# Billy Paul - RIP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074 "2016-04-25T09:43:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/1 "2016-04-25T09:43:31Z")

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Singer **Billy Paul** , probably best known for the song **Me And Mrs Jones,** has passed away. 2016 is proving to be a difficult year.

TCMF-2L

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/2 "2016-04-25T14:26:51Z")

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Anyone checked on the whereabouts of Mr. Jones?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/3 "2016-04-25T15:47:54Z")

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Back in my old neighborhood, there used to be a pornography theater called the Olympia on Steinway Street. For several years running, “The Devil in Miss Jones” was on the marquee, and every time my family drove by in the car, my little brother would start singing soulfully, “Meeeeeeee aaaaaand Mrs. Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs. Jooooooones…”

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/4 "2016-04-25T16:00:58Z")

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There aren’t too many songs that give me the “special nether feelings,” but “…Mrs. Jones” is at the top of the list.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/5 "2016-04-25T20:42:03Z")

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The Grim Reaper has a real hardon for artists this year. Wonder who’s next?

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/6 "2016-04-25T22:12:31Z")

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I’ve taken to referring to 2016 as “The year the music died”.

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-paul-rip/753074/7 "2016-04-25T22:44:55Z")

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Agree with above responses. RIP. It was a number 1 hit in 1972.