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William "Billy" Joe (born October 14, 1940) is a former collegiate and professional American football player and former college football head coach. A live, US-televised version of "Hush" appeared as a bonus track on the 2000 CD-reissue of the Shades of Deep Purple album. The track became the group's first hit single peaking at number 4 on the Hot 100 on 21–28 September 1968 and number 2 in Canada while going largely unnoticed in the United Kingdom. The song was subsequently recorded by British hard rock band Deep Purple for their 1968 debut album Shades of Deep Purple. The Deep Purple version has a slower section also matching the timing with The Beatles song.

The hook of the song "na-nana-na-nana-na-nana-na" has similarity with the bridge section of The Beatles song " A Day in the Life". Australian performer Russell Morris recorded a version in 1967 with Somebody's Image, and a heavier version with his band The Rubes in 1980. The chorus begins "Hush, hush, I thought I heard her calling my name", which is a takeoff from the traditional gospel song lyrics "Hush, hush, somebody's calling my name". " Hush" is a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal, whose single peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 28 October – 11 November 1967.

In the 1970s his recording of "Heart's Desire" gained popularity among Northern soul enthusiasts and was regularly played in Northern soul nightclubs. His 1969 single, " Cherry Hill Park", peaked at No. when Royal released it in 1967, but a later remake by The Osmonds was a much greater success. Another South composition, " Yo-Yo," just missed the top 40 in Canada and charted poorly in the U.S. 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. "Down in the Boondocks" remained his best-known song, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 38 in the UK. 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. He 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". 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. Life and careerīorn 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. His most successful record was " Down in the Boondocks" in 1965. Billy Joe Royal (Ap– October 6, 2015) was an American pop and country singer.
