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 )[ 1] . Il est principalement connu pour les chansons Down in the Boondocks , Cherry Hill Park et Hush .
Billy Joe Royal est né le 3 avril 1942 à Valdosta [ 2] dans l'État de Géorgie mais il grandit à Marietta , non loin d'Atlanta [ 3] .
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[ 3] .
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(en) Zell Miller , They Heard Georgia Singing , Macon, GA, Mercer University Press, 1996 , 342 p. (ISBN 978-0-86554-504-5 , OCLC 34699523 , lire en ligne ) , p. 258-259 .
(en) Paul Kingsbury , Gerry Wood et al. , The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music , New York, Mercer University Press, 1998 , 634 p. (ISBN 978-0-19-511671-7 , OCLC 38106066 , lire en ligne ) .