![]() Ī promo clip for Billy Joe Royal's release of the song was filmed at the boardwalk amusement park and outskirts of an unidentified Southern beach town. "Hush" did afford Billy Joe Royal a one-off hit on the European continent, reaching #12 on the German singles chart and becoming a Top Ten hit in Belgium (#1), the Netherlands (#5) and Switzerland (#2). The qualified success of "Hush" was sufficient to allow for the release of Royal's second album Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush. Īlthough more successful than Royal's last six single releases, only two of which had ranked even low on the Billboard Hot 100, "Hush" would not afford Royal a Top 40 comeback: managing only one "top-tier" market breakout in Chicago - whose prime Top 40 station WLS would rank "Hush" as high as #5 tying the WLS hit parade peak for both Royal's 1965 career record " Down in the Boondocks" and also Deep Purple's 1968 "Hush" cover - "Hush" would rise no higher on the Hot 100 than #52, with a Canadian pop chart peak of #45. Royal later regretted not liking the song. In 1971, "Rose Garden" become an international hit for Lynn Anderson, and was South's most successful composition. Royal did record "Rose Garden" for his album Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush, though didn't release it as a single. Royal didn't like it, so South wrote "Hush" for him while leaning on the dashboard. ![]() Joe South, Royal's regular songwriter/producer, was travelling to Nashville with Royal and writing " Rose Garden" in the car. Each artist had a Top 5 hit with their version.īilly Joe Royal recorded "Hush" on 12 July 1967 in Nashville with Barry Bailey, future lead guitarist for the Atlanta Rhythm Section, on guitar. It was also covered by Deep Purple in 1968 and by Kula Shaker in 1997. The song was later covered by Somebody's Image (an Australian band fronted by Russell Morris) in 1967. " Hush" is a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal.
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