"cherry hill park" is a song written by robert nix and billy gilmore, arranged by buddy buie, james cobb, and emory gordy, jr., and produced by buie and bill lowery. its original by billy joe royal was a hit in 1969 reaching #15 on both the "billboard" hot 100 chart and the "cash box" chart, and #8 in canada. it was on royal's 1969 album "cherry hill park". buie also produced its cover version performed by the classics iv which was released by united artists records in 1971. he and the classics iv's manager paul cochran were two of the four owners of studio one. the cover was actually marketed with its title combining the first two words of the original's ("cherryhill park").