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Thread #119757 Message #4164867
Posted By: GUEST,Roderick A Warner
11-Feb-23 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords: Willie the Weeper (from Dave Van Ronk)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords: Willie the Weeper (from Dave Van Ronk)
Thinking about this song and Cab Calloway popped into my mind. And ‘ Minnie the Moocher’ was ‘appropriated’ from ‘Willie The Weeper,’ apparently. You can hear the resemblances…
Minnie the Moocher
The mighty Calloway - the James Brown of 1931 if you catch his more energetic performances. A long way from Bleeker Street then and now.