvin Rainwater & Faron Young
20.
02/1987

Old Bridges Burn Slow
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Looking Ahead   
8 pts


11
ctry


[Atlantic America 99485]
written by Joe South, Jerry Meaders & Sanford Brown
I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
21.
10/1987

I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from The Royal Treatment   The Royal Treatment
13 pts


5
ctry


[Atlantic America 99404]
written by Nelson Larkin, Don Goodman & Carlos Berzas
22.
03/1988

Out of Sight and on My Mind
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from The Royal Treatment   The Royal Treatment
9 pts


10
ctry


[Atlantic America 99364]
written by Bruce Burch & Rick Peoples
23.
08/1988

It Keeps Right On Hurtin'
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from The Royal Treatment   The Royal Treatment
6 pts


17
ctry


[Atlantic America 99295]
written by Johnny Tillotson
Tell It Like It Is
24.
02/1989

Tell It Like It Is
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Tell It Like It Is   Tell It Like It Is
18 pts


2
ctry


[Atlantic America 99242]
written by George Davis & Lee Diamond
Love Has No Right
25.
05/1989

Love Has No Right
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Tell It Like It Is   Tell It Like It Is
15 pts


4
ctry


[Atlantic America 99217]
written by Billy Joe Royal greentick, Nelson Larkin & Randy Scruggs
26.
09/1989

#5  Till I Can't Take It Anymore
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Tell It Like It Is   Tell It Like It Is
18 pts


2
ctry


[Atlantic 88815]
written by Ulysses Burton & Clyde Otis
27.
05/1990

Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Out of the Shadows   
6 pts


17
ctry


[Atlantic 87933]
written by Nelson Larkin, Donny Kees & Pal Rakes
28.
09/1990

A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Out of the Shadows   
3 pts


33
ctry


[Atlantic 87867]
written by Gordon Eatherly, Bob Moulds & Kris Bergsnes
29.
01/1991

If the Jukebox Took Teardrops
Billy Joe Royal greentick

from Out of the Shadows   
4 pts


29
ctry


[Atlantic 87770]
written by Michael "Dee" Graham, Don Goodman, Nelson Larkin & Wyatt Easterling
30.
03/1992

I'm Okay (And Getting Better)
Billy Joe Royal greentick

2 pts


51
ctry


[Atlantic]
written by Max T. Barnes & Skip Ewing


See also...

Donna Fargo & Billy Joe Royal


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