Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" (1931) is based both musically and lyrically on Jaxon's "Willie the Weeper" (1927).
The song contains a prominent sample of Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher", written by Calloway, Clarence Gaskill and Irving Mills.
Minnie Mouse | Minnie Riperton | Minnie Driver | Memphis Minnie | Minnie Pearl | Minnie Vautrin | Minnie the Moocher | Minnie Miñoso | Minnie Maddern Fiske | Minnie Hauk | Minnie Cumnock Blodgett | Minnie's Boys | Minnie Pwerle | Minnie Minoprio | Minnie Dupree | Minnie Crozier | Minnie and Moo | Lovin' You (Minnie Riperton song) | Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister |
He was given his nickname by his grandfather, who loved the Cab Calloway song, "Minnie the Moocher".