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| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1965 | Down in the Boondocks | 207 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1965 | 115 | US 9 • UK 38 | MP3 | [Columbia 43305] written by Joe South | |||
| 2. | 09/1965 | 69 | US 14 | MP3 | [Columbia 43390] written by Joe South | |||
| 3. | 12/1965 | 23 | US 38 | MP3 | [Columbia 43465] written by Joe South | |||
| 2. | 1969 | Cherry Hill Park | 68 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1969 | 68 | US 15 | MP3 | [Columbia 44902] written by Robert Nix & Billy Gilmore | |||
| 3. | 1985-1987 | Looking Ahead | 25 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1985 | 8 | US ctry 10 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99599] written by Gary Burr | |||
| 2. | 05/1986 | 2 | US ctry 41 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99555] written by John Cafferty | |||
| 3. | 08/1986 | 7 | US ctry 14 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99519] written by Marvin Rainwater & Faron Young | |||
| 4. | 02/1987 | 8 | US ctry 11 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99485] written by Joe South, Jerry Meaders & Sanford Brown | |||
| 4. | 1987-1988 | The Royal Treatment | 28 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1987 | 13 | US ctry 5 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99404] written by Nelson Larkin, Don Goodman & Carlos Berzas | |||
| 2. | 03/1988 | 9 | US ctry 10 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99364] written by Bruce Burch & Rick Peoples | |||
| 3. | 08/1988 | 6 | US ctry 17 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99295] written by Johnny Tillotson | |||
| 5. | 1989 | Tell It Like It Is | 51 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 02/1989 | 18 | US ctry 2 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99242] written by George Davis & Lee Diamond | |||
| 2. | 05/1989 | 15 | US ctry 4 | MP3 | [Atlantic America 99217] written by Billy Joe Royal | |||
| 3. | 09/1989 | 18 | US ctry 2 | MP3 | [Atlantic 88815] written by Ulysses Burton & Clyde Otis | |||
| 6. | 1990-1991 | Out of the Shadows | 12 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1990 | 6 | US ctry 17 | MP3 | [Atlantic 87933] written by Nelson Larkin, Donny Kees & Pal Rakes | |||
| 2. | 09/1990 | 3 | US ctry 33 | MP3 | [Atlantic 87867] written by Gordon Eatherly, Bob Moulds & Kris Bergsnes | |||
| 3. | 01/1991 | 4 | US ctry 29 | MP3 | [Atlantic 87770] written by Michael "Dee" Graham, Don Goodman, Nelson Larkin & Wyatt Easterling | |||
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