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Billy Joe Royal · 2015

Billy Joe Royal

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

October 6, 2015Death⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Country and pop singer Billy Joe Royal, who had four songs in the Billboard Top 40, died suddenly at the age of 73. His hits included “Down in the Boondocks” (#9 in 1965), “I Knew You When” (#14 in 1965) and “Cherry Hill Park” (#15 in 1969).

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  1. Billy Joe RoyalOctober 5, 2015
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    Country and pop singer Billy Joe Royal died suddenly at the age of 73. His hits included “Down In The Boondocks,” “I Knew You When,” and “Cherry Hill Park.”
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    Billy Joe Royal scored his biggest pop hit when “Down In The Boondocks” climbed to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. He later reached the Top 40 three more times with “I Knew You When”, “I've Got To Be Somebody”, and “Cherry Hill Park”, before finding success on the country charts in the 1980s with twelve Top 40 hits.