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Helping to start a trend for male-female singing duos, Paul and Paula scored a massive hit with “Hey Paula” in 1962 and found success as a typically wholesome and innocent mainstream pop act of the era. Ray Hildebrand (Paul) and Jill Jackson (Paula) both grew up in West Texas and met when a local radio DJ turned up at their college looking for talented singers. It led to the pair recording “Hey Paula” in the basement studio of the radio station and landing a deal with Mercury Records to release the swaying, romantic lullaby written by Hildebrand. The duo was renamed to match the ...