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Billy Joe Royal: Greatest Hits

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This is simply a transfer of the LP master done when CDs were just getting started. The quality is inferior to other collections and the selection is weaker. Go for the Collectables twofer instead. Much better sound and more cuts.

Burned Like A Rocket, I Miss You Already, Old Bridges Burn Slow, Love Has No Right.. just a few super examples of Billy Joe's work. Over 20 years ago, I saw him put on a wonderful performance, to include being appreciative of his audience. Perhaps he needs a better manager to get his talent out in the public and on the air again as he was one of the first really talented cross-over pop/country artists that just hasn't been given the promotion he deserves. His pop & country selections can be easily understood and the majority can easily be danced to. The icing on the cake is that he has written or co-written some of his recordings. The range he commands lends itself to respectible clean verbage. My records and cassetts of his early days were stolen not too long ago and it aggrivates me to have to lose those originals but I am finding the clarity of replacing his work through CD's makes it a little less painless. This Greatest Hits album is a winner. Burned Like A Rocket is my favorite on this CD. I couldn't and don't get enough of it on the radio. If Billy Joe hasn't retired then someone needs to reintroduce him to the new country generation and give his God-given talents a new opportunity for success.

I first heard Billy Joe Royal's "Down in the Boondocks" when my parents were playing LPs one nigh when I was about six. I was hooked from that moment. I have yet to hear a song from Royal that I haven't liked. He has an extremely unique voice that adds such a deep emotion to every song. I'm sure it has to do with his acute stage fright. He really *is* packing in the intense emotion!

This isone of a few CDs that I can put in and play start to finish and usually plat again. The only thing that could make it better is if the song, 'The Hard Times" was on it. Evidently, that was not a nig hit for Royal at any point. Too bad, as it is my all time favorite of his. I have a nasty habit of falling in love with obscure songs that rarely pop up anywhere. It's my curse, I suppose.

A good collection of Billy Joe's music with one exception. Where is the duet with Donna Fargo? One of the best country duets of all time "Members Only"!

This BILLY JOE ROYAL CD is actually pretty good, as it contains the ORIGINAL Columbia label recordings of DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS, CHERRY HILL PARK and the rest. It has some good album cuts like the Gene Pitney sounding HEARTACHES AND TEARDROPS and the Tommy Roe written KING OF FOOLS. He is a very underrated blue-eyed soul singer , and the best example of some of BJR's most soulful songs are the amazing HUSH, YO-YO , I'VE GOT TO BE SOMEBODY and I KNEW YOU WHEN. Packaging is very cheap with no bio or photos, and this is the original record company that he recorded for. But with so many re-recorded versions that he did on cheap budget labels, it's the music that counts. These are the original authentic recordings and don't settle for a cheap re-recorded CD. They're just NOT the same.

Billy Joe Royal's chance at the Great Come Back to Fame was parallel to one of America's great disastors. Royal had just made a great rise in the music charts with "Burned Like A Rocket" when the Challenger disastor made the new hit a morbid reminder. Royal would answer the set-back with "I miss you already" and "Pin a note on your pillow" let his fans know that he was serious in his come back. Old standards like "It keeps right on a hurtin'" were tooled by Royal's unique voice. A true fan will appreciate "old Bridges burn Slow." Royal pulls from the talented song writers of Buddy Buie, Ron Reynolds, and others to make their songs truely "Royal."

I have been searching for this CD for years, but could not find it becuse I had the name of the artist incorrect! I first bought it to hear one specific song, but ended up loving almost all of them. I sing along, and even though I have played it continuously since I received it in the mail, I am not tired of it, yet, and am not near to being tired of it in the future!!!!!!!

I bought 2 of this guys cds I like the greatest hits the best. I have listened to it many times already. Its great easy listening tunes. I would recommend it for any age group. It would also be good slow dancing music.

For years I thought these songs were done by Gene Pitney. Once I got straighten out who the real artist was I bought this collection.

after looking at numerous sites for this item, amazon was the only site to have it. I love this cd. It is great.