"Down In The Boondocks" was more straightforward about a poor boy/rich girl relationship under stress. My boyfriend in high school at the time told me it was really about a girl being gangbanged. I also bought his hit, "Cherry Hill Park." A very strange song. I even followed his country music career. Ahh kids will be foolish!! Wasn't Billy Joe on Columbia Records? I can almost envision that red label right now. Babbling Babette from Tulsa OkI remember buying this single at Woolworths in 1965 & it was the last copy on the shelves! I nearly had to fight another girl for it, but I got it & it was mine.Ronnie McDowell, Royal's tour partner, said the singer died in his sleep on Tuesday at his North Carolina home. You were a great singer and you will be missed.īilly Joe Royal, a 1960s pop and 1990s country star, has died. Roann from Apalachin, Ny - Rest in Peace, Billy Joe Royal.Then Billy Joe went on to a successful country career, including "Tell It Like It Is" and "Till I Can't Take It Anymore"- both of which were #2 on the Country charts. He also is remembered for "Cherry Hill Park" (#15-1969) and a dozen other charted pop hits, before his star began to fade. Other tunes by Joe followed, including "I Knew You When" (#14-1965) and "Hush" (#52-1967). While performing in Savannah, he roomed for a while with Joe South, who asked him to record a demo of one of his tunes called "Down In The Boondocks" The demo was successful enough to land Billy Joe a contract with Columbia Records, who released the song as a single, reaching #9 in 1965. But I was a child when this was released.īilly Joe Royal died in his sleep Tuesday (October 6th) in his North Carolina home at the age of 73.īorn in Valdosta Georgia and raised in Marionetta, he made a name for himself first on his uncle's radio program and later on the Georgia Jubilee- both while in his early teens. Jane Eyre from LouisvillekyThis song feels very dated to me.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Lord, have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocksĮvery night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill People put me down 'cause that's the side of town I was born in
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