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American pop music duo

Paul & Paula, consisting of Raymond Glenn "Ray" Hildebrand (November 21, 1940 – August 18, 2023) and Jill Jackson (born May 20, 1942), were an American pop singing duo, best known for their 1962 million selling, number one hit record, "Hey Paula".

Hildebrand was born in Joshua, Texas Jordan decided that Hildebrand and Jackson should record the song, and they did. Shelby Singleton of Philips Records eventually signed the two, but not before changing their professional names; Singleton reasoned that a pair named Ray and Jill singing about "Hey, hey Paula" and "Hey, hey Paul" did not make sense. "Hey Paula" sold over two million copies globally, and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1963. The duo released two regular albums and a Christmas themed album after the success of "Hey Paula", which charted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in February 1963. Their follow up, "Young Lovers", reached number six on the Billboard chart later in the same year. In 1963, American Bandstand signed Paul & Paula to Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars national U. S. tour, which was scheduled to perform its 15th show on the night of November 22, 1963, at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, until suddenly the Friday evening event had to be cancelled after U. S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated that afternoon. In 1965, Hildebrand left the act to complete his college education, having decided that a future in show business was not for him. Subsequently, Hildebrand joined up with another Christian performer, Paul Land, and during the 1980s and 1990s, they performed comedy and Christian music under the name of Land & Hildebrand. Jackson went on with a solo career, and then married a Los Angeles businessman named Marvin Landon. In 2002, Hildebrand and Jackson returned to Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, where they were the homecoming guests of honor and grand marshals. Ray Hildebrand died on August 18, 2023, at the age of 82.

YearTitlePeak chart positionsUSUS R&BBE (FLA)BE (WA)CANGERIRENORNZSWEUK1962"Hey Paula" (orig. under their own names, Jill & Ray)b/w "Bobby Is the One"111418116—21181963"Young Lovers"b/w "Ba Hey Be"614201839942107——9"First Quarrel"b/w "School Is Thru"27—70——10——————"Something Old, Something New"b/w "Flipped Over You"77108——19——22——————"First Day Back at School"b/w "A Perfect Pair"60105—85—————————"Holiday Hootenanny"b/w "Holiday for Teens"————————————1964"We'll Never Break Up for Good"b/w "Crazy Little Things"105———————————"Darlin'"b/w "The Young Years"————————————"No Other Right"b/w "Too Dark to See"————————————1965"True Love"b/w "Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)"————————————"Dear Paula"b/w "All the Love"————————————1966"All I Want Is You"b/w "The Beginning of Love"————————————1968"All These Things"b/w "Wedding"————————————1970"Moments Like These"b/w "Mrs. Bean"————————————"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.