Yo-Yo (Billy Joe Royal Song)

"Yo-Yo" is a song written by Joe South that had some success as a single for Billy Joe Royal in 1966, peaking at #117 on the Billboard chart. In 1971, it became a major hit for The Osmonds, with the single reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on the Osmonds' album Phase III.

Billy Joe Royal
Studio albums
  • Billy Joe Royal
  • Down in the Boondocks
  • Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush
  • Cherry Hill Park
  • Billy Joe Royal
  • Looking Ahead
  • The Royal Treatment
  • Tell It Like It Is
  • Out of the Shadows
Other albums
  • Greatest Hits
  • The Very Best Of Billy Joe Royal - The Columbia Years (1965-1972)
Singles
  • "Down in the Boondocks"
  • "I Knew You When"
  • "I've Got to Be Somebody"
  • "It's a Good Time"
  • "Heart's Desire"
  • "Campfire Girls"
  • "Yo-Yo"
  • "These Are Not My People"
  • "The Greatest Love"
  • "Hush"
  • "Storybook Children"
  • "Cherry Hill Park"
  • "Every Night"
  • "Tulsa"
  • "Poor Little Pearl"
  • "Under the Boardwalk"
  • "Burned Like a Rocket"
  • "Boardwalk Angel"
  • "I Miss You Already"
  • "Old Bridges Burn Slow"
  • "Members Only"
  • "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow"
  • "Out of Sight and on My Mind"
  • "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'"
  • "Tell It Like It Is"
  • "Love Has No Right"
  • "Till I Can't Take It Anymore"
  • "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue"
  • "A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be"
  • "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops"
  • "I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)"
  • "Hard Rock to Roll"
B-Sides
  • "Oh, What a Night"
  • "Steal Away" (A-Side)
  • "You Make Me Feel Like A Man"
  • "Don't Wait Up For Me Mama" (A-Side)
  • "Deep Inside Me"
  • "Should I Come Back"
  • "We Tried"
  • "Bed Of Roses"
  • "Watching From The Bandstand"
  • "Just Between Me And You"
  • "Helping Hand" (A-Side)
  • "The Lady Lives To Love"
  • "Lonely Loving You"
  • "Boardwalk Angel"
  • "Another Endless Night" (A-Side)
  • "A Place For The Heartache"
  • "I Was Losing You"
  • "Cross My Heart And Hope To Cry" (A-Side)
  • "How Could You Leave Me"
Cover Songs
  • "Amanda"
  • "Bring It On Home to Me"
  • "Child of Mine"
  • "Crying"
  • "Funny How Time Slips Away"
  • "I'm Sorry"
  • "Kiss and Say Goodbye"
  • "Making Believe"
  • "Save the Last Dance for Me"
  • "Solitary Man"
  • "Spanish Harlem"
  • "Stand by Me"
  • "To Love Somebody"
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