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Dir: Goran Olsson. Cast: Kenny Gamble, Clive Davis, Blanche Williams, Billy Paul

 

Description: Directed by Goran Olsson, this documentary pays tribute to Philadelphia soul artist Billy Paul, who rose to fame in the '70s with his song "Me And Mrs Jones", which stormed the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. However, his follow-up single "Am I Black Enough For You" almost ended Paul's career. Olsson's film interviews the singer and his wife Blanche as they recall this period in their lives.

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By Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard  03.07.09
 
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The subject of Göran Hugo Olsson’s documentary is soul singer Billy Paul, whose one worldwide hit was the ballad Me and Mrs Jones.

He ruined his burgeoning career by cutting the black activist song, Am I Black Enough for You?, maintains Blanche Williams, his wife and manager. Still, she supported him loyally through the hard times that followed.

There’s not enough about the conflicts between Paul and those who controlled his records but this is a fan-like yet not too oleaginous tribute, with copious numbers to prove that he was — and still is — a singer who really had something.

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