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Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Minnie the Moocher
1931 · via OutKast
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Minnie the Moocher
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"Mighty “O”" runs on "Minnie the Moocher," which Cab Calloway wrote with Irving Mills and first cut with his orchestra in 1931. Play them back to back and the credit line stops looking like paperwork.

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Written by Cab Calloway, Irving Mills.

First recorded by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra in 1931.

Also recorded by Robbie Williams (2013), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1998), Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1992), The Untouchables (1989).

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