Biography:
Paul Evans (born 5 March 1938, in Queens, New York) is a 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 Back Seat)", "Midnight Special" and "Happy-Go-Lucky Me".
"Happy-Go-Lucky Me" has been featured in the John Waters' Pecker, and episode #3.10 of the comedy television program Scrubs.
He was also a songwriter whose songs were performed by numerous performers, including Elvis Presley, Jimmy Dean and Pat Boone.
Read more on Last.fm
Brigade Of Broken Hearts:Paul Evans.
DNC on LONDON Records in 1960.
INTRO: C#
#1.
C#
The general is a man whose true love ran away.
G#
The colonel found his sweetheart in another's
arms.
G#
The captain also learned that love just doesn't
C#
pay..and now that I have lost your charms..
CHORUS:
F# C#
I think I'll join the brigade, the brigade of
G#
broken hearts..where instead of reveille they
C#
play the blues.
F# C#
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..
G# C#
the brigade of broken hearts.
#2.
C#
You said you'd always love me and that I would
G#
be..the only one whose arms would ever hold you near.
G#
But then last night your lips and arms deserted me..
C#
here comes another volunteer..
CHORUS:
F# C#
to sign up for the brigade, the brigade of broken
hearts.
G# C#
Where instead of reveille they play the blues.
F# C#
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..
G# C#
the brigade of broken hearts.
(INTERLUDE:) F# C# G# C#..D
#3.
D
Instead of rifles they all carry handkerchiefs..so, they
A
can wipe away each sad and lonely tear.
A
I better get another dozen handkerchiefs..I'm the biggest
D
loser of the year.
CHORUS:
G D
I'm gonna join the brigade, the brigade of broken hearts..
A D
where instead of reveille they play the blues.
G D A
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..the brigade
D
of broken hearts.
OUTRO: G D A D..(x2)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
DNC on LONDON Records in 1960.
INTRO: C#
#1.
C#
The general is a man whose true love ran away.
G#
The colonel found his sweetheart in another's
arms.
G#
The captain also learned that love just doesn't
C#
pay..and now that I have lost your charms..
CHORUS:
F# C#
I think I'll join the brigade, the brigade of
G#
broken hearts..where instead of reveille they
C#
play the blues.
F# C#
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..
G# C#
the brigade of broken hearts.
#2.
C#
You said you'd always love me and that I would
G#
be..the only one whose arms would ever hold you near.
G#
But then last night your lips and arms deserted me..
C#
here comes another volunteer..
CHORUS:
F# C#
to sign up for the brigade, the brigade of broken
hearts.
G# C#
Where instead of reveille they play the blues.
F# C#
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..
G# C#
the brigade of broken hearts.
(INTERLUDE:) F# C# G# C#..D
#3.
D
Instead of rifles they all carry handkerchiefs..so, they
A
can wipe away each sad and lonely tear.
A
I better get another dozen handkerchiefs..I'm the biggest
D
loser of the year.
CHORUS:
G D
I'm gonna join the brigade, the brigade of broken hearts..
A D
where instead of reveille they play the blues.
G D A
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..the brigade
D
of broken hearts.
OUTRO: G D A D..(x2)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Paul Gilbert
Paul Gillman
Paul Ginter
Paul Gordon
Paul Gross
Paul Keew
Paul Kuhn
Paul Kyle
Paul Lekakis
Paul Luc