Cab Calloway

Known for ActingBorn 1907-12-25Died 1994-11-18Rochester, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

Caldonia

Schlager-Raketen

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Great Man: W.C. Fields

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

The Pearl Bailey Show

Jazz Ball

The Blues Brothers

Minnie the Moocher

St. Louis Blues

Hi-De-Ho

Triumph Over Violence

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

The Cincinnati Kid

Night of 100 Stars II

Grass

Piano Blues

What's My Line?

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

The Big Broadcast

The Singing Kid

Rhythm and Blues Revue

The Ed Sullivan Show

Stormy Weather

Snow-White

Sensations of 1945

The Harlem Renaissance

The Old Man of the Mountain

The Love Boat

Minnie the Moocher

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Great Performances

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

The Mike Douglas Show

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

The Littlest Angel

International House

Kraft Music Hall

Harry O

Blues in the Night

Night of 100 Stars III

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo