R&B singer Billy Paul was born Paul Williams on this day in 1934. He’s best known fo his 1972 hit "Me And Mrs. Jones," which reached #1 on the Hot 100 and the R&B charts. He had several more hits on the R&B chart before passing in 2016.
Song of the Day: Billy Paul, “Me And Mrs. Jones”
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This is pure AM Gold…
Sorry I’ve been missing for the last couple of days…a nasty flu is going around.
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Hope you’re feeling better! Billy Paul needed more crossover material…
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Yea I’m starting to feel myself again tonight. I’ll catch up with posts John.
You have the best knack of picking those songs that were popular but I had forgotten….I love them.
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Classic
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Glad you liked it! It’s a favorite.
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Seriously, one of the sexiest and most beautiful ballads ever recorded. Love this one.
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Even if it is about an extramarital affair. 😜 Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a great song, and his voice is fantastic.
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A very cool song.
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It might have captured the ’70’s in a nutshell. I wish he’d’ve had more crossover hits. His voice was remarkable.
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Oh, yes – definitely 70’s aura.
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Love this song and so sad he passed away. Did you hear about Christine McVie? I was shocked
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I heard about it. She had been married to John McVie, the “Mac” of “Fleetwood Mac.” Sad to hear she’s gone…
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Yes, I was saddened and shocked. We’ve lost too many great entertainers this year.
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One of the sexiest songs going. I’ll never forget one of my voice students was intent on perfecting this song and we worked on it after every lesson. He sang it like he was performing at the Blue Note, making love to the microphone. The only (and biggest) problem was the guy was tone deaf and couldn’t sing a note in key. I tried to dissuade him from taking singing lessons in the first place but he refused. This was his big dream and he made some progress but I had to bite the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing every time he sang this song. I felt bad taking his money for voice lessons so I only charged him half the price. Poor guy; I wonder what he’s doing now?
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Funny: Mary and I saw one of our favorite episodes of The Andy Griffith Show last night, the one where Barney (who’s a God-awful singer) joins the town choir. Andy makes the comment that Barney is just off-key enough to really get on his nerves. Kind of like your student.
In our case, it was dancing lessons. A lady at church, a friend of ours, was giving dance lessons and encouraged us to join. After about two lessons, she gave us our money back. Mary was fine, I was like an elephant with a broken leg…
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Haha! At least you got your money back!
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Great song. Love it when it comes on the radio :)
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Dance around the kitchen when you hear it, right? It’s got that beat and that feel to it…
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