Verified listings:
- Wild Thing - Senator Bobby
- Wild Thing - Senator Bobby (The Hardly Worthit Players - Bill Menkin)
- Intro: Wild Thing - Senator Bobby
other performers:
- Bill Minkin (Senator Robert Kennedy impersonation)
Recording location:
- New York City, NY
Available on (*):
- 1966 45 rpm single (Parkway P-127, December, 1966)
- 1966 LP The Hardly-Worthit Report (Parkway SP-7053, December, 1966; the original pressing from fall, 1966, did not include this track, and it is not listed on the jacket of either pressing)
- 2005 CD set Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 (Abkco OX01-92232, May 17, 2005)
Cover of song originally by:
- The Troggs
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- politics
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- This record was inspired by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen having made a top 40 record in 1966 called "Gallant Men".
- This record was co-produced by Chip Taylor, who also wrote the original song.
- The B-side of the 45 is an impersonation of Senator Everett McKinley also performing "Wild Thing".
- Bill Minkin's name is mispelled "Menkin" on the label of the 45.
Chart information:
- #20 1967 (single)
Also credited as:
- The Hardly-Worthit Players
- Senator Bobby (The Hardly Worthit Players - Bill Menkin)
- Senator Everett McKinley
- Senator Everett McKinley (The Hardly Worthit Players)
- Senator Bobby & Senator McKinley f/ Bill Minkin & Dennis Wholey - Steve Baron Of The Hardly-Worthit Players
- Bobby The Poet f/ Steve Baron & Dennis Wholey - Bill Minkin Of The Hardly-Worthit Players
- The Hardly-Worthit Players (Bill Minkin-Dennis Wholey-Steve Baron)
- The Hardly-Worthit Players f/ Steve Baron w/ Associate Member Tim Winer
Common misspellings:
- Bobby The Poet f/ Steve Baron & Dennis Wholey / Bill Minkin of The Hardly-Worthit Players
General type of music:
- sketch comedy
Group members:
- Bill Minkin
- Dennis Wholey
- Carol Morley
- Steve Baron
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- The Hardly Worthit Players were named for an album they made in 1966 called The Hardly-Worthit Report which was a take-off on the NBC TV nightly news program "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" which ran from 1956 to 1970.
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