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"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.
Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), [1] known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single "Me and Mrs. Jones". His 1973 album and single War of the Gods blends his more conventional pop , soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences.
The music was timely you know, everything fitted - the civil rights area. Everything fitted very well." [7] Paul regularly performed the song live, but not necessarily for reasons one might expect. He explained in a 2012 interview: "'Am I Black Enough' is now one of the most requested songs by white people." [8]
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War of the Gods is an album by soul singer Billy Paul.The album was produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and arranged by Bobby Martin and Lenny Pakula. Released in 1973, the album reached number 12 on the Billboard soul chart and number 110 on the pop chart.
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The problem was finding a balance between his natural jazz style and what was going down in soul music. The Ebony Woman album for Neptune had started getting Billy into a commercial groove and got a lot of favorable reaction from the industry. So for Billy's next album, Goin' East, we extended the concept further. We took in outside influences ...