Billy Joe Royal discography

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Billy Joe Royal discography
Studio albums14
Compilation albums4
Singles37

Billy Joe Royal was an American country soul [1] artist. His discography consists of 14 studio albums and 37 singles. Of his 37 singles, 16 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1965 and 1978 and 15 charted on the U.S.'s Billboard Hot Country Songs between 1985 and 1992.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country US CAN Country
Down in the Boondocks 96
Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush
  • Release date: November 1967
  • Label: Columbia Records
Cherry Hill Park
  • Release date: December 1969
  • Label: Columbia Records
100
Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal
  • Release date: May 8, 1981
  • Label: Kat Family Records
Makin' Believe
Folio
  • Release date: February 24, 1983
  • Label: 51 West Records & Tapes
Looking Ahead 21
The Royal Treatment
  • Release date: September 28, 1987
  • Label: Atlantic America
5
Tell It Like It Is
  • Release date: February 1, 1989
  • Label: Atlantic America
1531
Out of the Shadows 24
Billy Joe Royal
  • Release date: March 5, 1992
  • Label: Atlantic Records
Stay Close to Home
His First Gospel Album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

TitleAlbum detailsPeak
positions
US Country
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: May 1, 1989
  • Label: Columbia Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: March 5, 1992
  • Label: Atlantic Records
32
Super Hits
  • Release date: September 6, 2000
  • Label: Atlantic Records
Best of Billy Joe Royal
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s — 1970s

YearTitlePeak positionsAlbum
US CAN AUS
1965"Down in the Boondocks"9110Down in the Boondocks
"I Knew You When"14155
1966"I've Got to Be Somebody"3815
"It's a Good Time"104
"Heart's Desire"8856Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush
"Campfire Girls"9168
1967"Yo-Yo"11728Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush
"These Are Not My People"113
"The Greatest Love"117
"Hush"524598
1968"Storybook Children"117
1969"Cherry Hill Park"15869Cherry Hill Park
1970"Every Night"113
1971"Tulsa"8681
"Poor Little Pearl"11191
1978"Under the Boardwalk" [lower-alpha 1] 8274
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s — 2000s

YearTitlePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[3]
CAN Country
1980"(How Do I Like to Dance) Slowly"Billy Joe Royal(1980)
"He'll Have to Go"
1981"(Who Is Like You) Sweet America"Billy Joe Royal(1981)
"You Really Got a Hold on Me"
"Wasted Time"
1985"Burned Like a Rocket"10Looking Ahead
1986"Boardwalk Angel"4137
"I Miss You Already"14
1987"Old Bridges Burn Slow"11
"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow"517The Royal Treatment
1988"Out of Sight and on My Mind"107
"It Keeps Right on Hurtin'"1715
1989"Tell It Like It Is"22Tell It Like It Is
"Love Has No Right"43
"Till I Can't Take It Anymore"23
1990"Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue"1733Out of the Shadows
"A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be"3343
1991"If the Jukebox Took Teardrops"2924
1992"I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)"5168Billy Joe Royal(1992)
"Funny How Time Slips Away" [4]
2009"Hard Rock to Roll"His First Gospel Album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

YearTitleArtistPeak
positions
Album
US Country
[3]
1987"Members Only" Donna Fargo 23Winners

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1987"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow"Marc Ball [5]
1988"Out of Sight and On My Mind"Simeon Soffer [6]
1989"Tell It Like It Is"John Lloyd Miller [7]
"Love Has No Right"Piers Plowden [8]
"Till I Can't Take It Anymore"Jason Furrate [9]
1990"A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be"Richard Jernigan [10]
1992"Funny How Time Slips Away"

Notes

  1. "Under the Boardwalk" also peaked at number 37 on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. [2]

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References

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  2. "RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks for August 5, 1978". RPM . Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
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  8. "Piers Plowden directed Billy Joe Royal's Love Has No Right Video". YouTube . 23 December 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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