This Soundie shows Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing the title song.This Soundie shows Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing the title song.This Soundie shows Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing the title song.
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Did you know
- TriviaCab Calloway performed this song in The Blues Brothers (1980).
- Quotes
Cab Calloway: [singing] Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
- SoundtracksMinnie the Moocher
Written by Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill and Irving Mills
Performed by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
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Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher is given the Soundie treatment
This was another Soundie I watched on YouTube. You know, Cab Calloway was quite an entertainer who ended up pleasing generations of audiences until he passed away in 1994. And he never seemed tired of performing his signature tune, "Minnie the Moocher", as he continued to sing it in various films up to The Blues Brothers in 1980. The version I'm reviewing here is just a standard performance but another "music video" of this was also on the site I mentioned at the beginning of this review in which Cab's hair is messed up and there's a shadow of Minnie on the wall behind them who I'm sure looked fine judging by the shape of that shadow! Anyway, this was another of these short films that played on Panorams (film jukeboxes) at restaurants, bars, and bus or train stations during the '40s. While I mentioned this was just a standard performance, it's still enjoyable nonetheless. So on that note, it's highly recommended.
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- tavm
- Jul 27, 2011
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