In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Paul & Paula ...

Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson, aka Paul and Paula, circa 1970 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Ray Hildebrand, the singer-songwriter whose duet “Hey Paula” with his friend Jill Jackson under the ...

He wrote a romantic song for his friend’s girlfriend, Paula, and recorded it as a duet with Jill Jackson. It became a No. 1 hit. By Richard Sandomir Ray Hildebrand, whose recording with a friend, Jill ...