"Minnie the Moocher" is a #jazz song co-written by American musician #CabCalloway and first recorded in 1931 by Calloway and his #bigBand orchestra, selling over a million copies. "Minnie the Moocher" is famous for its nonsensical #adLibbed lyrics, also known as #scatSinging (for example, its refrain of "Hi de hi de hi de ho"). In performances, Calloway would have the audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdBedVCBuPY
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj-9P4eoSXk
Are You Hep to the Jive? (Yas, Yas)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZJIZCmJ2u8
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLbc28RX3gs
"Minnie the Moocher" is a #jazz song co-written by American musician #CabCalloway and first recorded in 1931 by Calloway and his #bigBand orchestra, selling over a million copies. #MinnieTheMoocher is famous for its nonsensical #adLibbed lyrics, also known as #scatSinging (for example, its refrain of "Hi de hi de hi de ho"). In performances, Calloway would have the audience and the band members participate by repeating each scat phrase in a form of a #callAndResponse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=250MMq0fTrU
#OnThisDay in 1931, #CabCalloway records "Minnie the Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller).
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6hzrgrOeFo
Our third collection starts with none other than Mr. Cab Calloway (https://youtu.be/OewaOZ65_JI?si=XlhYGg0I-sJXJp77)
#RetroView #CabCalloway
Cab Calloway, che fuoriclasse! Era capace di calamitare l'attenzione del pubblico ancor prima di cantare, una vera stella del palcoscenico.
Vai all'articolo: Cab Calloway, St. Louis Blues.
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#OnThisDay in 1907, #CabCalloway, American #singer, bandleader ("Minnie the Moocher"; "The Jumpin' Jive"), writer, radio host, and actor (The Blues Brothers), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1994).
#RIP
#DemandezLeProgramme :
1942 - Cab Calloway & the Cotton Club Orchestra - Paradise Theater - Detroit (Michigan)