One Mint Julep Ertegun spelled backwards. The story line is a classic one of a man who falls for the charms of a young woman only to realize a few years later that he has a ring on his finger. He remembers that it all started with "One Mint Julep." The last verse outlines the trap. This is one of many popular R&B drinking songs to come out of the 1940s and 1950s. It was the first of several successful up-tempo drinking songs by Toombs, who went on to write and compose "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" for Amos Milburn, "Fat Back
Trying to Be Cool Trying to Be Cool "Trying to Be Cool" is a song by the French band Phoenix from their fifth album "Bankrupt!". It was released as the second single from the album on 8 July 2013. The official remix features R. Kelly. The song became Phoenix's third top-ten hit on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart, after "1901" and "Lisztomania". The song's cover includes a mint julep, which is said in one of the song's lines, "mint julep testosterone". Frontman Thomas Mars told "Spin" magazine the lyrics to "Trying to Be Cool" mainly analyze "the beauty of the fake". The single's music