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...blatant strains of "Minnie the Moocher" faded into memories, there was a bustle backstage and the maestro of the Hi De Ho strode into his dressing room. His valet, a self-styled "secretary," was taken aback to find before him the CRIMSON reporter whom he had hoped to shunt aside for the last three days, with ominous threats and dark leers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cab Calloway Believes Orchestra's Reputation Necessary Before New Numbers Can Be Popular | 6/13/1934 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 9, 1931 | 11/9/1931 | See Source »

...Harlem, Negro Bandmaster Cab Galloway admitted that Songwriter Irving Mills (white) had written the words to the verse of the Negro song, "Minnie the Moocher," but proudly insisted he wrote all the words to the chorus himself. The chorus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 9, 1931 | 11/9/1931 | See Source »

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