Born: 9 January 1944
Died: 21 September 2020
Real name: Roy Kent Head
Head was born in the city of Three Rivers in Texas, a place about 120kms south of San Antonio. He formed The Traits while still at school and the band landed a recording contract with TNT records before they had even finished school. Known as Roy Head & The Traits, the band would score 5 Hot 100 hits with ‘Treat Her Right’ being their only top 20 entrant as it went to number 2. Head would see 2 further solo hits with ‘To Make A Big Man Cry’ (#95) and ‘Puff Smoke’ (#96). In the UK ‘Treat Her Right’ would be their only hit, getting to number 30. Head has seen 24 songs make the US Country Singles charts although only 3 of them cracked the top 20 of that chart.
| Date of entry | Song | Peak (weeks at 1) | Weeks |
| 27-Dec-1965 | Treat Her Right | 5 | 10 |
| Total hits | 1 | ||
| Total weeks | 10 |
| Biggest climber awards | 1 |
| Star rater climbs | 2 |
| Biggest fallers | 1 |
| Weeks with oldest in the charts | 0 |
| Longest run in the charts (weeks) | 10 |
| Weeks with more than 1 in the charts | 0 |
| Biggest gap between hits (weeks) | 0 |
| Top 30 points ranking | =753 |
| Top 20 points ranking | =705 |
| Top 30 points | 206 |
| Top 20 points | 106 |
SA Singles Charts 