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Billy Joe Royal

American singer (1942-2015)
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Billy Joe Royal
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
April 3, 1942
Date of death
October 6, 2015
Place of birth
Valdosta
Place of death
Morehead City
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
musician, singer, film actor, songwriter
Field of work
music industry, rock and roll[11][12]
Educated at
Marietta High School[13]
Genre
country music[15]
Official website
www.billyjoeroyal.com[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Discography
Billy Joe Royal discography[19]
Family name
Royal[20]
Given name
Billy Joe[21]
Instrument
voice[23]
Place of burial
Greenwood Cemetery[9]
Record label
Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, Sussex[16][17][18]
Start of work period
2015[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Billy Joe Royal de Billy Royal fa بیلی جو رویال ja ビリー・ジョー・ロイヤル ru Билли Джо Ройял zh 比利·乔·羅伊爾
🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000118753180
VIAF cluster ID
42028542
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91061197
GND ID
134616812
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000085410
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13931159x
Billboard artist ID
billy-joe-royal
CineMagia person ID
524998
Deezer artist ID
16762
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134616812
Discogs artist ID
317269
Europeana entity
agent/base/66677
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Find a Grave memorial ID
153363142
Freebase ID
/m/01nz4vf
Genius artist ID
Billy-joe-royal
Genius artist numeric ID
326853
HAND ID
BC2F-2EDC-A20A-3AC4-E825
IMDb ID
nm0747231
Kinobox person ID
1242081
MusicBrainz artist ID
4bf357d0-942c-4a0f-a504-2e20d65e953a
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
17053
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000095072
NL CR AUT ID
xx0093059
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5069595
Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID
billy-joe-royal
Obálky knih ID
xx0093059
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100431333
Prabook ID
2469768
Rock's Backpages artist ID
billy-joe-royal
Songfacts artist ID
billy-joe-royal
Songkick artist ID
129370
Tidal artist ID
6178
WikiTree person ID
Royal-1462
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwX9m6wXjjj7YYjfJPbBP
Yandex Music artist ID
94194

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Mb:performer of 4
Cherry Hill Park, Down in the Boondocks, Looking Ahead, The Royal Treatment
Occupation 4
singer, musician, songwriter, film actor
← Performer 3
Hush, Rose Garden, Funny How Time Slips Away
Field of work 2
rock and roll, music industry
Record label 2
Columbia Records, Atlantic Records
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
country music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Valdosta
Place of death 1
Morehead City
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Billy Joe Royal was born on April 3, 1942[1], in Valdosta[2]. He died on October 6, 2015[3], in Morehead City[4]. He worked as a musician[5], singer[6], film actor[7], and songwriter[8].

FAQs

Where was Billy Joe Royal born?

Billy Joe Royal was born in Valdosta[2].

Where did Billy Joe Royal die?

Billy Joe Royal died in Morehead City[4].

What did Billy Joe Royal do for work?

Billy Joe Royal worked as a musician[5], singer[6], film actor[7], and songwriter[8].

Where did Billy Joe Royal go to school?

Billy Joe Royal was educated at Marietta High School[13].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Columbia Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . latimes.com. latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . tennessean.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 16762
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 6178
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  3. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → BC2F-2EDC-A20A-3AC4-E825
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Morehead City
    Official website → http://www.billyjoeroyal.com/
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Billy Joe
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32153: import P21 and P106 from GND (35)"
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