Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Date of Birth:

Dec 25, 1907

Place of Birth:

Rochester, New York, USA

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.

Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.

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filmography:

International House International House

1933

Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway

1934

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

1945

Ebony Parade Ebony Parade

1970

Rhythm and Blues Revue Rhythm and Blues Revue

1955

Everything's Fine Everything's Fine

2020

The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance

2004

Minnie the Moocher Minnie the Moocher

1932

Night of 100 Stars II Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

1937

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

2024

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004

Blues in the Night Blues in the Night

1942

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

1945

Blowtop Blues Blowtop Blues

1945

I Was Here When You Left Me I Was Here When You Left Me

1945

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998

Caldonia Caldonia

1945

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

Piano Blues Piano Blues

2003

Minnie the Moocher Minnie the Moocher

1942

The Great Balloon Race The Great Balloon Race

1977

Jazz Ball Jazz Ball

1956

Cab Calloway: Sketches Cab Calloway: Sketches

2012

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

1951

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

1950

The Singing Kid The Singing Kid

1936

The Old Man of the Mountain The Old Man of the Mountain

1933

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

Sensations of 1945 Sensations of 1945

1944

The Big Broadcast The Big Broadcast

1932

Snow-White Snow-White

1933

Hi-De-Ho Hi-De-Ho

1947

The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers

1980

Stormy Weather Stormy Weather

1943

Cab Calloway Home Movies Cab Calloway Home Movies

1948

St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues

1958

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

1934

The Littlest Angel The Littlest Angel

1969

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

1948

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

1950

Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

1951

Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

1951

Night of 100 Stars III Night of 100 Stars III

1990

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

1935

The Skunk Song The Skunk Song

1942

Walking with My Honey Walking with My Honey

1945

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

1934

Hi-De-Ho Hi-De-Ho

1937

The Cincinnati Kid The Cincinnati Kid

1965

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