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:''For the Betty Boop cartoon, see Minnie the Moocher (Betty Boop cartoon).'' "Minnie the Moocher" is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, selling over a million copies.〔(''Time'' Entertainment: All Time 100 Songs ), Craig Duff. Retrieved February 2, 2013.〕 "Minnie the Moocher" is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed ("scat") lyrics (for example, "Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi"). In performances, Calloway would have the audience participate by repeating each scat phrase in a form of call and response. Eventually Calloway's phrases would become so long and complex that the audience would laugh at their own failed attempts to repeat them. "Minnie the Moocher" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. == Basis == The song is based both musically and lyrically on Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon's 1927 "Willie the Weeper"〔Lorenz, Brenna & Lorenz, Megaera. (2001). ''Heptune Lorenz-Pulte Jazz and Blues Page''. Retrieved January 11, 2008, from http://www.heptune.com/jazzfolk.html〕〔(1999). ''Willie the Weeper.'' Retrieved January 11, 2008, from http://www.heptune.com/willieth.html〕 (Bette Davis sings this version in ''The Cabin in the Cotton''). The 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.〔http://www.heptune.com/jazzfolk.html〕 The November 22, 1951 issue of JET magazine gives this account of the "Minnie" on whom the song was based: "Minnie "The Moocher" has died. She was a familiar figure In downtown Indianapolis. A 82-year-old woman whose real name was Minnie Gayton, she acquired the quaint nickname of "The Moocher" by regularly begging food from grocers and carting it off In a baby buggy. She slept in doorways, on porches and in garages. During the record-breaking blizzard, her body was found on a porch, blanketed with snow. She died from exposure, ironically in a warm hospital bed."〔https://books.google.com/books?id=IUMDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minnie the Moocher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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