Paul Evans - Butterlfy

Paul Evans began his musical career as a singer and songwriter in the late 50s when his records of “Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)” and his own song, “Happy Go Lucky Me” hit America’s Billboard Magazine’s Top 10. Twenty years later, in 1978, he returned to the charts when his record, “Hello, This is Joannie”, climbed onto Billboard’s Country charts and went Top 10 on the Pop charts in England and Australia.

He had a long career in the New York City studios; writing and singing on advertising jingles and spending his time as a ship singer on the SS France when he needed a break from the city. He was a member of the world-traveling jazz quintet, Group 5ive, and has been seen and heard on the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Paul’s successful songwriting career began in 1958 with the Kalin Twins recording of “When”, followed closely by his own hit, “Happy Go Lucky Me,” in 1960, Then in 1962, Bobby Vinton’s recording of Paul’s song, “Roses Are Red, My Love,” topped Billboard Magazine’s charts for 4 straight weeks. Many, many other artists have recorded Paul’s songs, including an early hero of his, Elvis Presley, who recorded four of them.

His songs have been featured in films, among them Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (“Roses Are Red”) and the theme for John Waters’ movie, Pecker (“Happy Go Lucky Me”). Many important TV shows, like the smash American series, Scrubs, and the Hulu series, 11.22.63, based on Stephen King’s book, have also featured his songs.

Besides his career of writing and producing jingles for radio and TV, many of Paul’s popular songs have been used in commercials around the world. His song, “Happiness Is,” inspired the four year long Kent Cigarette campaign that won a Clio for “excellence in advertising.” In 1987, Paul wrote the theme for the original American network television show, CBS This Morning, and in 1992, he wrote the music for the off-off Broadway show, Cloverleaf Crisis.