A really old term, going back to 1890, about a sexualized dance performed by carnival side-shows.
A hoochie coocher was a hoocie coochie dancer. She is also called a shimmy dancer. A hoochoe coochie man either runs a show or is a drag queen performer.
The phrase has made famous by various blues, jazz and rock performers. These include Elvis Presley's "Saved", Cab Calloway "Minnie the Moocher", Muddy Waters' "
Hoochie Coochie Man".
Believe it or note, there's a 1929 Mickie Mouse cartoon called "the Karnival Kid" where Mickey, a carnival worker, is attracted to Minnie, a
hoochie coochie dancer.
Hoochie can be spelled hootchy, hootchey, hootchie, hoochy or hoochey.
Coochie can be spelled kootchy, kootchey,
kootchie, koochy, koochey, cootchy, cootchey, cootchie, coochy, coochey.
"Let me tell you about Minnie the moocher, she was a red hot hoochie
coocher." "He's gonna make
pretty women's
Jump and shout
Then the world gonna know
What this all about
Don't you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the
hoochie coochie man "