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    • Apr 3, 1942
    Billy Joe Royal is born in Valdosta, Georgia. Best known for his pop hits "Down In The Boondocks" and "Cherry Hill Park," he crafts a half-dozen Top 10 country singles from 1985-1990, including "Tell It Like It Is" and "Love Has No Right"
    Jun 15, 1965
    Future country star Billy Joe Royal performs on the ABC special "Big Night Out" alongside The Beatles, Leslie Gore and Paul Revere & The Raiders
    Oct 2, 1965
    Future country star Billy Joe Royal performs "Down In The Boondocks" on the ABC music series "Shindig!"
    Nov 6, 1965
    Future country star Billy Joe Royal performs "Down In The Boondocks" on the weekly ABC music show "Shindig!" The lineup is filled out by Jackie Wilson, Fontella Bass and The Rolling Stones
    Jan 31, 1970
    Billy Joe Royal and publisher Bill Lowery are in the house for an Elvis Presley performance at the International Hotel in Las Vegas
    Nov 15, 1970
    Joe South, Tommy Roe and Billy Joe Royal join forces to sing "Games People Play" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song was a 1969 country hit for Freddy Weller
    Mar 9, 1985
    Billy Joe Royal's "Burned Like A Rocket" is released to radio
    May 25, 1986
    Kenny Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, sponsors Hands Across America, an attempt to link a chain of people from New York to Los Angeles. Country participants include: The Oak Ridge Boys, Earl Thomas Conley, Lee Greenwood and Brenda Lee
    Jul 9, 1986
    Billy Joe Royal is admitted to a hospital in Bessemer, Alabama, for severe dehydration and exhaustion. He's released a week later
    Jul 21, 1986
    Atlantic America releases Billy Joe Royal's remake of Faron Young's 1957 country hit "I Miss You Already"
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