Paul Evans, a New Yorker, has had a long and varied musical career.
Although he has written many song lyrics, this is his first book, a book
that describes his journey from getting his start in the music business,
becoming part of the Brill's song-writing community and the sixty-three
music-filled years that followed.
He was one of the first young writers to show up and work in the Bill
Building on Tin Pan Alley and where he did his first demos. This is also
where he was encouraged to change his name from Paul Lyle Rapport to
Paul Evans. As a songwriter, Paul has written hits for himself as well
as for Bobby Vinton - the 1962 classic, 'Roses Are Red, My Love', the
Kalin Twins 'When' in 1957, and Elvis Presley 'The Next Step Is Love',
and 'I Gotta Know' and more. A list of other recording artists who have
recorded his songs is too long to write down here.
His songs have been featured in movies (Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas'
and John Waters' 'Pecker'), television shows ('Scrubs', the Hulu series,
11.22.63) and TV ads (the 1965 CLEO winning Kent commercial, 'Happiness
Is', England's Sainsbury and France's Intermarche grocery chains. He
also wrote an off-off Broadway show, 'Cloverleaf Crisis', and the theme
for the original network television show, 'CBS This Morning'.
Paul has spent a great deal of his life as a recording artist. From his
1959 and 60's Guaranteed Records hits: 'Seven Little Girls Sitting In
The Back Seat', 'Midnight Special' and 'Happy-Go-Lucky Me' to his 1979
Spring Records hit: 'Hello, This Is Joannie' (# 6 on the English "pop"
charts, Top 40 on Billboard's Country charts.) Paul has produced music
tracks for recordings, industrials, jingles and television. He has also
soloed and sung in groups on many commercial jingles, and has been seen
and heard on the 'David Letterman Show', 'The Conan O'Brien Show', and
more.
His voice can be heard in the Woody Allen films, 'Mighty Aphrodite' and
'Everyone Says I Love You'. He was also a part of the world-traveling
jazz quintet, Group 5ive. Paul still lives in New York in his City
apartment with his wife Susan.
