Cab Calloway

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Born
25 December 1907
Born In
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
Died
18 November 1994 (aged 86)
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, from the start of the 1930s through to the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Doc Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Chu Berry, New Orleans guitar a… read more
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led on… read more
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands, Cab Calloway and hi… read more

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1 Play track Best Of The Big Bands Minnie the Moocher (Theme Song)
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2 Play track Hi-De-Ho St. James Infirmary
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3 Play track Hi-De-Ho Minnie the Moocher
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4 Play track The Early Years 1930-1934 - CD A St. James' Infirmary
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5 Play track Cab Calloway: Only the Best (Remastered Version) St James' Infirmary
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6 Play track He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Forgotten Fifties) Jumpin Jive
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7 Play track Hi De Ho Man Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
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8 Play track Best Of The Big Bands The Jumpin' Jive
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9 Play track Best Of The Big Bands Reefer Man
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10 Play track Cab Calloway - Jazz Icons from the Golden Era The Ghost Of Smokey Joe
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Albums

  1. 69,472 listeners

    1989 · 16 tracks

    Best Of The Big Bands
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  2. 62,308 listeners

    8 Aug 1994 · 22 tracks

    Are You Hep to the Jive?
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  3. 40,241 listeners

    1974 · 20 tracks

    Hi De Ho Man
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  4. 26,891 listeners

    31 Dec 2003 · 20 tracks

    Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
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