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Paul's popularity grew and led to appearances in clubs and at college campuses nationally. He changed his name from Paul Williams to Billy Paul so as to avoid any confusion with other artists such as songwriter Paul Williams and saxophonist Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams. He explained: "I had Jules Malvin, who was like my play father.
"Me and Mrs. Jones" was a #1 single originally performed by Billy Paul, recorded and released in 1972 on CBS Records' Philadelphia International imprint. The single, included on the album 360 Degrees of Billy Paul, was written by Cary 'Hippy' Gilbert, Kenny Gamble, and Leon Huff, and arranged by Bobby Martin.
It should only contain pages that are Billy Paul songs or lists of Billy Paul songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Billy Paul songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
"I Wanna Know Your Name" The Intruders 60 9 - 1986: The Force M.D.'s, #21 R&B "Put Your Hands Together" The O'Jays 10 2 54 1974 "A Nice Girl Like You" The Intruders - 21 - "Be Truthful to Me" Billy Paul - 37 - Written by Gamble, Huff, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead "I'm Weak for You " Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - 87 -
Artists associated with a group who reached number one, yet have their own solo page in Wikipedia, are not listed here unless they hit number one as a solo artist. Artists who hit number one prior to the start of the Hot 100 are included here. A song that topped multiple pre-Hot 100 charts is counted only once towards the artist's total.
Billy Paul originally recorded the song "Ebony Woman" in 1959 and it was released as a single on the New Dawn label. [2] The song was resurrected and re-cut as the title track for an album which Paul and his producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff wanted to make a statement with.