Billy Paul
Musician
1934-12-01 – 2016-04-24
Billy Paul was an American soul singer best known for his 1972 hit 'Me and Mrs. Jones,' which won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
Quotes by Billy Paul
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I took my uniqueness and treated it like a horn.
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The male singers who had the same range I did, when I was growing up, didn't do much for me. But put on Nina Simone, Carmen McRae or Nancy Wilson, and I'd be in seventh heaven. Female vocalists just did more with their voices, and that's why I paid more attention to them.
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