Facts:   - instrument: drums    - years active: 1950s -- present    - birth name: robert hartley elliott    - genre: rock      - birth date: 08 december 1941    - name: bobby elliott    - background: solo_singer    - website: http://www.hollies.co.uk    - associated acts: the hollies   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bobby elliott .
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robert hartley `` bobby '' elliott -lrb- born 8 december 1941 -rrb- is an english rock drummer , best known for playing with the hollies , who has been described as `` one of the very finest drummers in all of pop/rock '' .