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Billy Joe Royal

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Billy Joe Royal is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Joe South, Johnny Tillotson, Sam Cooke and Donna Fargo. Those roots explain a lot about how Billy Joe Royal arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bobby Freeman, Johnny Rivers, The Tremeloes, The Grass Roots and Herman's Hermits, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kula Shaker and The Osmonds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Billy Joe Royal, reaching back through Joe South and forward to Kula Shaker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Billy Joe RoyalJoe SouthJohnny TillotsonSam CookeDonna FargoKula ShakerThe OsmondsBobby FreemanJohnny RiversThe TremeloesThe Grass RootsHerman's HermitsAlan PriceThe Box TopsJay & The Americans

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Billy Joe Royal connections

Billy Joe Royal grew out of Joe South, Johnny Tillotson, Sam Cooke and Donna Fargo, shares an orbit with Bobby Freeman, Johnny Rivers, The Tremeloes and The Grass Roots, went on to shape Kula Shaker and The Osmonds. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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