15 Facts About Paul Vance

Joseph Paul Florio, known professionally as Paul Vance, was an American songwriter and record producer, primarily from the 1950s until the 1970s.

Paul Vance was born Joseph Paul Florio in Brooklyn, New York, United States on November 4,1929.

Paul Vance started writing song lyrics in his early teens, before serving with the US Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The song's success enabled Paul Vance to become a full-time songwriter.

Paul Vance got the idea for the lyrics of "Itsy Bitsy Bikini" because his two-year-old daughter was too shy to wear a bikini in public.

The record was released under the name the Detergents, and its success led to an album, The Many Faces Of The Detergents, which Paul Vance produced and for which he, along with Pockriss, penned all the songs.

Paul Vance co-wrote and produced the song "Run Joey Run" for David Geddes in 1975; the song reached the top 5 on the Billboard charts that year.

In October 2009, Paul Vance was nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The report was picked up by the Associated Press, which ran a short obituary of Paul Vance based on both the News-Times obituary and information received from Van Valkenburgh's widow.

Paul Vance contacted local media after viewing a report of his death on a local television news broadcast.

Paul Vance announced that he was still alive and was able to prove his identity to reporters with a stack of royalty checks from ASCAP for his songwriting.

Paul Vance told a reporter for The New York Times that his relatives and friends, shocked by the Associated Press report, had called to check on him after the media reports, and that two racehorses he owned had been scratched from races based on the reports.

Paul Vance told the Times that he was considering legal action, since licensees outside the United States might be confused by the false report of his death and discontinue making royalty payments.

In September 2014, after eight years in the making, Paul Vance published his memoir, titled Catch a Falling Star.

Paul Vance died in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 30,2022, at the age of 92.