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Chanteur
Rock 'n' Roll US né le 5 Mars 1938 ŕ St. Albans (New York).
"Roses Are
Red, My Love" is the song everyone remembers from Paul Evans the songwriter. The
man has enjoyed just as lengthy a career as a singer, easily qualifying for the
list of entertainers who have been active in the music business for more than
half a century. ¨Evans would have a hard time remembering when music was not an
important part of his life, as his entire family was apparently deeply involved,
if not prosperous financially as a result. His father had to sell his own flute
to get money to buy his son a guitar, the family legend goes. The investment
more than paid off, something that also could be said for the time his mother
put in teaching the lad piano.
It was his oldest sister that taught him to play guitar, however, corrupting him
with folk music and hootenannies. Evans performed in his high school years, got
a scholarship to Columbia University and promptly set up his own radio show
featuring the folk sound. While his scholarship had been in engineering, there
was less chance of him pursuing this field as each day dawned. His early career
days were spent crooning in small clubs and aboard a cruise ship. Evans began to
score hit records in the early '60s, including "Seven Little Girls Sitting In
The Back Seat", "Happy-Go-Lucky Me" and "Hushabye, Little Guitar". He came up
with another hit in 1979 with "Hello, This Is Joannie".
His activities as a songwriter easily pass up this perfectly respectable track
record. Besides the previously mentioned smash for Bobby Vinton, itself the
subject of a bouquet of cover versions, there was also a timely hit for the
Kalin Twins entitled "When", a series of
donations to the cause of Elvis Presley
including "Something Blue" and "I Gotta Know" and many other songs for Jackie
Wilson, Frankie Lymon,
Fabian, the
Coasters, and later
Reba McEntire. When hits were not
popping into his head he has kept busy with music for commercials and industrial
films and any other spot where a musical theme might be inserted. One example of
this craftsmanship is the CBS This Morning theme.
There was a lacklustre attempt to launch him as a film peformer during the days
of his first record hits, but he continued to act later in his career on
television soap operas. The '90s were a good decade in terms of renewed interest
in his work, such as a retrospective CD entitled Paul Evans: the Fabulous Teens
and Beyond, released in 1995.
His own recording of the self-satirizing "Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me)"
was released on Willie Nelson's 22
Legendary duos CD. Evans' own recording of "Happy-Go-Lucky Me" is the theme of
the John Waters' film entitled Pecker, released in 1998. Following a
period working with a Vocals jazz quintet called Group 5ive, Evans returned to
his earlier material, classified now as oldies, creating a series of new
recordings of his hits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Evans_(musician)
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Brill Building Pop, Classical, Rockabilly, Comedy, Novelty, Early Pop, Rock, Comedy, Spoken, Teen Idols
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1cjaheraq8
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WHAT DO
YOU KNOW (1957)
SEVEN LITTLE
GIRLS (SITTIN' IN THE BACK SEAT) (1959)
HAPPY GO
LUCKY ME
(1960)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 01/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6806 (US) | . |
What Do You Know
 / Dorothy |
| 02/1957 | EP RCA VICTOR DJ-73 (US) | . |
Paul Evans :
What Do You Know
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| 05/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6924 (US) | . | Looking For A Sweetie / Any Little Thing |
| 08/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6992 (US) | . | Caught / Poor Broken Heart |
| 07/1958 | SP DECCA 9-30680 (US) | . | I Think About You All The Time / Oh! No |
| 1959 | SP ATCO 45-6138 (US) | . | At My Party / Beat Generation |
| 09/1959 | SP GUARANTEED 200 (US) | . |
Seven Little Girls (Sittin' In
The Back Seat)
/ Worshipping An Idol (with
the CURLS) |
| 1960 | SP ATCO 6170 (US) | . | Long Gone / Mickey, My Love |
| 04/1960 | SP GUARANTEED GU 205 (US) | . | Midnite Special / Since I Met You Baby |
| 04/1960 | SP GUARANTEED 208 (US) | . |
Happy Go Lucky Me
/ Fish In The Ocean (Bubbly Bum Bum) |
| 1962 | SP LONDON 45-HL 9129 (DK) |
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Happy Go Lucky Me
/ Fish In The Ocean (Bubbly Bum Bum) |
| 07/1960 | SP GUARANTEED 210 (US) | . | The Brigade Of Broken Dreams / Twins |
| 09/1960 | SP GUARANTEED 213 (US) | . |
Hushaby
Little Guitar
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Blind Boy
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| 02/1961 | SP CARLTON 539 (US) | . | Show Folk / I Love To Make Love To You |
| 03/1961 | SP CARLTON 543 (US) | . | After The Hurricane / Not Me |
| 06/1961 | SP CARLTON 554 (US) | . | This Pullover / Just Because I Love You |
| 08/1961 | SP CARLTON 558 (US) | . | Sisal Twine / Over The Mountain, Across The Sea |
| 1961 | SP 33 t. CARLTON ST 130-1 (stereo Jukebox) (US) | . | Wearing Of The Green / Kevin Barry |
| 1961 | SP 33 t. CARLTON ST 130-2 (stereo Jukebox) (US) | . | Golden Vanity / Tzena Tzena |
| 1961 | SP 33 t. CARLTON ST 130-3 (stereo Jukebox) (US) | . | Wee Cooper O'Fife / The Bomb |
| 1961 | SP 33 t. CARLTON ST 130-4 (stereo Jukebox) (US) | . | Mister Hangman / British Grenadiers |
| 1961 | SP 33 t. CARLTON ST 130-5 (stereo Jukebox) (US) | . | Wayfarin' Stranger / Poor Boy |
| 06/1962 | SP KAPP K-473X (US) | . | Feelin' No Pain / A Picture Of You |
| 10/1962 | SP KAPP K-486X (US) | . | D-Darling / Gonna Build A Mountain |
| 11/1962 | SP KAPP K-499X (US) | . | Gilding The Lily / The Bell That Couldn't Jingle |
| 1962 | EP LONDON RE-R 1349 (UK) |
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A Picture of You / Feelin' No Pain / Gonna Build a Mountain / D-Darling |
| 03/1963 | SP KAPP K-520X (US) | . | We've Got Something On You / What Are The Lips Of Janet |
| 04/1963 | SP KAPP K-527X (US) | . | Ten Thousand Tears / Even Tan |
| 11/1963 | SP KAPP K-567X (US) | . | I'm Gonna Build A Girl / Two Different Things |
| 10/1964 | SP EPIC 5-9726 (US) | . | Paul & Mimi EVANS - Bewitched / I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself |
| 12/1964 | SP EPIC 5-9751 (US) | . | Gina Marina Petunia / Little Miss Tease |
| 08/1965 | SP EPIC 9842 (US) | . | Always Thinking Of The Roses / I Wonder What To Do |
| 02/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44472 (US) | . | One Red Rose / Bound To Silence |
| 1971 | SP LAURIE 3571 (US) | . | Think Summer / For Old Times Sake |
| 1971 | SP LAURIE 3581 (US) | . | The Man In The Rowboat / Here We Go 'Round Again |
| 1972 | SP RANWOOD 928 (US) | . | Try It, You'll Like It / We Liked It |
| 1973 | SP LAURIE 3614 (US) | . | Natural Cotton - Natural Man / Natural Cotton - Natural Man (instr.) |
| 07/1973 | SP DOT DOA-17463 (US) | . | Do You Remember / That's What Loving You Is All About |
| 1974 | SP MERCURY 73499 (US) | . | But I Was Born In New York City / Just As Long As You Are There |
| 1975 | SP MERCURY 73650 (US) | . | All My Children / Move In With Me |
| 1975 | SP BIG TREE 16050 (US) | . | Happy Birthday, America / You Made Me Over |
| 1977 | SP MUSICOR MUS-6305 (US) | . | If I Had My Life To Live Over / Roses Are Red Medley |
| 06/1978 | SP SPRING SP-183 (US) | . | Hello, This Is Joannie / Lullaby Tissue Paper Company |
| 1978 | SP POLYDOR 2066932 (GER) |
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Hello, This Is Joannie / Lullaby Tissue Paper Company |
| 1978 | SP SPRING SP-187 (US) | . | Down At The Bluebird / I'm Givin' Up My Baby |
| 1979 | SP SPRING SP-193 (US) | . | Disneyland Daddy / Build An Ark |
| 1979 | SP SPRING 39 (UK) | . | What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This / Build An Ark |
| 1979 | SP GOLDISC G 3067 (US) | . | Seven Little Girls (Sittin' In The Back Seat) / Happy Go Lucky Me |
| 1979 | SP CINNAMON IRDA 580 (US) | Good Neighbor / An Angel With A Broken Wing | |
| 1980 | SP CINNAMON IRDA 604 (US) | . | One Night Led To Two / Hangin' Out And Hangin' In |
| 1993 | EP GARDEN OF EDEN 2100 (US) |
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WILLIE'S SUNG WITH EVERYONE (BUT ME) - Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me) / Santa's Stuck Up In The Chimney / The Beautiful Grass Of Kentucky / The Yodelin' Jazzman |
| 199? | SP COLLECTABLES COL 3069 (US) | . | Midnite Special /
Seven Little Girls (Sittin' In
The Back Seat)
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| 11/2006 | CD ORCHARD 106328 (US) |
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Santa's Stuck Up In The Chimney [main] / Santa's Stuck Up In The Chimney [extended Holiday mix] / Santa's Stuck Up In The Chimney [karaoke and TV mix] |
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Albums
| 02/1960 | LP 12" GUARANTEED GUL-1000 (mono) / GUS-1000 (stereo) (US) |
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PAUL EVANS SINGS THE FABULOUS TEENS - I'm In Love Again / Hambone Rock / Over The Mountain, Across The Sea / Tutti Frutti / Butterfly / Midnite Special / Slippin' And Slidin' / Honey Love / I'm Walkin' / Since I Met You Baby / 60 Minute Man / The Fool |
| 1960 | LP 12" LONDON LP 2248 (UK) |
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PAUL EVANS SINGS THE FABULOUS TEENS - Seven Little Girls / Slippin' And Slidin' / I'm Walkin' / Butterfly / Since I Met You Baby / 60 Minute Man / I'm In Love Again / Over The Mountain, Across The Sea / The Fool / Honey Love / Hambone Rock / Tutti Frutti / Midnite Special / Worshipping An Idol |
| 1961 | LP 12" CARLTON STP 12/129 (mono) / STLP 12/129 (stereo) (US) |
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HEAR PAUL EVANS IN YOUR HOME TONIGHT -
Seven Little Girls / Happy-Go-Lucky-Me / Blind Boy / Why / Long Live Love /
Worshipping An Idol / The Brigade Of Broken Hearts / Twins / Fire In My Soul Fish In The Ocean / King Of Broken Hearts / Hushabye, Little Guitar |
| 1961 | LP 12" CARLTON STP 12/130 (mono) / STLP 12/130 (stereo) (US) |
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FOLKS SONGS ON MANY LANDS - Passing Through / Wee Cooper O'Fife / Buckeye Jim / Kevin Barry / Tzena Tzena / Los Cuatros Generales / Mister Hangman / British Grenadiers / Wayfarin' Stranger / Wearing Of The Green / Colorado Trail / Samuel Hall / Golden Vanity / Pig And The Inebriate / The Bomb / Crucified My Lord / Poor Boy |
| 1964 | LP 12" KAPP KL-1346 (mono) / KS-3346 (stereo) (US) |
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21 YEARS IN A TENNESSEE JAIL - PAUL EVANS & THE ROCKY MOUNT RAMBLERS - Ninety-Nine Years / Shackles And Chains / The Prisoner's Song / Another Town - Another Jail / Allentown Jail / I Got Stripes / Twenty-One Years / In The Jailhouse Now / Marie, Marie / Betty & Dupree's Blues / Columbus Stockade Blues / John Hardy |
| 1966 | LP 12" KAPP KL-1475 (mono) / KS-3475 (stereo) (US) |
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ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER JAIL - Ninety-Nine Years / Shackles And Chains / The Prisoner's Song / Another Town - Another Jail / Allentown Jail / I Got Stripes - Twenty-One Years / In The Jailhouse Now / Marie, Marie / Betty And Duprees Blues / Columbus Stockade Blues / John Hardy |
| 1979 | LP 12" SPRING POLS1008 (US) |
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HELLO, THIS IS PAUL EVANS - Build An Ark / Rosemarie / Hello, This Is Joannie / Disneyland Daddy / Half Man, Half Music / What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This? / Lullaby Tissue Paper Company / Mack The Knife / I'm Giving Up My Baby / The First Time I've Had Second Thoughts |
| 1992 | CD GLOBE CD 1000/7 (NL) |
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COLLECTORS GOLD, VOLUME 5 - PAUL EVANS SINGS THE FABULOUS TEENS - I'm In Love Again / Hambone Rock / Over The Mountain Across The Sea / Tutti Frutti / Butterfly / Midnight Special / Slippin' And Slidin' / Honey Love / I'm Walkin' / Since I Met You Baby / Sixty Minute Man / The Fool / Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat [with The CURLS] / Happy Go Lucky Me / Hushabye Little Guitar / Why / At My Party / After The Hurricane / Fish In The Ocean |
| 01/1996 | CD ACE 551(UK) |
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THE FABULOUS TEENS AND BEYOND - Midnite
Special / Hushabye, Little Guitar / I'm In Love Again / Hambone Rock / Over
The Mountain, Across The Sea /Tutti Frutti / Butterfly / Slippin' And Slidin' Honey Love / I'm Walkin' / Since I Met You Baby / 60 Minute Man / The Fool / Seven Little Girls / Worshipping An Idol / Happy-Go-Lucky-Me / Fish In The Ocean / The Brigade Of Broken Hearts / Blind Boy / Twins / After The Hurricane / Just Because I Love You / Show Folk / Why / Roses Are Red / Disneyland Daddy / Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me) / Hello, This Is Joannie |
| 11/1998 | CD S-STAR 1214 (US) |
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I WAS PART OF THE 50'S - I Was Part Of The
50's / Seven Little Girls / Midnite Special / Honey Love Happy-Go-Lucky-Me / The Brigade Of Broken Hearts / After The Hurricane / Hushabye, Little Guitar / Happy Birthday, America / Hello, This Is Joannie / Hangin' Out And Hangin' In / Bye Bye Love / Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me) / I Gotta Know (live) / What Do You Know? / Roses Are Red / When / Interview and Reprise of "I Was a Part of the 50's" |
| 2002 | CD WIZWORKS WW1110CD (US) |
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ROSES ARE RED, MY LOVE - Build An Ark / To Make You Feel My Love / Dot-Com Blues / Roses Are Red (My Love) / Rosemaria / When / By An Oleander Tree / Hangin' Out And Hangin' In / Good Neighbor / Angel with A Broken Wing / Weekend Daddy / Amazing Grace |
| 04/2003 | CD SANCTUARY CRRCD715 (US) |
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HAPPY GO LUCKY ME - THE PAUL EVANS SONGBOOK - What Do You Know / Cry, Baby, Cry, / Good Good Thing / Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat) / Since I Met You Baby / 60 Minute Man / Midnight Special / The Fool / Happy-Go-Lucky Me / Twins / Hushabye, Little GUitar / This Pullover / If I Had My Live To Live Over / Hello, This Is Joannie / I Gotta Know / When / If There Were No Moon / Johnny Will / Something Blue / Roses Are Red (My Love) / Worried Guy / You Won't See Me Anymore / Happiness Is / The Next Step Is Love / Tender Moments / Quiet Desperation / Stuart Coleman Interview / I Was a Part of the 50's |
| 2004 | CD PAUL EVANS ? (US) |
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LOSING TIME - Cup A Joe / Dancing On The Edge / Waiting (For You) / Don't Give Up / Losing Time / Can't Sleep On The Clouds / Little Rubber Ducks / One Last Chance |
| 05/2013 | CD ACE 1367 (UK) |
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FOLK SONGS OF MANY LANDS / 21 YEARS IN A TENNESSEE JAIL - Passing Through / Wee Cooper O'Fife / Buckeye Jim / Kevin Barry / Tzena Tzena / Los Cuatros Generales / Mister Hangman / British Grenadiers / Wayfarin' Stranger / Wearing Of The Green / Colorado Trail / Samuel Hall / Golden Vanity / Pig And The Inebriate / The Bomb / Crucified My Lord / Poor Boy / Ninety-Nine Years / Shackles And Chains / The Prisoner's Song / Another Town - Another Jail / Allentown Jail / I Got Stripes / Twenty-One Years / In The Jailhouse Now / Marie, Marie / Betty & Dupree's Blues / Columbus Stockade Blues / John Hardy / Midnite Special |
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