# Billy Joe Royal discography

Billy Joe Royal was an American country soul artist. His discography consists of 14 studio albums and 37 singles. Of his 37 singles, 16 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1965 and 1978 and 15 charted on the U.S.'s Billboard Hot Country Songs between 1985 and 1992.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN Country | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Down in the Boondocks | Release date: July 1965 Label: Columbia Records | — | 96 | — | |
| Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush | Release date: November 1967 Label: Columbia Records | — | — | — | |
| Cherry Hill Park | Release date: December 1969 Label: Columbia Records | — | 100 | — | |
| Billy Joe Royal | Release date: 1980 Label: Mercury Records | — | — | — | |
| Billy Joe Royal | Release date: May 8, 1981 Label: Kat Family Records | — | — | — | |
| Makin' Believe | Release date: 1982 Label: Brylen Records | — | — | — | |
| Folio | Release date: February 24, 1983 Label: 51 West Records & Tapes | — | — | — | |
| Looking Ahead | Release date: April 21, 1986 Label: Atlantic America | 21 | — | — | |
| The Royal Treatment | Release date: September 28, 1987 Label: Atlantic America | 5 | — | — | US: Gold |
| Tell It Like It Is | Release date: February 1, 1989 Label: Atlantic America | 15 | — | 31 | |
| Out of the Shadows | Release date: June 1990 Label: Atlantic Records | 24 | — | — | |
| Billy Joe Royal | Release date: March 5, 1992 Label: Atlantic Records | — | — | — | |
| Stay Close to Home | Release date: August 25, 1998 Label: Intersound Records | — | — | — | |
| His First Gospel Album | Release date: July 3, 2009 Label: Gusto Records | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### Compilations

| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country |
| Greatest Hits | Release date: May 1, 1989 Label: Columbia Records | — |
| Greatest Hits | Release date: March 5, 1992 Label: Atlantic Records | 32 |
| Super Hits | Release date: September 6, 2000 Label: Atlantic Records | — |
| Best of Billy Joe Royal | Release date: April 26, 2005 Label: Intersound Records | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

## Singles
### 1960s — 1970s

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Title | US | CAN | AUS | Album |
| 1965 | "Down in the Boondocks" | 9 | 1 | 10 | Down in the Boondocks |
| 1965 | "I Knew You When" | 14 | 1 | 55 | Down in the Boondocks |
| 1966 | "I've Got to Be Somebody" | 38 | 15 | — | Down in the Boondocks |
| 1966 | "It's a Good Time" | 104 | — | — | — |
| 1966 | "Heart's Desire" | 88 | 56 | — | Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush |
| 1966 | "Campfire Girls" | 91 | 68 | — | — |
| 1967 | "Yo-Yo" | 117 | 28 | — | Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush |
| 1967 | "These Are Not My People" | 113 | — | — | Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush |
| 1967 | "The Greatest Love" | 117 | — | — | Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush |
| 1967 | "Hush" | 52 | 45 | 98 | Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush |
| 1968 | "Storybook Children" | 117 | — | — | — |
| 1969 | "Cherry Hill Park" | 15 | 8 | 69 | Cherry Hill Park |
| 1970 | "Every Night" | 113 | — | — | — |
| 1971 | "Tulsa" | 86 | 81 | — | — |
| 1971 | "Poor Little Pearl" | 111 | 91 | — | — |
| 1978 | "Under the Boardwalk" | 82 | 74 | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### 1980s — 2000s

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Title | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1980 | "(How Do I Like to Dance) Slowly" | — | — | Billy Joe Royal (1980) |
| 1980 | "He'll Have to Go" | — | — | Billy Joe Royal (1980) |
| 1981 | "(Who Is Like You) Sweet America" | — | — | Billy Joe Royal (1981) |
| 1981 | "You Really Got a Hold on Me" | — | — | Billy Joe Royal (1981) |
| 1981 | "Wasted Time" | — | — | Billy Joe Royal (1981) |
| 1985 | "Burned Like a Rocket" | 10 | — | Looking Ahead |
| 1986 | "Boardwalk Angel" | 41 | 37 | Looking Ahead |
| 1986 | "I Miss You Already" | 14 | — | Looking Ahead |
| 1987 | "Old Bridges Burn Slow" | 11 | — | Looking Ahead |
| 1987 | "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" | 5 | 17 | The Royal Treatment |
| 1988 | "Out of Sight and on My Mind" | 10 | 7 | The Royal Treatment |
| 1988 | "It Keeps Right on Hurtin'" | 17 | 15 | The Royal Treatment |
| 1989 | "Tell It Like It Is" | 2 | 2 | Tell It Like It Is |
| 1989 | "Love Has No Right" | 4 | 3 | Tell It Like It Is |
| 1989 | "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" | 2 | 3 | Tell It Like It Is |
| 1990 | "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue" | 17 | 33 | Out of the Shadows |
| 1990 | "A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" | 33 | 43 | Out of the Shadows |
| 1991 | "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" | 29 | 24 | Out of the Shadows |
| 1992 | "I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)" | 51 | 68 | Billy Joe Royal (1992) |
| 1992 | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | — | — | Billy Joe Royal (1992) |
| 2009 | "Hard Rock to Roll" | — | — | His First Gospel Album |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

### Guest singles

| Year | Title | Artist | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Title | Artist | US Country | Album |
| 1987 | "Members Only" | Donna Fargo | 23 | Winners |

## Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 1987 | "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" | Marc Ball |
| 1988 | "Out of Sight and On My Mind" | Simeon Soffer |
| 1989 | "Tell It Like It Is" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1989 | "Love Has No Right" | Piers Plowden |
| 1989 | "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" | Jason Furrate |
| 1990 | "A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" | Richard Jernigan |
| 1992 | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | — |