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Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal en 1966.
| Naissance |
Valdosta, États-Unis |
|---|---|
| Décès |
(à 73 ans) Marietta (Caroline du Nord) |
| Activité principale | Chanteur |
| Labels | Columbia, Atlantic |
Billy Joe Royal est un chanteur américain, né le à Valdosta dans l'État de Géorgie et mort le à Marietta (Caroline du Nord)[1]. Il est principalement connu pour les chansons Down in the Boondocks, Cherry Hill Park et Hush.
Biographie
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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].
Discographie
- 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
Notes et références
- (en) Naja Rayne, « Singer Billy Joe Royal Has Died Aged 73 », sur people.com, (consulté le ).
- Kingsbury et Wood 1998.
- Miller 1996.
Annexes
Bibliographie
- (en) Zell Miller, They Heard Georgia Singing, Macon, GA, Mercer University Press, , 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, , 634 p. (ISBN 978-0-19-511671-7, OCLC 38106066, lire en ligne).
