"Hey Paula" | ||||
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Single by Paul & Paula | ||||
from the album Sing for Young Lovers | ||||
B-side | "Bobby Is the One" | |||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | 1962 | |||
Genre | Pop [1] | |||
Length | 2:27 | |||
Label | Le Cam, Philips (US) Sparton (Canada) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ray Hildebrand | |||
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Paul & Paula singles chronology | ||||
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"Hey Paula" is an American love song recorded by the pop singing duo Paul & Paula in 1962. Released as a single, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending February 9, 1963, and also made it to number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, [2] and number one in Canada's CHUM Chart for three weeks. [3] "Paul" was the song's writer, Ray Hildebrand, [4] a student at Texas' Howard Payne University, a Baptist institution in the city of Brownwood. "Paula" was Jill Jackson, the niece of the owner of the boarding house where Ray lived.
Hildebrand wrote the song, originally titled "Paul and Paula", taking inspiration from the Annette Funicello hit "Tall Paul". [5] Hildebrand and Jackson performed the song on a local radio station [6] and the song soon became popular enough for the duo to try to make a professional recording. They went to a studio in Fort Worth, Texas, and were fortunate enough to find a producer, Major Bill Smith, with studio time and musicians booked and a missing lead vocalist. He recorded their version of the song and released it on his Le Cam Records label, changing the name to "Hey Paula", credited to Jill & Ray. When the record became a success, it was picked up by the larger Philips Records, which changed the billing to Paul and Paula. [5] Musicians on the recording included Marvin Montgomery on guitar, Guy Parnell on bass, Hargus Robbins on organ, Little Caesar on piano, and Ronnie Dawson on drums.
When the song was released on Philips, it hit the national charts in late 1962, reaching number one on both the pop and R&B charts in 1963. It spawned a follow-up top ten hit, "Young Lovers", and a series of other hits for the duo. [7]
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