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Billy Paul

Roger St. Pierre, NME, 3 March 1973

IT'S EASY TO detect a strong jazz influence in Billy Paul's vocal on 'Me And Mrs. Jones'. The reason is simple enough. Paul, now 35, has been a jazz singer for most of his career – and has worked in some extremely illustrious company.

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