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Cab Calloway
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American jazz singer (1907–1994)
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Cab Calloway was an American singer, bandleader, conductor, and actor. Born Cabell Calloway III in Rochester, New York, on December 25, 1907, he was a male member of the African American ethnic group. He was educated at Lincoln University and began his work period in 1930. His native language was English, and he performed in the jazz, swing, big band, and blues genres.
Calloway played the saxophone and used his voice as instruments. He recorded for ABC Records, Bell Records, RCA Victor, and Columbia Records. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts. He died from a stroke on November 18, 1994, due to natural causes in Hockessin. He is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery. His child was Ja'Net DuBois.
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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
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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
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- Listeners
- 420,017
- Total plays
- 3,170,514
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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
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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rochester
- Place of death
- Hockessin
- Child
- Ja'Net DuBois
- Sibling
- Blanche Calloway
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- swing
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Cab Calloway 1933.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cab Calloway
- date of birth
- 1907-12-25
- date of death
- 1994-11-18
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons gallery
- Cab Calloway
- place of burial
- Ferncliff Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- birth name
- Cabell Calloway III
- name in native language
- Cab Calloway
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- writing language
- English language
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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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