Various Artists – Minnie The Moocher

Two swinging late 50s/ early 60s-era takes on Cab Calloway’s signature piece ‘Minnie The Moocher’, a song he first recorded in as 1931. Bobby Martin transforms ‘Minnie…’ into a bottom-heavy romp with jagged guitar work from one Eddie Cochrane and rasping sax breaks throughout. Teen idol Bobby Darin, meanwhile, offers up a piano-led, sophisticated Jazz crooncat spin on proceedings on the flip side.