we used to go see billy joe before he made bundachs (yes it is a french word used during the occupation). i was sitting in my sis and her husbands 62 bonneville. convertible with carol the first time they played it on radio. even tho he lived in woodlawn terrace a block away, he never came back to the bamboo ranch to sing. my sis still has his signed portrait i think. joe south is a great writer. thanks for the vid. only met bj once since the bamboo days. great showman.
I was there with the first American troops from the US in 1965 to 1966. the 1st Infantry Division spent 8 months in the jungle and 4 months in a hospital.
I don't know why I always thought Bobby Vinton sang this?! Curse those nuns. and Father Durkin back in the day who said me and my gang were never going to amount to much...
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
this is the first song I learned the words to. As the younger sister to three teenagers I was jealous of all the songs they knew so I listened to this song for hours and learned all the words. I felt so proud to be able to sing the song for my family. It brings back so many happy memories. Thanks for posting this song.
Excellent. I hadn't heard this song in some time, and this morning I woke up with this playing in my head. So glad someone posted this video. Thank you!!
What is a "boondock"? Is there even a singular for boondocks? Is it by the ocean? Are they always down? Isn't a "boon" a good thing? If you are from the docks that had a boon...
It's from the Filipino word Bundok which means mountain. It came to popular use in the US with returning servicemen stationed in the Philippines. It denotes a rural area and/or people from such areas because city dwelling people in the Philippines would call their usually uneducated cousins from the mountain-provinces "taga bundok" or "from the mountians"
OMG!!!!Why cant people sing like this NOW!!!I AM 11 years old,and i HEART this song!!!!!!!My teacher let us listen to oldies music during work time,SO i learned to love the oldies......
Great song / great voice ... one of my favourites from the 60s. ... and yes, like others have commented, I thought it was Gene Pitney when I first heard it ... Wayne
This song (along w/ Billy’s “Oh What A Night”) appears on a very rare Columbia Records promo LP (Columbia DJ-12) was given away at a convention. The title of the LP is "This Is Where It's At", Columbia Records Beach Party, Miami Beach, Fla., July 16, 1965." Little information is found on the I-net about this convention other than what I've posted over the years and only because our band The Modds was an opening act. Billy complimented our lead singer (Dean Liapis) on his performance that night.
I like this song since I heard it first in 1965. Billy Joe Royal performed a lot of songs written by JOE SOUTH before Joe South had a hit with his own versions.
ROSE GARDEN (big hit by Lynn Anderson) is also a Joe-South-Song and could have made it in the sixties too, by BILLY JOE ROYAL, but did not, maybe ahead of its time..
I was glad to hear someone else say that Billy Joe Royal sounds like Gene Pitney. For years I've had them confused with each other. Both GREAT singers.
i wasn't really exposed to country or this type of tune here but I see the appeal now that I have grown and can compare all the new music that was available at the time. Had not heard the Name Billy Joe Royal except from my MIL who'd tell me his name was "BILLY JOEL" LOL.kept telling me that she really missed the guys singing & she wished i could get some of his music ( I have been telling her Billy Joel is still singing! LOL). Occured to me who she meant today. anyway - she will be glad.
Track down a copy of Billy Joe Royal doing "Hush" (made famous by Deep Purple MKI). As your drops to your chest in sheer amazement that two versions could be so close as to be almost identical, keep in mind that Billy Joe's version was released in 1967 and Deep Purple did not release theirs until 1968.
Oldies rock. Anyone that appreciates music has to appreciate oldies. Oldies is pure music. Pure talent. It doesn't take talent to get on stage and scream in a microphone.
u know every girl back then would scream for boys like that as they still do now, little do they know that all icky gross men are secretly thinking that they wanna put it in your butt and do dirty things to you and deprave you virgin flower, it was an innocent time just cuz men wouldn't admit there sick pleasure, that being said I respect women and am Sickened by today's music and demeaning words towards women.
this song was written by Joe South. The one who wrote and sang games people play. [ not the spinners song] Well this song as Joe South written all over it. as you notice A few songs that Joe south wrote have the word "lord" in there somewhere
@koffinkat666 Naw. Naw, the sexy was real, bona fide sexy at the time. Not that American Idol manufactured crap. Sexy is not about looks, it's about the vibe.
@sherrynoland ~ it was a few weeks ago..............about late summer or early fall 2010................they had a program on TV with a lot of entertainers from that era................Billy Joe Royal sand "Cherry Hill Park"....................I had never heard that song, but I remember listening to "Down in the Boondocks" so often as a kid.................I absolutely loved that song!
remember listening to this on 45's over and over while growing up.......................saw Billy Joe Royal on TV last night................brought back such good memories of great music
Great tune. It reminds me of my older sister. She loved Van Morrison *& Eagles. I love this type of music. I do like very little of now music. With the exception of a few good artist's I like Jack Johnson. * And the black man who does alot with Jack .HIGH TIDE OR LOW TiDE EXAMPLE.Listen to Jack Johnson & his singer with him bETTYBLUE
This is a great song....old song Yeah that's right but it's really a good song.....We'll see if in 50 years the songs of a band like Black eyes peas for exemple are always listened...and what will think the youth of the future about these songs????
I heard this song on our drive cross country to move to Texas for my husband to get stationed in Fort Hood. Never new who sang it but I never forgot it. So I am very happy to have found it here in You Tube.
Love this, love this, love this! Grew up singing the heck out of it, wow what memories! SO glad I grew up during this time. I actually feel sorry for kids today, all they have a clue about are ipods, blackberry's, computers, video games, etc. . They don't know how to live. Thanks for this posting!
Say whatever you want about the 'oldies' music and I might not be from 'that' generation, but I have to say, back 'then' atleast people knew how to sing and they didn't need any computerised altering to make the voice sound good. Not to mention the strong charasteristic features in the face - so rare nowadays.
Yeah, there's some authenticity that painfully lacks in modern music. Not that we don't have great singers, but back than every popular singer had one thing in common: at least they had some musical qualities in the first place.
@ScorpBiatch RIGHT!!! and back then they grabbed an instrument and played something instead of grabbing their nuts and yelling about "crackin' 40's" and "Bangin'" loose women. We are cultural doomed in the music aspect as a country, but that'll just go on the list.
funny the boondocks are country the city it's the ghetto I lived near the boondocks when young. This song I used to sing to all of the time too and still enjoy. Got to love it....
Billy Joe Royal is beyond cool. His song, "Cherry Hill Park" was quite racy for the 60's, but a absolute gem today. Great entertainer, great singer he's one of the best.
I WORE the 45 out playing this song! Always went around singing it, oh I love it that I grew up in the 60's! Song still pops into my mind at times, it's a classic! Thanks for the posting!
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I think today this man might be looked at as a little bit gay.. No offense it's a good song and all but his manureisms suggest he might be in the closet..
This man is a great entertainer, not just a performer. He's just as good today as he was back then. I was like 4 when this came out and my mama always had it dedicated to me on my birthday. I miss those days!
Now that is a good classic song! it really fits my lifestyle, i'm 13 and I have always been made fun of as the kid with holes in my shoes and clothes covered in patches, I was born in Nutbush, TN about 1.5 miles from Tina Turner, my uncle was her classmate about 53 years ago
Now that is one good, classic song! it really fits my lifestyle, I was always made fun of as the kid with patched up clothes and holes in my shoes. I still am at 13
Yes Joe South helped launch his career and he appreciates it.Billy joe told me when I asked about Joe South said he had become reclusive similar to Howard Hughes.Billy Joe still sings great and remembers and spends time with his fans. He's a great performer.Boo Callahan Myrtle Beach SC.I hope he returns to the local venues here again real soon real soon
i have loved this man since the frist time i heard him and that was many a moon ago he is still AWESOME just seen him sept,4 he still has what it takes i try to see him everytime he is around close
@briank153 LOL, I am his cousin, my dad used to watch him and they used to play together in the fields down in georgia when billy joe was little, and he is still just as nice and down to earth as he has always been!
Gonna try to get him down to the family reunion in columbus georgia this year if he doesnt have a show scheduled for that weekend.
@snakecharmer1002 And by the way, for the people on here who think he is gay, trust me he absolutely is NOT gay and to my knowledge, no one else in our family is either, so lets just put that one to rest!!!!!!!
@sjmmrcrdd First of all, you ignorant prick, i dont have a brother and second YOU need to get a life instead of getting on here and running people in the ground when you know absolutely NOTHING about them!!! And Billy Joe still has more talent now than you will ever have even at his age!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is so fantastic...................very nostalgic for me; I loved it from the moment I heard it, when I was a kid............and still love it just as much as back then...............wonderful!
It's no coincidence that the song and Billy Joe Royal's rendition of it resembles something that Gene Pitney might have done in the early/mid 60's: Joe South wrote the tune and had his friend Billy Joe record a demo of it specifically with Gene Pitney in mind, and in the hope that Pitney might record it on his own.
As it turned out, Billy Joe did such a good job that it was decided just to have it released as a Billy Joe Royal solo 45, launching Billy Joe's career.
I was 7 years old when this song came out. It was my favourite song back then, I sung it all the time. Just now found it, almost 50 years later!
joytuc58 4 weeks ago
GREAT SONG
Biggzy19 1 month ago
where are huey and riley? ;D
14ilikepudding 1 month ago
This got me cravin' Rag Doll
chriskeith1000 1 month ago in playlist the sixties
we used to go see billy joe before he made bundachs (yes it is a french word used during the occupation). i was sitting in my sis and her husbands 62 bonneville. convertible with carol the first time they played it on radio. even tho he lived in woodlawn terrace a block away, he never came back to the bamboo ranch to sing. my sis still has his signed portrait i think. joe south is a great writer. thanks for the vid. only met bj once since the bamboo days. great showman.
ledaril 1 month ago
Great song from the great songwriter, Joe South.
JohnnyCxviii 1 month ago
I was there with the first American troops from the US in 1965 to 1966. the 1st Infantry Division spent 8 months in the jungle and 4 months in a hospital.
ronzo55 1 month ago
Diggin those dance moves :)
lexxandktt 2 months ago
I remember I was in the boondocks... the jungles of Vietnem brings back a lot of memoried.
ronzo55 2 months ago
@ronzo55 when in nam???
gabriele1704 2 months ago in playlist gabi
and isn't it STILL the same way..people put me down for living in a mobile home park..just don't fit in.
crabbybutt1 2 months ago
Klasse !! Zu schön ;-)
Mausohr1 4 months ago 3
Another great tune from the PAST WHEN MUSIC was MUSIC
goldwingman1500 4 months ago 8
Some people also shorten 'boondocks' to 'boonies'.
mpjgbx 4 months ago
I don't know why I always thought Bobby Vinton sang this?! Curse those nuns. and Father Durkin back in the day who said me and my gang were never going to amount to much...
lucripet 4 months ago
my 5 year old niece is lovin this!!! lost in the oldies :)
19501960music 4 months ago
I wanted my buddies to back me up in a band performing this song.I was barely ten years old.
1Milwinmils 6 months ago
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robertoamor2011 6 months ago
this is the first song I learned the words to. As the younger sister to three teenagers I was jealous of all the songs they knew so I listened to this song for hours and learned all the words. I felt so proud to be able to sing the song for my family. It brings back so many happy memories. Thanks for posting this song.
SuperCynthiaB 6 months ago
I love this song so much, brings back great memories of me and my mama singing in the Kitchen :):):)
lareina4292003 6 months ago
Excellent. I hadn't heard this song in some time, and this morning I woke up with this playing in my head. So glad someone posted this video. Thank you!!
amorebello5 6 months ago
i love this music and its the nunber one album played on jukeboxes today because i got have them both sides of the tenneessee River
wetlilly1958 7 months ago
What is a "boondock"? Is there even a singular for boondocks? Is it by the ocean? Are they always down? Isn't a "boon" a good thing? If you are from the docks that had a boon...
tjsbigidea 7 months ago
@tjsbigidea
boondocks (plural only; not used in singular form)
A very rural location or town.
We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
softie461 7 months ago
@tjsbigidea:
Slang 1. Wild and dense brush; jungle. 2. Rural country; the backwoods.
dconklin58 7 months ago
@tjsbigidea
It's from the Filipino word Bundok which means mountain. It came to popular use in the US with returning servicemen stationed in the Philippines. It denotes a rural area and/or people from such areas because city dwelling people in the Philippines would call their usually uneducated cousins from the mountain-provinces "taga bundok" or "from the mountians"
legionofyuri 7 months ago
you had to be from there
connvick 7 months ago 2
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I love it since 37 years!
boondocks58 8 months ago
Great music great era i got a unmolested 65 chevy chevelle every time i hear this song i thing of it
slowscort 8 months ago
OMG!!!!Why cant people sing like this NOW!!!I AM 11 years old,and i HEART this song!!!!!!!My teacher let us listen to oldies music during work time,SO i learned to love the oldies......
taterbugz24 8 months ago
17089234000 evil bastardws/
bizbert2000 8 months ago
One of the best of the best oldies! Music doesn't get much better!
dejavu23dejavu 8 months ago
Absolutely bloody F A B U L O U S ! ! !
thanks for posting this one, a gem!
Amberol 8 months ago
Great song / great voice ... one of my favourites from the 60s. ... and yes, like others have commented, I thought it was Gene Pitney when I first heard it ... Wayne
wmw2525 8 months ago
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wmw2525 8 months ago
singers used to dress classy, classy is good.
farloo100 8 months ago
This song (along w/ Billy’s “Oh What A Night”) appears on a very rare Columbia Records promo LP (Columbia DJ-12) was given away at a convention. The title of the LP is "This Is Where It's At", Columbia Records Beach Party, Miami Beach, Fla., July 16, 1965." Little information is found on the I-net about this convention other than what I've posted over the years and only because our band The Modds was an opening act. Billy complimented our lead singer (Dean Liapis) on his performance that night.
johnnysalvny 9 months ago
I love this song! Isn't it great to hear a voice that hasn't been TOTALLY redone !?
Lizzychocolate333 9 months ago
The style of this music makes me think of Johnny Rivers. Another great one from the past.
london2z 10 months ago
I like this song since I heard it first in 1965. Billy Joe Royal performed a lot of songs written by JOE SOUTH before Joe South had a hit with his own versions.
ROSE GARDEN (big hit by Lynn Anderson) is also a Joe-South-Song and could have made it in the sixties too, by BILLY JOE ROYAL, but did not, maybe ahead of its time..
kinkybeatle 10 months ago
I was glad to hear someone else say that Billy Joe Royal sounds like Gene Pitney. For years I've had them confused with each other. Both GREAT singers.
pglegginsnp 10 months ago 2
this is one of my favorite oldies too. i remember it on am radio back in the 60's.
barnabas50 10 months ago
HEY, too cool..finally to put a face to that voice!! Thx YOU TUBE!!!! WAITED 40 YRS. but it's worth it!!!
livinthe60s1 10 months ago 2
DOWN IN THE BOON DOCKS, GOOD NUMBER.. SOUNDS A BIT LIKE PITNEY ?. colindaleradiosutch
colindaleradiosutch 11 months ago
I don't dare knock on her door her daddy is my boss man
TheCornCobbers 11 months ago
i wasn't really exposed to country or this type of tune here but I see the appeal now that I have grown and can compare all the new music that was available at the time. Had not heard the Name Billy Joe Royal except from my MIL who'd tell me his name was "BILLY JOEL" LOL.kept telling me that she really missed the guys singing & she wished i could get some of his music ( I have been telling her Billy Joel is still singing! LOL). Occured to me who she meant today. anyway - she will be glad.
RockAnAhardSpot 11 months ago
I like this song!
Raptorking18 11 months ago
didnt know he was a COCKSUCKER??? LOL
nickatnoon61 11 months ago
Track down a copy of Billy Joe Royal doing "Hush" (made famous by Deep Purple MKI). As your drops to your chest in sheer amazement that two versions could be so close as to be almost identical, keep in mind that Billy Joe's version was released in 1967 and Deep Purple did not release theirs until 1968.
cliffwalkinfool 11 months ago
great song
SuperShayne74 11 months ago
In my opinion, the best hit song of the 1960s.
dragonpullman 11 months ago
Great song. Reminds me of being 6 and on vacation in Maine. My babysitter (18) loved this song.
crawfoot1 1 year ago
Oldies rock. Anyone that appreciates music has to appreciate oldies. Oldies is pure music. Pure talent. It doesn't take talent to get on stage and scream in a microphone.
oneofkarma 1 year ago
I cannot get enough of old music. thank god for youtube
swatkins246 1 year ago
My first album
MegaR1rider 1 year ago
<3 this song!
hippiefreak66 1 year ago
6 people are down in the boondocks
LDKBBAB 1 year ago
great stuff, I used to listen to this so much as a kid!
photoman65 1 year ago
u know every girl back then would scream for boys like that as they still do now, little do they know that all icky gross men are secretly thinking that they wanna put it in your butt and do dirty things to you and deprave you virgin flower, it was an innocent time just cuz men wouldn't admit there sick pleasure, that being said I respect women and am Sickened by today's music and demeaning words towards women.
koffinkat666 1 year ago
@koffinkat666 intense and passionate
lunglad 1 year ago
@lunglad Thanx it was very heartfelt.
koffinkat666 1 year ago
I'm only a teen
and i grew up with this song!!
AngelStuff3 1 year ago
always liked this song for a ring tone
jegrimmjohnson 1 year ago
wow, i finally found this song!! my mom has always sang a little bit of this, she loves this song!
nkcakelady 1 year ago
awesome song..!!
irffar 1 year ago
I hate BJR's voice; such a shame Joe South's soulful voice didn't have as much success...
mtwallet 1 year ago
@mtwallet Indeed... I've heard this song (and a few others of him) before, and he sounds rather like he inhaled a lot of helium...
shmuli9 1 year ago
I think either Billy or Joe South wrote the Deep Purple song "Hush" I'm not sure which one but it is definitely one of them.
jaytf1231 1 year ago
I WAS 11 WHEN THIS CAME OUT.
chiefashley56 1 year ago
this song was written by Joe South. The one who wrote and sang games people play. [ not the spinners song] Well this song as Joe South written all over it. as you notice A few songs that Joe south wrote have the word "lord" in there somewhere
carrychris2010 1 year ago
Damn, the standard of sexy was alot lower back then listen to those screams.
koffinkat666 1 year ago
@koffinkat666 maybe the standard of shallowness is higher.
ajgolfer1 1 year ago
@koffinkat666 Naw. Naw, the sexy was real, bona fide sexy at the time. Not that American Idol manufactured crap. Sexy is not about looks, it's about the vibe.
EmpressOfWyoming58 1 year ago
@koffinkat666 U know I Dig, didnt think of it that way.
koffinkat666 1 year ago
Man, I've had this stuck in my head all night. Wheeewwwwww
SvenDansk7 1 year ago
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE, PLEASE UPLOAD BILLY JOE ROYAL'S "BURN LIKE A ROCKET???" thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
janetc22 1 year ago
Can someone please, please upload Billy Joe Royal's "Burn Like A Rocket"?
Thank you!!!!!!!
janetc22 1 year ago
i,m 18 again listening to billy
1947acw 1 year ago
@sherrynoland ~ it was a few weeks ago..............about late summer or early fall 2010................they had a program on TV with a lot of entertainers from that era................Billy Joe Royal sand "Cherry Hill Park"....................I had never heard that song, but I remember listening to "Down in the Boondocks" so often as a kid.................I absolutely loved that song!
jroxyraggs 1 year ago
If I was a pop singer from that era, ide have to carry a 12 GA coach gun to blast away the bitches that made to much noise. . .
how ANNOYIN that shrill stuff is mid song...
o56kid 1 year ago
I played bass guitar with Billy Joe in the 60's when Down In The Boondocks Was A Hit. he is a really great singer and a nice person.
God bless him.
tommyandtammy1 1 year ago
remember listening to this on 45's over and over while growing up.......................saw Billy Joe Royal on TV last night................brought back such good memories of great music
jroxyraggs 1 year ago
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sherrynoland 1 year ago
@jroxyraggs - Was it a current TV appearance, or something from the past?
sherrynoland 1 year ago
@sherrynoland *slaps forehead twice
koffinkat666 1 year ago
love it!!!
jroxyraggs 1 year ago
this is not a live recording. It's lipsing.
pierrelacroix 1 year ago
I love this, played the heck out of the 45, when I was a kid!
jannieja 1 year ago
My mom just seen this cat at the DuQuoin Fair in southern Illinois last night. BJ Thomas was there too, and Ray Price, lol.
xxxMrSuspendedxxx 1 year ago
!! La mejor década los '60s. Era verdaderamente internacional se oía absolutamente de todo : rock,baladas,ect.. en todos los idiomas
Henrich8 1 year ago
hahahaha down in the what! hahahaha
Sexyface001 1 year ago
@Sexyface001 "boondocks"
johnproyal 1 year ago
Who could enjoy this shee-ite?
eatingperson 1 year ago
@eatingperson Obviously, not you... your musical tastes are probably just as refined as your spelling abilities are.......
Titan52berg 1 year ago
Great tune. It reminds me of my older sister. She loved Van Morrison *& Eagles. I love this type of music. I do like very little of now music. With the exception of a few good artist's I like Jack Johnson. * And the black man who does alot with Jack .HIGH TIDE OR LOW TiDE EXAMPLE.Listen to Jack Johnson & his singer with him bETTYBLUE
blueeyedbets1 1 year ago
This is song is better then some of the shit that plays today.
dragoonboy0 1 year ago
@dragoonboy0 most of the shit
utelite44 1 year ago
This is a great song....old song Yeah that's right but it's really a good song.....We'll see if in 50 years the songs of a band like Black eyes peas for exemple are always listened...and what will think the youth of the future about these songs????
ffranco54 1 year ago
I heard this song on our drive cross country to move to Texas for my husband to get stationed in Fort Hood. Never new who sang it but I never forgot it. So I am very happy to have found it here in You Tube.
b5b6m8m8 1 year ago
Oh yeah, he /so/ looks like a kid who grew up in the slums. *kidding*
OreWaUsopp 1 year ago
im 37 so this was before my time but this is one of the best songs ever
looneyleprachaun 1 year ago
4 people misclicked the dislike button!
bleachman27 1 year ago
Love this, love this, love this! Grew up singing the heck out of it, wow what memories! SO glad I grew up during this time. I actually feel sorry for kids today, all they have a clue about are ipods, blackberry's, computers, video games, etc. . They don't know how to live. Thanks for this posting!
jannieja 1 year ago
a true star, this guy was.
blackdogxx 1 year ago
This is one of my favorite songs oldies is the best
BOSOXFAN83 1 year ago 10
Say whatever you want about the 'oldies' music and I might not be from 'that' generation, but I have to say, back 'then' atleast people knew how to sing and they didn't need any computerised altering to make the voice sound good. Not to mention the strong charasteristic features in the face - so rare nowadays.
ScorpBiatch 1 year ago 45
@ScorpBiatch Amen to that brother, this was music when music was king.
Texas21FD 1 year ago
@Texas21FD Sister... No offence taken :-D
ScorpBiatch 1 year ago
@ScorpBiatch 'DITTO!! Your right on 'Scorp! and thanks! I'm 61 years young because of the 'Oldies' that was my time and I feel blessed.
JustBassnBy 1 year ago
@ScorpBiatch These days songs are written by a famous trio..Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy! Wait, if Pluto is a dog, what is Goofy?? LOL
L1S91 1 year ago
@ScorpBiatch
Yeah, there's some authenticity that painfully lacks in modern music. Not that we don't have great singers, but back than every popular singer had one thing in common: at least they had some musical qualities in the first place.
RyuDarkwood 1 year ago
@ScorpBiatch yeah they were ugly motherfuckers back then....i agree totally hahah
sjmmrcrdd 11 months ago
@ScorpBiatch then if u coodny sing u woodny make it now u can make a donkey sing good
uchihasasuke7863 10 months ago
@ScorpBiatch RIGHT!!! and back then they grabbed an instrument and played something instead of grabbing their nuts and yelling about "crackin' 40's" and "Bangin'" loose women. We are cultural doomed in the music aspect as a country, but that'll just go on the list.
GarthVarnish 9 months ago 2
He sounds almost like Gene Pitney to me.
kosteskab 1 year ago
who wrote this song ..Bacharach? very typical of 1965 and around... i adore this period music!!
z30soulbrother 1 year ago
@z30soulbrother Joe South, a great songwriter, also wrote The Games People Play, Hush, Walk a Mile in My Shoes and many more.
DslimHarris 1 year ago
@DslimHarris o yes? i know of Joe South, well! i never cheers for that mate
Si
z30soulbrother 1 year ago
I miss these times... Music was good.
Godzilla1985 1 year ago
I love Martin Gore's cover more.
gahan101 1 year ago
Am i the only one who finds him kind of cute? : )
SouthernSunflower01 1 year ago
funny the boondocks are country the city it's the ghetto I lived near the boondocks when young. This song I used to sing to all of the time too and still enjoy. Got to love it....
MissElizabethVitale 1 year ago
Billy Joe Royal is beyond cool. His song, "Cherry Hill Park" was quite racy for the 60's, but a absolute gem today. Great entertainer, great singer he's one of the best.
Karlpetry 1 year ago
I WORE the 45 out playing this song! Always went around singing it, oh I love it that I grew up in the 60's! Song still pops into my mind at times, it's a classic! Thanks for the posting!
jannieja 1 year ago
I like this. Great performance.
alexdias86 1 year ago
I live in the Boondocks...thanks to You-Tube I can experience the world.
n8tureboy 1 year ago
love the song.i dont understand why people today dont like the oldies
brileedm1998 1 year ago
He used to baby sit my mom.When he lived in Savannah.He would sing this song to her and her sister.I think thats so cool.
briank153 1 year ago
I love this song !
Thank you very very much for sharing :))
TiengThoiGian1 1 year ago
Who cares if he is gay.
Saffron49 1 year ago
I love this song! The first time I heard it was a few years ago in a grocery store lol & I've loved it ever since :)
82lyricalfairygrl 1 year ago
GREAT SONG
lhr1967 2 years ago
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I think today this man might be looked at as a little bit gay.. No offense it's a good song and all but his manureisms suggest he might be in the closet..
integgy95 2 years ago
how you gonna be a "little bit gay"? Either you is or you ain't.
lioncub92 2 years ago
And who the hell cares if he was gay or not?
kcope001 2 years ago
who gives a fuck? you sound like a bigot.
icallmybabystp 2 years ago
I've loved this wonderful song forever.
prettycountrygirl2 2 years ago
This man is a great entertainer, not just a performer. He's just as good today as he was back then. I was like 4 when this came out and my mama always had it dedicated to me on my birthday. I miss those days!
justmynanny 2 years ago 2
i for real love this song <3 hahah
madifu 2 years ago
B.J.Royal, ist nur bei kenner bekannt.
Songwriter, Artist and good typ.
Auch als Texter für viele andere Künstler ist er unterwegs gewesen.
Peki1946 2 years ago
Such a great song.
Snoopy2299 2 years ago 11
Another singer, BJ Thomas, sounds a little like Pitney & BJ Royal....
ftjax 2 years ago
He sounds better on the 45 than this live version. oh well
JFinSD2 2 years ago
Course, we have to give a little credit to Joe South for Boondocks.
geri752 2 years ago
"I KNEW HIM WHEN"
Billy Joe was well liked at MHS and friendly to everyone. Good ol' Georgia Boy with a genuine soul. I wonder if he remembers those "hayrides" *S*
geri752 2 years ago
budnew I have lived in Michigan all mjy life and I had holes in my shsoes and clothes too, I can relate, only my dad was an alcoholic
deathtouch100 2 years ago
Same here, living in Michigan and all that.
I love this song, I is on my PSP and I recently finished an AMV of it.
As a hobby, I make AMVs using modern Anime and classic music like this one. Its pretty fun.
scarmulletpart2 2 years ago
Now that is a good classic song! it really fits my lifestyle, i'm 13 and I have always been made fun of as the kid with holes in my shoes and clothes covered in patches, I was born in Nutbush, TN about 1.5 miles from Tina Turner, my uncle was her classmate about 53 years ago
budnewlin 2 years ago
Now that is one good, classic song! it really fits my lifestyle, I was always made fun of as the kid with patched up clothes and holes in my shoes. I still am at 13
budnewlin 2 years ago
He looks like such a sweet guy. I really like his smile at the end--so genuine. I've always loved this song.
Gigi84538 2 years ago
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budnewlin 2 years ago
Yeah, He kind of does sound like Gene pitney. And believe it or not, I lived down the road from Gene Pitney until he died.
Canichenoir 2 years ago
Yes Joe South helped launch his career and he appreciates it.Billy joe told me when I asked about Joe South said he had become reclusive similar to Howard Hughes.Billy Joe still sings great and remembers and spends time with his fans. He's a great performer.Boo Callahan Myrtle Beach SC.I hope he returns to the local venues here again real soon real soon
wildanu 2 years ago
i have loved this man since the frist time i heard him and that was many a moon ago he is still AWESOME just seen him sept,4 he still has what it takes i try to see him everytime he is around close
BILLY JOE ROYAL SO LOVED BY THIS FAN
twittiefan 2 years ago
He still kicks ass!!
deeburleson 2 years ago 3
My mom knew him before the song came out.He used to babysit her and her sister.Hes sang the song to them.I've always been a big fan of his.
briank153 2 years ago
@briank153 LOL, I am his cousin, my dad used to watch him and they used to play together in the fields down in georgia when billy joe was little, and he is still just as nice and down to earth as he has always been!
Gonna try to get him down to the family reunion in columbus georgia this year if he doesnt have a show scheduled for that weekend.
snakecharmer1002 11 months ago
@snakecharmer1002 And by the way, for the people on here who think he is gay, trust me he absolutely is NOT gay and to my knowledge, no one else in our family is either, so lets just put that one to rest!!!!!!!
snakecharmer1002 11 months ago
@snakecharmer1002 your brother would beg to differ
sjmmrcrdd 11 months ago
@sjmmrcrdd First of all, you ignorant prick, i dont have a brother and second YOU need to get a life instead of getting on here and running people in the ground when you know absolutely NOTHING about them!!! And Billy Joe still has more talent now than you will ever have even at his age!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
snakecharmer1002 11 months ago
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@snakecharmer1002 did you suck his dick fucknuts?
JudyKhanFatPigSlut 11 months ago
@snakecharmer1002 still performing eh??? milking that song 40 years ago....tell him to get a real job lol
sjmmrcrdd 11 months ago
this is so fantastic...................very nostalgic for me; I loved it from the moment I heard it, when I was a kid............and still love it just as much as back then...............wonderful!
jroxyraggs 2 years ago
I was 4.
: P
ReneeNme 2 years ago
I was two.
newarkcatholicfan 2 years ago
Yeah, we're getting to be some old farts. lmao
ReneeNme 2 years ago
HA! I was two also!
My fiance's 9 year old said he (Royal) sounded like Larry-boy on veggitails - lol
Good song though...
drfever63 2 years ago
ry cooder does this better
jazzymay89 2 years ago
yay meh daddeh plays drums for this guy =3>
lucario534 2 years ago
antes los artistas hacian canciones muy cortas pero muy buenas.
elektrogimo 2 years ago
It's no coincidence that the song and Billy Joe Royal's rendition of it resembles something that Gene Pitney might have done in the early/mid 60's: Joe South wrote the tune and had his friend Billy Joe record a demo of it specifically with Gene Pitney in mind, and in the hope that Pitney might record it on his own.
As it turned out, Billy Joe did such a good job that it was decided just to have it released as a Billy Joe Royal solo 45, launching Billy Joe's career.
shnaggletoother 2 years ago
I never noticed the Gene Pitney thing but he is uncannily like Gene. His voice sounds higher than I remember from the record.
guidoman 2 years ago
ah dear, brings back memories, my little brother used to chase our big sister and her friends around primary school singing this! good times!
lellbelle 2 years ago