It was released on Januvia Atlantic Records. Tell It Like It Is is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. 2017 - The Beatles - The Lost Album No. For the George Benson album, see Tell It Like It Is (George Benson album).While South produced hits like 'Don't It Make You Want to Go Home' and 'Walk a Mile in My Shoes,' Lynn Anderson had a smash country and pop hit in 1971 with South's '(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden.' During the '60s, South began working on his songwriting, crafting hits for Deep Purple ('Hush') and several for Billy Joe Royal, including 'Down in the Boondocks.' South began recording his own material in 1968, scoring a hit with the Grammy-winning 'Games People Play' (Song of the Year) the following year. Billy Joe Royal Top Songs 1: Down in the Boondocks 2: I Knew You When 3: Cherry Hill Park 4: Ive Got to Be Somebody 5: Till I Cant. Its a pitty this couldnt have been a two disc set with a disc that contains his 1967 album 'Featuring Hush', with lots of songs written by Joe South. South appeared on records by Marty Robbins, Eddy Arnold, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde), and Simon & Garfunkel ('The Sounds of Silence'). This collection contains Billy Joe Royals first five singles A and B sides, his entire 'Down in the Boondocks' LP and the remainer of his singles between 1965- 1966. The following year, he recorded a novelty single, 'The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor,' and became a session musician in Nashville and at Muscle Shoals. Billy Joe Royal is making the effort with his still-climbing cover of Faron Young's 1957 hit.

Singer/songwriter Joe South (born Joe Souter) began his career as a country musician, performing on an Atlanta radio station and joining Pete Drake's band in 1957. His words are as down-home as a family reunion in Kentucky.

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