Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

1907-12-25 – 1994-11-18 (age 86) Rochester, New York, USA
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Biography

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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Known For

The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers

1980

as Curtis

Grass
Grass

1999

as Self (archive footage)

Piano Blues
Piano Blues

2003

as Self (archive footage)

The Cincinnati Kid
The Cincinnati Kid

1965

as Yeller

Night of 100 Stars III
The Littlest Angel
The Littlest Angel

1969

as Gabriel

Night of 100 Stars II
Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather

1943

as Cab Calloway

Triumph Over Violence
Triumph Over Violence

1965

as Self (archive footage)

The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Minnie the Moocher
Minnie the Moocher

1932

as Cab Calloway

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

1995

as Self (archive footage)

Hi-De-Ho
Hi-De-Ho

1947

as Cab

Snow-White
Snow-White

1933

as Koko the Clown (voice)

Ebony Parade
Ebony Parade

as (archive footage)

St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues

1958

as Blade

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Self (archive footage)

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

2004

as Self (archive footage)

The Singing Kid
The Singing Kid

1936

as Cab Calloway