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Well, Peggy the Moocher is still looking for free gas and her Obama paying her mortgage. phoenix86
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Minnie the Moocher is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra.
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Peggy the Moocher wants to know if she gets a stocking too.
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Alyn Shipton takes the title of this biography from the refrain that Cab Calloway chanted -- and urged his audiences to chant -- while singing "Minnie the Moocher," the most famous and popular of all the innumerable songs he performed in an incredibly long career that began in 1927, when he was 19 years old, and continued until his death in 1994, a month shy of his 87th birthday.
Review of "Hi-De-Ho," Alyn Shipton's biography of Cab Calloway Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Also, the King of Sweden is such a likable character in “Minnie the Moocher.”
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A performance artist with a truly subversive sense of humor would don full zoot-suit regalia, truck on down to Zuccotti Park, and use the Human Microphone to deliver a dramatic reading of "Minnie the Moocher."
When the Multitude Shouts With One Voice Eric Felten 2011
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And if they aren't followed, that's your chance to toss out Max or Minnie the Moocher, lock up the house, and maybe enjoy an all-American cost-effective moochcation yourself.
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The music I chose for Diamond Shadow was the 1931 song, Minnie the Moocher, by Cab Calloway, which is still under copyright but which I was granted permission to use — You Tube will automatically search out copyright holders when a song or part of one is uploaded, and contact you with the result of whether or not you can use the song.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Creating a book trailer 2008
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Why, you can get a phonograph record of Minnie the Moocher for 75 cents.
Dept. of Authentic Deeply Personal Interactions with YOU, Dear Sir or Madam superversive 2008
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And if they aren't followed, that's your chance to toss out Max or Minnie the Moocher, lock up the house, and maybe enjoy an all-American cost-effective moochcation yourself.
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