"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.