Ray Parker Jr. Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor, best known for writing and performing the theme song to the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters", for his solo music, and for performing with his band, Raydio, and with Barry White. Parker was born in Detroit to Venolia Parker and Ray Parker Sr. He has two siblings, his brother Opelton and his sister Barbara. Parker attended Angel Elementary School where his music teacher, Afred T Kirby, inspired him to be a musician at age 6 playing the clarinet. Parker attended Cass Tech
Hey Paula (song) Boon (Peter Riegert) and Katy (Karen Allen) sang it to each other while high in the movie, "National Lampoon's Animal House" from 1978. Eric Forman (Topher Grace) sang the song to his girlfriend Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon) during a friend's party in That 70s Show. Hey Paula (song) "Hey Paula" is an American pop standard love song recorded by the singing duo Paul & Paula. It hit number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on the week ending February 9, 1963, and also made it to number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart. "Paul" was the song's writer, Ray