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Profile of Jill Jackson
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Jill Jackson |
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25th July 1913 |
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Independence, Missouri, USA |
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Paul & Paula (Ray Hildebrand, born December 21, 1940, and Jill Jackson, born May 20, 1942) were a pop singing duo, best known for their 1963 one-hit wonder "Hey Paula."
Hildebrand and Jackson were attending Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas in 1962 when a local DJ asked listeners to come to the studio and sing their songs to help the American Cancer Society. The duo sang a song called "Hey Paula," which Hildebrand wrote, and were encouraged by everyone in town to make a record of it.
Shelby Singleton of Mercury Records eventually signed them, but not before changing their professional name (Singleton reasoned that a pair named Ray and Jill singing about "Hey, hey Paula" and "Hey, hey Paul" didn't quite make sense). The pairing of Paul & Paula was credited with other famous male/female pairings down the line, mostly from record companies that had originally turned the duo down in 1962: Jerry Butler was quickly paired with Betty Everett, and Marvin Gaye was paired with a number of female partners before Motown finally settled on Tammi Terrell.
The duo put out two regular albums and a Christmas-themed album after the success of "Hey Paula," which sold over two million copies in early 1963, charting to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the entire month of February.
In 1965, however, Hildebrand left the pairing as he wished to complete his college education. This was in the middle of a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars road trip, and Clark had to fill in at the very last minute.
Jackson went on with a solo career and Hildebrand returned to singing in the 1980s in the Christian duo Land & Hildebrand.
Discography
- We Go Together (1963)
- Holiday for Teens (1963)
- Paul & Paula Sing for Young Lovers (1964)
- The Best of Paul & Paula (1995)
- Greatest Hits (2000)
Single Releases
- Hey Paula (1963)
- Young Lovers (1964)
- First Quarrel (1964)
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