Paul & Paula Hit the Heartland

Q. Although they only had a few popular records, I became a fanof the '60s duo known as Paul & Paula. I still love playing myscratchy old 45s of "Hey Paula," "Young Lovers" and First Quarrel."

What happened to Paul & Paula? Is there any chance you couldget their address so I could write them and tell them how happy theirmusic made me, both as a teenager and beyond?

A. Paul (Ray Hildebrand) & Paula (Jill Jackson) were not easyto locate, and when I did catch up with them, it surprised me thatthey are far from the usual East or West Coast entertainment hotbeds.Paul & Paula are still active in the entertainment business,and welcome your letters. You may write them in care of: SpeckleMusic, P.O. Box 9358, Shawnee Mission, Kan. 66201.Q. My mom and dad have been searching for a song for manyyears. All they can remember about it is that it is about a "JonesBoy," and is sung by a vocal group. Please tell me the name andwhere I can find this song.A. The title is pretty much as they recall, "The Jones Boy," aTop 20 hit from early 1954 by the Mills Brothers (Decca 28945).This track is available on the CD "The Mills Brothers: theBest of their Decca Years" (Decca-MCA MCAD-31348).Q. In recent months in Florida, the Good Humor ice creamcompany has been running TV ads using a song that I think was a hitduring my childhood.The song begins with "It's (unknown word) time." Then, aswith many records of the time, it continues with a big band-typearrangement.Not long ago I saw a movie on TV that contained this song, butI got no help identifying it since the station didn't run any filmcredits at the end.A. Having never seen that Good Humor commercial puts me at adisadvantage, but I'll take a crack at the answer. From your smalldescription, it sounds like "Twine Time," a Top 15 hit in early 1965for Alvin Cash & the Crawlers (Mar-V-Lus 6002).I don't believe the spot in question runs in my area, althoughI could have missed it since my habit is to mute TV commercials.Perhaps another of our Florida readers will confirm that the tune is"Twine Time" or supply the correct answer.Q. As for collectibility, your column focuses mostly on vinyl.Is there any value in collecting compact discs? For example: limitededitions, promotional issues, discs with tracks not on LPs, imports,ones that are out of print, and small-label releases.A. Yes to all those examples, though it is true that we rarelyget questions about collectible CDs. You may want to track down abook we did a couple of years ago, The Official Price to CompactDiscs (Ballantine-House of Collectibles Books, 800-733-3000).Jerry Osborne is a syndicated columnist. Write to him at theChicago Sun-Times, 401 N. Wabash, Chicago 60611. Values quoted inthis column are for near-mint condition.