Cab Calloway
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. 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.
Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a record. He became known as the "Hi-de-ho" man of jazz for his most famous song, "Minnie the Moocher", originally recorded in 1931. He reached the ''Billboard'' charts in five consecutive decades (1930s–1970s). Calloway also made several stage, film, and television appearances until his death in 1994 at the age of 86. He had roles in ''Stormy Weather'' (1943), ''Porgy and Bess'' (1953), ''The Cincinnati Kid'' (1965), and ''Hello Dolly!'' (1967). His career enjoyed a marked resurgence from his appearance in the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers.''
Calloway was the first African-American to have a nationally syndicated radio program. In 1993, Calloway received the National Medal of Arts from the United States Congress. He posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. His song "Minnie the Moocher" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2019. In 2022, the National Film Registry selected his home films for preservation as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films". He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame and the International Jazz Hall of Fame. Provided by Wikipedia
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Of Minnie the Moocher & me / by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Of Minnie the Moocher & me / by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1931-1932 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1930-1931 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1932-1934 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1938-1939 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1940-1941 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1941-1942 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Of Minnie the Moocher & me / by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1942-1947 by Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
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Ogeechee river lullaby. by Palmer, Jack, 1900-1976
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Duke Ellington & his orchestra, 1939-1940. Cruisin' with Cab by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1937-1938
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Cab Calloway and his orchestra, 1940
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The Cotton Club
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Porgy and Bess an original sound track recording, the Samuel Goldwyn motion picture production / by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
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