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Cab Calloway
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American jazz singer (1907–1994)
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Cab Calloway (born Cabell Calloway III in 1907 in Rochester) was an African American singer, bandleader, conductor, and actor. He began his professional work period in 1930 and performed in the jazz and swing genres. Calloway was educated at Lincoln University and recorded for labels including ABC Records, RCA Victor, and Columbia Records. He is the father of Ja'Net DuBois.
His notable works include *Porgy and Bess* and *Of Minnie the Moocher & me*. Throughout his career, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts. Calloway died of natural causes due to a stroke on November 18, 1994, in Hockessin. He was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Porgy and Bess
- Of Minnie the Moocher & me
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer — The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)2024
- Everything's Fine — Himself (Voice)2020
- Cab Calloway: Sketches — Himself2012
- The Harlem Renaissance — Self (archive footage)2004
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)2004
- Piano Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
- Grass — Self (archive footage)1999
- The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' — Self (archive footage)1998
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons — Self (archive footage)1995
- Night of 100 Stars III — Self1990
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1907
- Active to
- 1994
Discography
- Gambler’s Guitar / Hey Joe1953
- Jilted / Such a Night1954
- Minnie the Moocher / I’ll Get By1954
- Learnin’ the Blues / Unchained Melody1955
- Cab Calloway1956
- I’ll Be Worthy of You / The Music Goes Round and Round1956
- Remember When / Chigger Chigger Wa Wa1956
- Blues Came Home to Dinner / Tomorrow Night1957
- Cotton Club Revue 19581958
- Dancing Man / I’ll Follow You1961
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 420,017
- Total plays
- 3,170,514
Tags
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, from the start of the 1930s through to the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Doc C
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- Cabell Calloway III , ( 1907-12-25 ) December 25, 1907 , Rochester, New York , U.S.
- Died
- November 18, 1994 (1994-11-18) (aged 86), Hockessin, Delaware , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz blues swing big band
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter bandleader actor
- Years active
- 1927–1994
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. His band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, guitarist Danny Barker, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Cozy Cole.
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