Billy Joe Royal
# Billy Joe Royal

Billy Joe Royal est un chanteur américain, né le 3 avril 1942 à Valdosta dans l'État de Géorgie et mort le 6 octobre 2015 à Marietta (Caroline du Nord). Il est principalement connu pour les chansons Down in the Boondocks, Cherry Hill Park et Hush.

## Biographie

Billy Joe Royal est né le 3 avril 1942 à Valdosta dans l'État de Géorgie mais il grandit à Marietta, non loin d'Atlanta.

En juin 1965, Joe South lui écrit la chanson Down in the Boondocks et le titre devient un succès, se vendant à plus de deux millions d'exemplaires.

## Discographie

* 1965 : Down in the Boondocks (Columbia)
* Pollyanna
* Leaning on You
* Heartaches and Teardrops
* Funny How Time Slips Away
* My Fondest Memories
* Down in the Boobdocks
* I Knew You When
* Those Railroad Tracks in Between
* Steal Away
* Oh What a Night
* King of Fools
* I've Got to Be Somebody
* 1967 : Billy Joe Royal Featuring Hush (Columbia)
* Cry on My Shoulder
* Heart's Desire
* I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
* Yo-Yo
* Save the Last Dance For Me
* Deep Inside Me
* High on a Hilltop
* These Are Not My People
* The Greatest Love
* Makin' Music
* Hush
* 1969 : Cherry Hill Park (Columbia)
* You Can't Manufacture Love
* Mama Song
* Helping Hand
* Ain't It the Truth
* Down Home Lovin'
* Cherry Hill Park
* Burning a Hole
* If I Had It to Do Again
* Pick Up the Pieces
* You Can Make Me Feel Good
* Children
* 1986 : Looking Ahead (Atlantic)
* Burned Like a Rocket
* Run Around Town
* Old Bridges Burn Slow
* Good Thing
* The Hard Times
* I'm Not a Rock (I'm a Rolling Stone)
* Boardwalk Angel
* Sad Cliches
* You'd Better Go
* I Miss You Already
* We've Both Got a Lot to Learn
* Another Endless Night
* 1987 : The Royal Treatment (Atlantic)
* I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow
* Give-Em My Number
* He'll Have to Go
* Look What You've Done to My Heart
* Let It Rain
* Members Only
* It's Who's in Your Heart
* Out of Sight and on My Mind
* It Keeps Right on Hurtin'
* She Don't Cry Like She Used To
* A Place for the Heartache
* 1989 : Tell It Like It Is (Atlantic)
* Tell It Like It Is
* Kiss and Say Goodbye
* Slip Away
* He Don't Know
* Cross My Heat and Hope to Try
* Love Has No Right
* The Truth Is I Lied
* Till I Can't Take It Anymore
* I Was Losing You
* What's the Matter Baby
* Love Is a Full Time Job
* 1990 : Out of the Shadows (Atlantic)
* Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue
* Before the Night Is Over
* Old Friendsa Don't Make Good Lovers
* There's a Method to My Sadness
* Free Me
* From Lover to Lover
* How Could You Leave Me
* We Had Love
* A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be
* How Hard Can It Be
* If the Jukebox Took Teardrops
