Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
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Folks, here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red-hot hoochie-coocher She was the roughest, toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho) Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi) Hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee (hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee) Ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho) Now she messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though was cokey He took her down to Chinatown He showed her how to kick the gong around (showed her how to kick the gong around) Ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho) Hi-dee hi-hi (hi-dee hi-hi) Wa-dee wee-bo (wa-dee wee-bo) Ho-dee ho-dee, ho (ho-dee ho-dee, ho) Now she had a dream about the King of Sweden He gave her things that she was needin' He gave her a home built of gold and steel A diamond car with a platinum wheel Wa-dee wee-woo di-way (wa-dee wee-woo di-way Ohh baby (ohh) Ohh baby, ooh ooh (ohh baby, ooh ooh) Ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho) Now he gave her his townhouse and his racing horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes And she sat around and counted them all a million times Ho-dee ho-dee (ho-dee ho-dee) Oh Minnie (oh Minnie) woo di-way (woo di-way) Ho-ho (woah doh) Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min
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Written by: Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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10 facts about this song
Genre Classification"Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway is within the genre of Jazz. It incorporates elements of scat singing, a method involving vocal improvisation with wordless vocables.
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Historical ImpactThis song, recorded and released in 1931, is one of the most prominent jazz songs from the Swing Era.
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First Recorded Call and Response Song"Minnie the Moocher" was the first jazz recording that incorporated the call-and-response vocal style, which is a form of interaction between the speaker and the audience.
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Nature of LyricsThe song is famed due to its controversial lyrics, which tell a story about a fictional character, Minnie, who is a prostitute and drug user.
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Signature Song"Minnie the Moocher" is Cab Calloway's signature song, establishing him as a popular singer and bandleader in the 1930s.
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AchievementThe song is the first jazz record to sell over a million copies, marking an unprecedented event in the history of Jazz music.
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Animation AdaptationThe song was used in a famous Betty Boop cartoon by the name of "Minnie the Moocher", with Cab Calloway performing the song and acting as the model for a ghost character in the cartoon.
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Film Appearance"Minnie the Moocher" also appeared in the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers," adding to the popularity and legacy of the song.
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Cultural ImpactThe song's popularity led to Calloway writing more songs about Minnie and her lover, Smokey Joe, creating a series of adventures and becoming an ongoing theme in Calloway’s career.
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RecognitionIn 1999, "Minnie The Moocher" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is devoted to honoring recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.
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