Billy Joe Royal
- MatchBilly Joe Royal
- 100%The Buckinghams
- 99%Tommy Roe
- 88%Herman's Hermits
- 84%The Dave Clark Five
- 84%The McCoys
- 83%The Grass Roots
- 80%Tommy James
- 80%Tommy James & The Shondells
- 77%Lou Christie
- 76%Johnny Rivers
Biography
3 April 1942, Valdosta, Georgia, USA. Raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royals father owned a truck-driving company and the family moved to Atlanta when Royal was aged 10. At school he entertained in school concerts, and after graduation, worked for two years in a nightclub in Savannah, Georgia. Starting in 1962, Royal made several unsuccessful singles, but then teamed with a local songwriter/producer, Joe South. In 1965, they made the US Top 20 with Down In The Boondocks and... Read more