THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
303-Cab Calloway-MinnieThe Moocher.
1931-Has never charted,there was no UK chart until 1952.
Best Bit-At 0.50.A Hoochie Coochie dancer would make a Twerking Beyonce blush.
Cabell Calloway(December 25,1907-November 18,1994) was born in Rochester,New York,he was an American Jazz singer and bandleader.
He was an energetic performer as you can see from watching this 1958 video,he also appeared in thirteen films between 1932-1980 when his final starring role was singing this song in ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie,introducing himself and his music to a whole new generation.
‘Minnie The Moocher’ was co-written by Calloway and Irving Mills(see also best songs 370) and is famous for it’s ‘call and response.’Calloway would sing a line and the audience would repeat it,then Calloway would sing(‘scat’) faster,making it more complicated for the audience to replicate.
‘Folks here’s a story ’bout Minnie the Moocher,she was a red hot hoochie coocher.
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