Blog: breath of life

The man sang like his voice was a jazz trumpet. The majority of his repertoire was composed of pop and ballads (check out "I Want Cha' Baby ) but he was more a revolutionary than a romantic. Although his biggest-selling release was the quintessential cheating song, "Me And Mrs. Jones," Billy Paul was actually a black power advocate who had the ability to turn a love song into an ode to struggling for a better life. For Billy Paul and for those of us of the same or similar political persuasion "a better life" necessarily included (to [...]

• Billy Paul - Let's Stay Together