Cab Calloway

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-12-25

Day of death

1994-11-18 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

  • Sensations of 1945

    Sensations of 1945

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Blues Brothers

    The Blues Brothers

  • Harry O

    Harry O

  • Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

    Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

  • Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

  • International House

    International House

  • Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

  • The Cincinnati Kid

    The Cincinnati Kid

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

  • Triumph Over Violence

    Triumph Over Violence

  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

  • Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

  • The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

  • The Littlest Angel

    The Littlest Angel

  • The Old Man of the Mountain

    The Old Man of the Mountain

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

  • Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

  • The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

  • St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

  • The Great Balloon Race

    The Great Balloon Race

  • Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

    Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

  • Rhythm and Blues Revue

    Rhythm and Blues Revue

  • The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

  • Stormy Weather

    Stormy Weather

  • Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

  • The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

    The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

  • Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

  • Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

  • Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

  • Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

  • Grass

    Grass

  • WrestleMania 2

    WrestleMania 2

  • Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

  • Snow-White

    Snow-White

  • Ebony Parade

    Ebony Parade

  • Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

  • Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

  • Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

  • Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

  • Everything's Fine

    Everything's Fine

  • Caldonia

    Caldonia

  • Walking with My Honey

    Walking with My Honey

  • Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway

    Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway

  • We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

    We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

  • Blowtop Blues

    Blowtop Blues

  • I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

  • Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

  • The Skunk Song

    The Skunk Song

  • Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

  • Blues in the Night

    Blues in the Night

  • Cab Calloway: Sketches

    Cab Calloway: Sketches

  • Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo