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Billy Paul Dies at 81


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12 hours ago, Eric said:

I remember "Me and Mrs. Jones" from when I was a tween.  Big emotional love song, but provocative subject matter.  Made me think ...

I was about 7 years old so I had no clue just what that thing that was going on was, I just loved the tune. That, and Age of Aquarius were the biggest songs of my young life, my Mom can attest to that.

According to the AP he started out singing jazz including performances with Bird.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/24/arts/ap-us-obit-billy-paul.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=6&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Faponline%2F2016%2F04%2F24%2Farts%2Fap-us-obit-billy-paul.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

 

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