Cab Calloway
Biography
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.
Known For
Yeller
The Cincinnati Kid
Curtis
The Blues Brothers
Cab Calloway
Stormy Weather
Cab Calloway Home Movies
Blade
St. Louis Blues
Himself
Hi-De-Ho
Koko the Clown (voice)
Snow-White
Himself & Old Man
The Old Man of the Mountain
Cab Calloway
The Singing Kid
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Cab Calloway
Sensations of 1945
Cab Calloway
The Big Broadcast
Old Man / Reporter
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Gabriel
The Littlest Angel
The Skunk Song
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Cab Calloway
Hi-De-Ho
Walking with My Honey
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
Himself (Voice)
Everything's Fine
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
International House
Himself
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
(archive footage)
Ebony Parade
Self
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Blues in the Night
Himself / Vocals
Minnie the Moocher
The Great Balloon Race
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Ball
Himself
Cab Calloway: Sketches
Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Blowtop Blues
I Was Here When You Left Me
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Himself
Caldonia
Self (archive footage)
Grass
Self
Schlager-Raketen
Self (archive footage)
Обыкновенный фашизм
Porgy and Bess in Wien
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
55
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-12-25
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As
Cabell Calloway III