Paul Evans is an American rock and roll singer and songwriter, who was most prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. As a performer, he had hits with the songs "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat", "Midnight Special" and "Happy-Go-Lucky Me". "Happy-Go-Lucky Me" has been featured in the John Waters' film, Pecker, and episode #3.10 of the comedy television program Scrubs. In 2014, the song has been included in advertisements for the video game Clash of Clans. As a songwriter Evans' songs were performed by numerous performers, including Elvis Presley, Jimmy Dean and Pat Boone. His most successful songs were "Roses Are Red", which was a number one hit for Bobby Vinton in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100; and "When", a chart topper in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the U.S. for The Kalin Twins. He also had a hit in the UK and Australia in 1978 with the morbid country song "Hello, This is Joni" or, on some recordings, it was titled as "Hello, This is Joanie". It was written by Paul Evans and F. Tobias and produced by Jimmy 'Wiz' Wisner. 

March 5th, 1938 in Queens (Age 86)