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
03:14
2
Beale Street Mama
03:08
3
Angeline
02:51
4
Bye Bye Blues
02:52
5
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
03:08
6
Dinah
03:08
7
Wake Up And Live
02:25
8
Pickin' Up The Cabbage
02:44
9
You Gotta Ho-Di-Ho
03:08
10
Reefer Man
02:52
11
The Jumpin' Jive
02:47
12
Manhattan Jam
02:34
13
I Gotta Go Places And Do Things
02:34
14
Eadie Was A Lady
02:54
15
Take The "A" Train
03:01
16
F.D.R. Jones
02:19
Releases
Countries
Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Europe
