Cab Calloway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cab Calloway

American jazz singer and bandleader

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1994

Profession: actor, conductor, singer, bandleader, stage actor, dancer, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Cab Calloway

  • Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer, dancer, and bandleader.
  • He was 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 from the start of the 1930s to the late 1940s.
  • Calloway's band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitarist Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton.
  • Calloway had several hits in the 1930s–1940s, becoming known as the "Hi-de-ho" man of jazz for his most famous song, Minnie the Moocher, recorded in 1931.
  • He also made several stage, film, and television appearances until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
  • He influenced later singers such as Michael Jackson and various hip-hop performers.
  • Calloway is the first African American musician to sell a million records from a single song and to have a nationally syndicated radio show.
  • He is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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