Cab Calloway
Born in Rochester, New York, USA — Dec 25 1907• Died Nov 18 1994
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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…
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Cab Calloway's Credits
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Great Performances
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The Love Boat
Lionel J. Bigelow
What's My Line?
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Kraft Music Hall
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Harry O
The Blues Brothers
Curtis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Night of 100 Stars II
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The Pearl Bailey Show
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Grass
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Triumph Over Violence
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Night of 100 Stars III
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The Cincinnati Kid
Yeller
Stormy Weather
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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
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Piano Blues
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The Singing Kid
Cab Calloway
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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The Big Broadcast
Cab Calloway
Sensations of 1945
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The Littlest Angel
Gabriel
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
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Schlager-Raketen
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The Harlem Renaissance
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St. Louis Blues
Blade
International House
Cab Calloway
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Snow-White
Koko the Clown (voice)
Hi-De-Ho
Himself
Caldonia
Himself
Jazz Ball
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Rhythm and Blues Revue
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Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The Great Balloon Race
Hi-De-Ho
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Cab Calloway
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Old Man / Reporter
The Old Man of the Mountain
Himself & Old Man
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
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Porgy and Bess in Wien
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Ebony Parade
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
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Walking with My Honey
The Skunk Song
I Was Here When You Left Me
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
Himself
Blues in the Night
Blowtop Blues
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway: Sketches
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Cab Calloway Home Movies
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
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Everything's Fine
Himself (Voice)
Minnie the Moocher
Himself / Vocals