LOVE HAS NO RIGHT
BILLY JOE ROYAL
SONGWRITERS: BILLY J. ROYAL; NELSON LARKIN & RANDY
SCRUGGS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TELL IT LIKE IT IS
LABEL: ATLANTIC MUSIC
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1989
Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6,
2015) was an American pop and country singer. His most successful record was "Down in the Boondocks" in 1965.
Born in Valdosta,
Georgia to Clarence Royal and Mary Sue
Smith, and raised in Marietta,
Georgia, Royal performed at the Georgia Jubilee in
Atlanta during his teens. He formed his own rock and
roll band, and became a local star at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah in the late 1950s and early 1960s, where his singing style was
influenced by African-American performers, including Sam Cooke.
Royal was a friend of performer and songwriter Joe South,
and recorded what was intended as a demo of South's song "Down in the Boondocks".
The recording was heard at Columbia
Records, who offered Royal a singing contract in
1965 and released his version of the song, produced by South. "Down in the
Boondocks" remained his best-known song, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100,
and number 38 in the UK.
He followed up his initial success with the singles "I
Knew You When" (Top 20, 1965) and "Hush" (1967), also written and
produced by Joe South. Another South composition, "Yo-Yo," just missed the top 40 in
Canada and charted poorly in the U.S. when Royal released it in 1967, but a
later remake by The Osmonds was a much greater success. His 1969 single, "Cherry Hill Park",
peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard
Hot 100. In the 1970s his recording of "Heart's
Desire" gained popularity among Northern soul enthusiasts and was regularly played in Northern soul nightclubs.
By the late 1970s, Royal had become a regular
performer in Las Vegas,
and also appeared as an actor in movies and on television. 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 1984 with "Burned
Like a Rocket", released on the Atlantic label. His
other country hits included "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow"
(1987), "Tell It Like It Is", and "Till I Can't Take It Anymore"
(both 1989). His successes on the country charts continued until
the early 1990s.
Royal
experienced a second comeback during the 2000s due to regular airplay on "oldies" radio
stations. His music was further exposed to younger generations
through a movement known as The Beat
Army, an online music forum based on Facebook
which is operated by author and music producer Paul
Collins. Royal continued to tour regularly, performing concerts at
casinos, music festivals, and clubs in North America, Japan, and throughout
Europe. His set lists included a mixture of songs representing multiple genres
from the 1960s onwards. He also played Robert Ally in the
indie Western film Billy the Kid (2013), co-starring country singer Cody
McCarver.
Royal died in his sleep on October 6, 2015 in
Morehead City, North Carolina.
"Love Has No Right" is a song
co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. It was released in May 1989 as
the second single from the album Tell It Like It Is. The song reached number 4
on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by
Royal, Nelson Larkin and Randy Scruggs.
Your hand was
shakin', my heart was breakin'
On that lonely night we said
goodbye
I knew it was over,
but as you touched
my shoulder
And I saw that teardrop fall from
your eye
Love has no right
To let us fall then break our hearts
Love has no right
To push us together then pull
us apart
Love has no right
I sleep without you but I
dream about you
And nothin' could ever take that
from me
And though I can't touch you I'll always love you
Now and forever I'll still believe
That love has no
right
To let us fall then break our hearts
Love has no right
To push us together then pull
us apart
Love has no right
Love has no right
Love has no right
Love has no right.
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