Cab Calloway
Acting·December 25, 1907·† November 18, 1994 — 86 years old·Rochester, 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.
Known For
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—Ebony Parade(archive footage)2024Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max FleischerThe Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)2020Everything's FineHimself (Voice)2012Cab Calloway: SketchesHimself2004The Harlem RenaissanceSelf (archive footage)2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)2003Piano BluesSelf (archive footage)1999GrassSelf (archive footage)1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'Self (archive footage)1995Betty Boop: Queen of the CartoonsSelf (archive footage)1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf1980The Blues BrothersCurtis1977The Love BoatTVLionel J. Bigelow1977The Great Balloon Race1975Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)1974Harry OTV1971Great PerformancesTVSelf1971The Pearl Bailey ShowTVSelf1969The Littlest AngelGabriel1965Triumph Over ViolenceSelf (archive footage)1965The Cincinnati KidYeller1961The Mike Douglas ShowTVSelf1960Schlager-RaketenSelf1958Kraft Music HallTVSelf1958St. Louis BluesBlade1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarTVSelf1956Jazz BallSelf (archive footage)1955Rhythm and Blues RevueSelf1953Porgy and Bess in Wien1951Hallmark Hall of FameTV1951Cab Calloway Home Movie: HaitiSelf · Director1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #1Self · Director1951Cab Calloway Home Movie #3Self · Director1950What's My Line?TVSelf1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #2Self · Director1950Cab Calloway Home Movie #4Self · Director1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTVSelf1948Cab Calloway Home MoviesDirector · Cinematography1948Cab Calloway Home Movie #5Self · Director1947Hi-De-HoCab1945We the Cats Shall Hep YaHimself1945Blowtop Blues1945Foo a Little Bally-Hoo1945I Was Here When You Left Me1945Walking with My Honey1945CaldoniaHimself1944Sensations of 1945Cab Calloway1943Stormy WeatherCab Calloway1942The Skunk Song1942Blues in the Night1942Minnie the MoocherHimself / Vocals1937Manhattan Merry-Go-RoundSelf1937Hi-De-HoCab Calloway1936The Singing KidCab Calloway1935Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party1934Cab Calloway's Hi-De-HoCab Calloway1934Betty Boop's Rise to FameOld Man / Reporter1934Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway1933The Old Man of the MountainHimself & Old Man1933Snow-WhiteKoko the Clown (voice)1933International HouseCab Calloway1932The Big BroadcastCab Calloway1932Minnie the MoocherCab Calloway