Poor Willie
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"Poor Willie" | ||||
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Single by The Parliaments | ||||
A-side | Poor Willie | |||
B-side | Party Boys | |||
Released | 1959 | |||
Format | Vinyl 7" 45 rpm | |||
Genre | Doo-wop | |||
Length | 2:17 | |||
Label | APT Records 45-25036 |
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Writer(s) | Charles Davis Robert Lambert Grady Thomas D. Mitchell George Clinton |
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The Parliaments singles chronology | ||||
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"Poor Willie" is the first single recorded commercially by The Parliaments. The single was released in 1959 by APT Records (APT 45-25036), a subsidiary of Hull Records. Both songs were written by all of the Parliaments, which by this time consisted of George Clinton, Robert Lambert, Charles Davis, and Grady Thomas. The B-side of the single was entitled "Party Boys".
The record was not a hit, but it has become a collector's item, fetching hundreds of dollars at record conventions and on eBay.
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