Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) Born in Valdosta, Georgia, to Clarence and Mary Sue Smith Royal, and raised in Marietta, Georgia, His last hit on the US pop charts was in 1978, when his version of "Under the Boardwalk" became a minor hit. However, he reinvented himself in the 1980s as a mainstream country star, and had his first hit on the country music chart in 1985 with "Burned Like a Rocket", Royal died in his sleep on October 6, 2015, in Morehead City, North Carolina Play s

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