This page contains Billy Joe Royal, Tell It Like It Is album songs, videos and lyrics.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS ALBUM INFO
Artist: Billy Joe Royal Album: Tell It Like It Is Release Date:
{{Infobox Single
| Name = Tell It Like It Is
| Cover =
| Artist = Heart (band)|Heart
| from Album = Greatest Hits Live (Heart album)|''Greatest Hits Live''
| B-side = "Strange Euphoria"
| Released = 1980
| Format = 7" single
| Recorded = September, 1980
| Genre = Rock music|Hard Rock
| Length =
| Label = Epic Records
| Writer = George Davis<br>Lee Diamond
| Producer = Heart
| Last single = "Bebe le Strange (song)|Bebe le Strange"<br>(1980)
| This single = "Tell It Like It Is"<br>(1980)
| Next single = "Unchained Melody"<br>(1981)
"Tell It Like It Is" is a song written by George Davis and Lee Diamond and recorded several times by different artists, to varying degrees of success.
It was first recorded by Aaron Neville, who released the song as a solo single in 1966. It was issued at the end of the year on the obscure Par-Lo label and became a hit, peaking at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B chart in early 1967.
In 2004, it was ranked #381 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596226/young_americans/1|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|publisher=RollingS