He is survived by his ex-wife, Michelle Royal, with whom he was still close, daughter Savannah Royal, and two stepsons, Trey and Joey Riverbank. Funeral arrangements will be announced this week. Royal had planned to spend some time off the road in the coming weeks in order to spend time with his daughter, a student at NC State University. ![]() 24 at the Gwinnett County Fair in Georgia, the state in which he was raised and where he discovered his love of music. Royal's soulful voice was still in fine form, and he continued to tour in recent years. ![]() He followed "Rocket" with several country hits including "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow," "Tell It Like It Is," and "Till I Can't Take It Anymore." He was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1988. Royal notched his first Top 10 country single with "Burned Like a Rocket," though the song was reportedly pulled from the radio after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy of January 1986. Royal's career was revitalized when he signed with Atlantic Records and began releasing country songs. In late 1985, Mr. Royal would also find success with his follow-up single: another South-penned song, called "I Knew You When."ĭuring the mid-1980s, Mr. Royal's 1965 breakout single, "Down in the Boondocks," which peaked at No. As a young man he performed on the radio program "Georgia Jubilee," which is where he met artists like Jerry Reed and Joe South. Berzas Jr., Don Goodman, and Nelson Larkin, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. Royal was born Apin Valdosta, Georgia, and began singing at an early age. 'Ill Pin a Note on Your Pillow' is a song written by Carol W. I actually didn’t change what I did stylistically at all.Singer Billy Joe Royal, best known for his pop hit “Down in the Boondocks” and a string of country singles in the 1980s, died unexpectedly in his home in North Carolina on Tuesday morning, according to his publicist, Brent Taylor. “Burned like a Rocket’ was something like I would have cut back in the 1960s,” he said. Some stated that Royal had “gone Country,” but the singer said he really didn’t feel as if his music had changed at all. I was on Atlantic Records, and they were really behind me, as was everyone at radio. “Nelson was such a great producer, and we had great musicians. The singer credited great songs – and his producer for his career renaissance. Royal’s 1987 album The Royal Treatment earned him a Gold certification, as well. His next fourteen single releases hit the country charts, with the biggest being his cover of “Tell It Like It Is,” which hit No. “By that time, it was in the top ten, so the song really led to a great period for me.” For some reason, it didn’t dawn on me that it would affect my record, but radio dropped it like a hot potato.” But, it wasn’t the end of his country career. 7, 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Allied Pressing. “I remember that I was in (producer) Nelson Larkin’s office watching TV, and we saw the shuttle go down. Cover of Ill Pin A Note On Your Pillow, 1987, Vinyl, Ill Pin A Note On Your Pillow. Then, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, and due to the title of the song, the release began to fall quickly back down the chart. ![]() The track was rapidly climbing the country singles chart, and had just entered the top ten in January 1986. His first release for the label, “Burned like a Rocket,” was sent to radio in the latter part of 1985. However, it was another five years until Royal tasted career success again, signing with Atlantic Records in Nashville. Royal would leave Columbia for stints on smaller labels in the 1970s, eventually landing on Mercury Records, for whom he released a self-titled album in 1980. The singer’s subsequent hits included “I Knew You When” and “Cherry Hill Park,” which became his final Top-40 on the pop charts in 1969. It was an amazing feeling, and led to a great career.” “I was living in Cincinnati, Ohio at the time, and a radio friend of mine named Dusty Rhodes played the record. In a 2010 interview, Royal recalled the first time he heard the song on the radio. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the Joe South composition helped him to become a star. Royal’s career path took him to Columbia Records, where he released “Down in the Boondocks” in 1965. Provided to YouTube by Atlantic NashvilleI'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow Billy Joe RoyalGreatest Hits 1987 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United St. Roy Orbison’s Top Hot 100 Hits: A Playlist Kaija Saariaho, Acclaimed Finnish Composer, Dies at 70
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