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Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. His band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, guitarist Danny Barker, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Cozy Cole.
Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a record. He became known as the "Hi-de-ho" man of jazz for his most famous song, "Minnie the Moocher", originally recorded in 1931. He reached the Billboard charts in five consecutive decades (1930s–1970s). Calloway also made several stage, film, and television appearances until his death in 1994 at the age of 86. He had roles in Stormy Weather (1943), Porgy and Bess (1953), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), and Hello Dolly! (1967). His career enjoyed a marked resurgence from his appearance in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.
Calloway was the first African-American to have a nationally syndicated radio program. In 1993, Calloway received the National Medal of Arts from the United States Congress. He posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. His song "Minnie the Moocher" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2019. In 2022, the National Film Registry selected his home films for preservation as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films". He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame and the International Jazz Hall of Fame.
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- The Scat Song - 1932 Version - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- There's a Cabin in the Cotton - 1932 Version - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Strictly Cullud Affair - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Aw, You Dawg! - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Dinah - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Old Yazoo - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Angeline - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- I'm Now Prepared To Tell The World It's You - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Swanee Lullaby - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Reefer Man - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- The Old Man Of The Mountain - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- You Gotta Ho-Di-Ho - To Get Along with Me - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Strange As It Seems - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- This Time It's Love - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Git Along (feat. Roy Smeck & Chick Bullock) - Take 1 - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Hot Toddy - Alternate Session Take - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Harlem Holiday - Harlem Holy Days' - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- I've Got the World On a String - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Dixie Doorway - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Wah-Dee-Dah - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Sweet Rhythm - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Beale Street Mama - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- That's What I Hate About Love - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- The Man From Harlem - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- My Sunday Gal - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Eadie Was A Lady - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- I Gotta Go Places And Do Things - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Hot Water - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Doin' the New Low Down (with Don Redman & His Orchestra) - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Evenin' - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- I Learned About Love From Her - Take 3 - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- I Learned About Love From Her - Take 4 - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Little Town Gal - Take 1 - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Harlem Hospitality - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- The Lady With the Fan - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Harlem Camp Meeting - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Zaz, Zuh, Zaz - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
- Father's Got His Glasses On - Chronological Calloway, Vol 1 (1932-33) - Cab Calloway
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