"Willie the Weeper" | |
Written by | Frankie Jaxon |
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Written | 1927 |
Language | English |
Original artist | Frankie Jaxon |
Recorded by | Louis Armstrong, Doc Cook, Dave Van Ronk, Billy Walker, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
Performed by | Bette Davis |
Willie the Weeper(Roud 977)is a song about drug addiction, written by Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon in 1927. It is the basis for Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher[1][2] The Dave Van Ronk version may be the inspiration for the Velvet Underground's Heroin.[3]. The song also reached #5 on the country charts by Billy Walker