Cab Calloway
Known for: Actor
Born: 25 December 1907, Rochester, New York, USA
Died: 18 November 1994
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
Ebony Parade
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
The Blues Brothers
The Love Boat
The Great Balloon Race
Harry O
The Littlest Angel
The Cincinnati Kid
St. Louis Blues
Porgy and Bess in Wien
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cab Calloway Home Movies
Hi-De-Ho
I Was Here When You Left Me
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
Blowtop Blues
Walking with My Honey
Sensations of 1945
Stormy Weather
Blues in the Night
Hi-De-Ho
The Singing Kid
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
Snow-White
International House
The Big Broadcast
Minnie the Moocher
