
Cab Calloway
Born December 25, 1907 · 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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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Piano Blues

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Triumph Over Violence

The Littlest Angel

St. Louis Blues

Stormy Weather

International House

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Rhythm and Blues Revue

Snow-White

Sensations of 1945

Caldonia

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

Unreleased
Ebony Parade

The Singing Kid

Porgy and Bess in Wien

The Old Man of the Mountain

The Big Broadcast

The Harlem Renaissance

Schlager-Raketen

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Hi-De-Ho

Jazz Ball

Blowtop Blues

Hi-De-Ho

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

Minnie the Moocher

I Was Here When You Left Me

Blues in the Night

Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

Minnie the Moocher

Cab Calloway Home Movies

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

Cab Calloway: Sketches

Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

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