Hey Paula (song)
| "Hey Paula" | ||||
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| Single by Paul & Paula | ||||
| from the album Sing for Young Lovers | ||||
| B-side | "Bobby Is the One" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | Le Cam, Philips (US) Sparton (Canada) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Hildebrand | |||
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"Hey Paula" is an American love song recorded by the pop singing duo Paul & Paula in 1962. Released as a single, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending February 9, 1963, and also made it to number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, and number one on Canada's CHUM Chart for three weeks. "Paul" was the song's writer, Ray Hildebrand, a student at Texas' Howard Payne University, a Baptist institution in the city of Brownwood. "Paula" was Jill Jackson, the niece of the owner of the boarding house where Hildebrand lived.