Billy Joe Royal discography

Billy Joe Royal discography
Releases
Studio albums 14
Compilation albums 3
Singles 37

Billy Joe Royal is an American country pop artist. His discography consists of 14 studio albums and 37 singles. Of his 37 singles, 16 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1965 and 1978 and 15 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 1985 and 1992.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak 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
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Brylen Records
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
15 31
Out of the Shadows 24
Billy Joe Royal
  • Release date: March 5, 1992
  • Label: Atlantic Records
Stay Close to Home
  • Release date: August 25, 1998
  • Label: Intersound Records
His First Gospel Album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

Title Album details Peak
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
  • Release date: April 26, 2005
  • Label: Intersound Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s — 1970s

Year Title Peak positions Album
US CAN
1965 "Down in the Boondocks" 9 1 Down in the Boondocks
"I Knew You When" 14 1
1966 "I've Got to Be Somebody" 38 15
"It's a Good Time" 104 N/A
"Heart's Desire" 88 56 Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush
"Campfire Girls" 91 68 N/A
1967 "Yo-Yo" 117 42 Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush
"These Are Not My People" 113
"The Greatest Love" 117
"Hush" 52
1968 "Storybook Children" 117 N/A
1969 "Cherry Hill Park" 15 8 Cherry Hill Park
1970 "Every Night" 113 N/A
1971 "Tulsa" 86 81
"Poor Little Pearl" 111 91
1978 "Under the Boardwalk"[A] 82 74
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s — 2000s

Year Title Peak positions Album
US Country
[1]
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" 10 Looking Ahead
1986 "Boardwalk Angel" 41 37
"I Miss You Already" 14
1987 "Old Bridges Burn Slow" 11
"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" 5 17 The Royal Treatment
1988 "Out of Sight and on My Mind" 10 7
"It Keeps Right on Hurtin'" 17 *
1989 "Tell It Like It Is" 2 2 Tell It Like It Is
"Love Has No Right" 4 3
"Till I Can't Take It Anymore" 2 3
1990 "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue" 17 33 Out of the Shadows
"A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" 33 43
1991 "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" 29 24
1992 "I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)" 51 68 Billy Joe Royal (1992)
2009 "Hard Rock to Roll" His First Gospel Album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
* denotes unknown peak positions

Guest singles

Year Title Artist Peak
positions
Album
US Country
[1]
1987 "Members Only" Donna Fargo 23 Winners

Music videos

Year Video
1987 "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow"
1988 "Out of Sight and On My Mind"

Notes

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks for August 5, 1978". RPM. Retrieved September 19, 2014.