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| "Poor Willie" | ||||
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| Single by The Parliaments | ||||
| A-side | "Poor Willie" | |||
| B-side | "Party Boys" | |||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Doo-wop | |||
| Length | 2:17 | |||
| Label | APT Records 45-25036 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charles Davis Robert Lambert Grady Thomas D. Mitchell George Clinton | |||
| 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 ABC-Paramount Records. Both songs were written by all of the Parliaments, which by this time consisted of George Clinton, Grady Thomas, Robert Lambert, and Charles Davis. The B-side of the single was entitled "Party Boys".[1]
The record was not a hit, but it has become a collector's item, fetching hundreds of dollars at record conventions and on eBay.[2]
- ^ "The Parliaments - Poor Willie". 45cat.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Parliaments 1st 7" 45 Poor Willie/Party Boys RARE - auction details". Popsike.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.