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              The Calloway boogie keeps you groovy!
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              Gotta love that funny refer man.
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              The "Minnie the Moocher" lyrics are heavily laden with drug references. The character"Smokey" is described as "cokey" meaning a user of cocaine; the phrase "kicking the gong around" was a slang... more
              The "Minnie the Moocher" lyrics are heavily laden with drug references. The character"Smokey" is described as "cokey" meaning a user of cocaine; the phrase "kicking the gong around" was a slang reference to smoking opium.

              Calloway also wrote an extended version, where Minnie and Smokey go to jail; Minnie pays Smokey's bail, but he abandons her there. Another verse describes her tempting "Deacon Lowdown" when she "wiggled her jelly roll" at him.o_O
              It ends with Minnie being taken to "where they put the crazies", & she dies. Both versions end with the words "Poor Min, poor Min".
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              Poor Min, he gave her everything, including cocaine & she went insane.~ Cab Calloway is great.
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              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 platinum wheels..
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              Listening to my Prohibition CD and Cab is one of my favorites!!! Thanx Boo-boo that CD definitely helps me relax :)
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              RT @Bio #OnThisDay 81 yrs ago, Cab Calloway records "Minnie the Moocher," the 1st jazz song to sell 1 million copies (1931). ow.ly/9qeLr
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              pluckin the bass. ;D track is hottt!!
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              Wait wait! I never knew Cab Calloway's "Minnie The Moocher" was about drugs. In particular the use of cocaine. LMAO <- SLOW. Watching PBS' American Master's with this information.
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              I'm looking forward to watching Cab Calloway's biography Monday night on PBS.
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              #blackhistory So loved that @JanetJackson honored & had Cab Calloway in her video "Alright" !! And remember that @HeavyD was in the video... more
              #blackhistory So loved that @JanetJackson honored & had Cab Calloway in her video "Alright" !! And remember that @HeavyD was in the video too.www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXf5WetUQa4&feature=related
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              Are You Hep to the Jive? :: A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird
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              Are You Hep to the Jive? - A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
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              I went down to the St. James Infirmiry and saw my baby there...
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              Have you ever meet the redder man
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              Minnie the Moocher- thank you Starbucks for playing this lol
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              Hi-De-Hi-De-Hi-De-Hi! Time for a little Cab Calloway while getting ready for church.
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              Minnie The Moocher
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              Minnie the Moocher - from the Blues Brothers soundtrack
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              Kickin' the Gong Around
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              Are you hep to the jive?
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