other performers:
- Steve Baron (Bob Dylan impersonation)
- Dennis Wholey (announcer)
- Bill Minkin (Senator Robert Kennedy impersonation)
Written by:
- Irving Berlin
Recording location:
- New York City, NY
Available on (*):
- 1967 45 rpm single Mellow Yellow (Parkway P-137, circa February, 1967)
- 1967 LP Boston Soul (Parkway P-7057, circa February, 1967)
- 2005 CD set Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 (Abkco OX01-92232, May 17, 2005; album version)
Parody of:
- Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
- 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night - Simon & Garfunkel
Cover of song originally by:
- Bing Crosby
In the style of:
- Bob Dylan
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- politics
Alternate versions:
- The single is an edited version of the album recording.
Chart information:
- B-side of "Mellow Yellow" (single #99 1967)
Also credited as:
- The Hardly-Worthit Players
- Senator Bobby
- 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
- 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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