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Thread #115155   Message #2462233
Posted By: Azizi
10-Oct-08 - 12:48 PM
Thread Name: Songs About Money
Subject: RE: Songs About Money
Re: the song "Shake Your Moneymaker":

I notice that the name Elmore James is also written as James Elmore. I'm assuming that they are the same person. Is one a mistake? If so, which one is right?

Also, I vaguely recall a R&B dance song from the early or mid 1960s I think, called "Shake Your Moneymaker". I remember being proud of myself when I realized that the singer was referring to a woman's butt as her "moneymaker". However, I didn't connect the dots way back then that if you take the song literally, the song is describing women as prostitutes. And, since men also have butts, the song could also be talking about men...

Anyway...moving right along. Is this the same song as that R&B song?