Minnie The Moocher, Bass Trombone with Brass Band

Circa 3.30 minutes

Difficulty level - Moderate.

"Minnie the Moocher" is a jazz song co-written by American musician Cab Calloway and first recorded in 1931.

The song is based lyrically on Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon's 1927 version of the early 1900s vaudeville song "Willie the Weeper", the version sung by Bette Davis in The Cabin in the Cotton.

The lyrics describe the story of a woman known as "Minnie the Moocher", a "moocher" refers to an early form of swing dance. She is described as a performer of the sexually-suggestive hoochie coochie dance.

Calloway performs the song in the 1980 comedy film The Blues Brothers, in which he also plays a supporting role.