Artist
Born: 25th December 1907, Rochester, New York, USA.
Died: 18th November 1994, Cokebury Village, Hockessin, Delaware, USA.
American band-leader of the 1930s-1940s, jazz musician, singer, song-writer & multi-talented EmCee renowned for his 'scat singing' style.
Calloway's orchestra rotated as a 'house band' with that of Duke Ellington at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem through the Prohibition era. His snappy 'zoot-suit' dress sense and skillful vaudeville song-and-dance routines made him an extremely popular entertainer. His 'moonwalking' predating that of Michael Jackson by about a half-century.
In later years he continued performing and featured in films, such as "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) with Steve McQueen & Edward G. Robinson. The "Cab Calloway School of the Arts", in Wilmington, Delaware, was dedicated in his name in 1994. Calloway died shortly after a stroke and his ashes are interred at Ferncliffe Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
Brother of Blanche Calloway.
Tracks
1
Minnie The Moocher
2
Trickeration
3
Kickin' The Gong Around
4
Hot Toddy
5
Harlem Camp Meeting
6
The Scat Song
7
'Long About Midnight
8
Moonglow
9
Jitter Bug
10
At The Clambake Carnival
11
Jive (Page One Of Zhe Hepster's Dictionary)
12
Pluckin' The Bass
13
Come On With The 'Come On'
14
Bye Bye Blues
15
Lonesome Nights
16
Willow Weep For Me
17
Ebony Silhouette
18
Jonah Joins The Cab
19
Take The 'A' Train
20
A Smo-o-oth One
Releases
Countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
