Billy Bayou
Song
"Billy Bayou" | |
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Song | |
Written | 1958 |
Songwriter(s) | Roger Miller. |
"Billy Bayou" is a song written by Roger Miller.
Song background
It's a slightly comic song about a larger-than-life character, having adventures in America in the 1800s.[1]
Chart performance
"Billy Bayou" was released as a 1958 single by Jim Reeves, where the recording spent a total of 25 weeks on the country chart and was his fourth release to reach No. 1, where it stayed for five weeks.[2] It also reached number 9 peak position on Italy's FIMI National Charts in 1958. In Canada, the song reached number 4 on the CHUM Charts.[3] The B-side of "Billy Bayou" titled "I'd Like to Be", which peaked at number eighteen on the country chart.
Cover versions
The song has been covered by other artists, including:
- Burl Ives
- Charley Pride
- Doug Kershaw
References
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Jim Reeves
- Jim Reeves Sings (1955)
- Singing Down the Lane (1956)
- Bimbo (1957)
- Jim Reeves (1957)
- Girls I Have Known (1958)
- God Be with You (1959)
- Songs to Warm the Heart (1959)
- According to My Heart (1960)
- The Intimate Jim Reeves (1960)
- He'll Have to Go (1960)
- Tall Tales and Short Tempers (1961)
- Talkin' to Your Heart (1961)
- The Country Side of Jim Reeves (1962)
- A Touch of Velvet (1962)
- We Thank Thee (1962)
- Gentleman Jim (1963)
- The International Jim Reeves (1963)
- Good 'n' Country (1963)
- Twelve Songs of Christmas (1963)
- Kimberley Jim (1964)
- Moonlight and Roses (1964)
- The Jim Reeves Way (1965)
- Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves (1966)
- Blue Side of Lonesome (1967)
- My Cathedral (1967)
- A Touch of Sadness (1968)
- Jim Reeves—and Some Friends (1969)
- Jim Reeves Writes You a Record (1971)
- Jim Reeves on Stage (1968)
- The Best of Jim Reeves (1964)
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (1964)
- Up Through the Years (1965)
- The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II (1965)
- The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III (1969)
- Something Special (1971)
- 40 Golden Greats (1975)
- Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves (1982)
- "Mexican Joe"
- "Bimbo"
- "I Love You"
- "Am I Losing You"
- "Yonder Comes a Sucker"
- "Four Walls"
- "Anna Marie"
- "Blue Boy"
- "Billy Bayou"
- "He'll Have to Go"
- "The Blizzard"
- "Stand at Your Window"
- "Adios Amigo"
- "Welcome to My World"
- "Love Is No Excuse"
- "I Guess I'm Crazy"
- "I Love You Because"
- "I Won't Forget You"
- "This Is It"
- "Is It Really Over?"
- "Distant Drums"
- "Blue Side of Lonesome"
- "I Won't Come In While He's There"
- "When You Are Gone"
- "Missing You"
- "Am I That Easy to Forget"
- "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
- "Have You Ever Been Lonely?"