First, I want to thank Joyce for her kindness to put her great voice with mine... "Hey Paula" is an American pop standard love song recorded by the singing duo Paul & Paula... It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending February 9, 1963, and also made it to number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart... "Paul" was the song's writer, Ray Hildebrand, a student at Texas' Howard Payne University, institution in the city of Brownwood... "Paula" was Jill Jackson, the niece of the owner of the boarding house where Ray lived...