John Lennon discussed Paul & Paula’s “Hey Paula” and several other songs on an episode of a famous television show. In his typical fashion, the “Imagine” singer proved hard to please. However, he didn’t attack every song played on the show.
John Lennon discussed Paul & Paula’s ‘Hey Paula’ and 1 Elvis Presley song on TV
According to Salon, John appeared on an episode of the show Juke Box Jury in 1963. The show was about judging new pop songs. While The Beatles had hits before John’s appearance on Juke Box Jury, the episode helped the band gain more notoriety.
On the show, John was asked to judge Elvis Presley’s “(You’re the) Devil in Disguise,” Tom Glazer’s “On Top of Spaghetti,” Julie Grant’s “Don’t Ever Let Me Down,” Miriam Makeba’s “The Click Song,” and Paul & Paula’s “First Quarrel.”
While discussing “First Quarrel,” John...
John Lennon discussed Paul & Paula’s ‘Hey Paula’ and 1 Elvis Presley song on TV
According to Salon, John appeared on an episode of the show Juke Box Jury in 1963. The show was about judging new pop songs. While The Beatles had hits before John’s appearance on Juke Box Jury, the episode helped the band gain more notoriety.
On the show, John was asked to judge Elvis Presley’s “(You’re the) Devil in Disguise,” Tom Glazer’s “On Top of Spaghetti,” Julie Grant’s “Don’t Ever Let Me Down,” Miriam Makeba’s “The Click Song,” and Paul & Paula’s “First Quarrel.”
While discussing “First Quarrel,” John...
- 9/5/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ray Hildebrand, the singer-songwriter whose duet “Hey Paula” with his friend Jill Jackson under the names Paul & Paula became a million-selling No. 1 hit in 1963, died August 18 of dementia complications at his home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was 82.
His death was announced to The New York Times by his son-in-law Larry Serling.
The song, a tender ballad in which two young lovers trade verses pledging their affections and desire to marry, was something of a 1950s-style teen pop doo-wop holdover that captured a radio-listening audience just before the Beatles-led British Invasion took over the airwaves. The song remains a staple of Golden Oldies fare, and has been used as an era-signifying backdrop in period movies from National Lampoon’s Animal House to modern-day TV series like Halt and Catch Fire. Watch a 1964 performance of the song below.
Written by Hildebrand when he was a college student and originally titled “Paul...
His death was announced to The New York Times by his son-in-law Larry Serling.
The song, a tender ballad in which two young lovers trade verses pledging their affections and desire to marry, was something of a 1950s-style teen pop doo-wop holdover that captured a radio-listening audience just before the Beatles-led British Invasion took over the airwaves. The song remains a staple of Golden Oldies fare, and has been used as an era-signifying backdrop in period movies from National Lampoon’s Animal House to modern-day TV series like Halt and Catch Fire. Watch a 1964 performance of the song below.
Written by Hildebrand when he was a college student and originally titled “Paul...
- 8/31/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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