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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Cincinnati Kid
as Yeller
1965
The Blues Brothers
as Curtis
1980
Stormy Weather
as Cab Calloway
1943
Cab Calloway Home Movies
1948
St. Louis Blues
as Blade
1958
Hi-De-Ho
as Himself
1947
Snow-White
as Koko the Clown (voice)
1933
The Old Man of the Mountain
as Himself & Old Man
1933
The Singing Kid
as Cab Calloway
1936
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Sensations of 1945
as Cab Calloway
1944
The Big Broadcast
as Cab Calloway
1932
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
as Old Man / Reporter
1934
The Littlest Angel
as Gabriel
1969
The Skunk Song
1942
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
1934
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
1935
Hi-De-Ho
as Cab Calloway
1937
Walking with My Honey
1945
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
