South himself recorded the song in 1968, and included it on his second album, Games People Play. "Hard rock came in, and I didn't really fit in there anywhere," he said. About Hush '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, and No. The narrator has lost his girl, but he might hear her crying for him, if everyone would keep quiet: "Hush, hush, I thought I heard her calling out my name, y'all." After the hit, Royal's career took a dive. There's an irresistible "na-na-na" hook and an impassioned plea from Royal. The guitars twang, the drums slap, and a tambourine rings out like the bell atop a clapboard chapel. Billy Joe Royal, singer: born Valdosta, Georgia, US 3 April 1942. Produced by South, "Hush" is an amalgam of all those influences: a mid-paced rocker with a down-home soul. He made his first gospel album in 2009 and acted in an abysmal western, Billy The Kid (2013), but we all make mistakes. "But I know exactly what Ray Charles feels, too." Billy Joe Royal Hush LyricistJoe South Got a certain little girl thats on my mind. "I know exactly what George Jones feels," he once said. Royal, around on the country scene since the early 1960s, tuned in to gospel acts such as The Staple Singers, Southern R&B and Detroit's driving Motor City sound. Penned by the white R&B songwriter Joe South, "Hush" was a hit in 1967 for Billy Joe Royal, South's best friend, from Valdosta, Georgia.
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