Who sings this song?

[Chad Sanborn]

Download the song at this link
http://chadsanborn.com/whatisthissong.mp3

Can anyone tell me who sings it and what the name of the song is?

Thanks!

Chad

 

[Johnnysan]

Can't tell you who is singing it, but it's a riff from the song "Minnie the Moocher".

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

It sounds like the version they used in "The Mask."

 

[Johnnysan]

Good ear, Vlad...I'm not sure it's the same, but REAL close. The title of the song on "The Mask" Soundtrack is "Hi De Ho" and it was performed by a group called "K7". Here is a link to an audio sample available on Amazon.

 

[david]

Cab Calloway sang Minnie the Moocher in a number of films (inc. The Blues Brothers; and as long ago as 1932 in a Betty Boop cartoon. This is the scat break that he'd do as "call and response" with the audience.

 

[CasaBlancaChuck]

There's a modern version by VooDoo Daddy, a terrific swing band from Ventura.

 

[Dr. Shocker]

According to Voodoo Dady they are not from Ventura.....though Scottys kids go to school up the street from where I am sitting.....hehehehe

 

[Chad Sanborn]

Kinda like a song that was in an ad a few years ago.

Where did you get this?

I heard the song while listening to a radio talk show. They used it when they came back from a break. I emailed the show and asked about it, and they responded by sending me the song along with a note saying they had no clue who it was. It was just on a blank cd of various music they used in the breaks.
Crayola Markers is now using a good song that is a blend of modern and old 20's music. I have emailed them and they promised to find out from the advertising people.

Chad

 

[Pyroxene]

Cab Calloway sang Minnie the Moocher in a number of films (inc. The Blues Brothers; .,..

I love that movie. When they say the band could turn goat p*** into gasoline, they weren't joking. I love the way the bass guitar, horns and keys all lock together. All of those guys were pure masters.

"Poor min, poor min, poor minnie"

Slightly OT...sorry.

Pyro.

 

[Angelicious]

This appears to be a remix of K7's version of "Hi De Ho", as was used in The Mask. They've just cut the verses out and left the chorus/refrain.