# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-joe-royal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:47:47.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-joe-royal"
name: "Billy Joe Royal"
slug: "billy-joe-royal"
description: "Billy Joe Royal was an American country soul singer. His most successful record was \"Down in the Boondocks\" in 1965."
tagline: "American singer (1942-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Joe_Royal.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-04-03"
deathDate: "2015-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.66
  momentum:             0.1857666143380429
  historical:           15.00681466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747231/"
    handle:    "nm0747231"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billyjoeroyal.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "بيلى چوى رويال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "بیلی جو رویال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "بیلی جو رویال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%8F%D0%BB"
    title: "Билли Джо Ройял"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bf357d0-942c-4a0f-a504-2e20d65e953a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863142"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075455"
    title: "Billy Joe Royal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump