[3] Their father was a coal miner in Bluefield, West Virginia, where the brothers listened to country music on the town's only radio station.
Paul dropped the "ing" from his last name after moving to Detroit in the 1950s, so he would not to be confused with his older brother.
[5] At Motown, he gained fame as Stevie Wonder's mentor and main producer, during Wonder's teenage years.
Paul also produced early Temptations records and wrote/co-wrote such hits as "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" originally for Wonder, and later given to Aretha Franklin who made it a #1 hit, and "Hitch Hike" for Marvin Gaye, later covered by The Rolling Stones, and others.
He died of complications of heart disease and diabetes, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on May 6, 1995, at the age of 67.