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Cab Calloway
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cab Calloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself
International House
as Cab Calloway
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
