Cab Calloway
Acting · Born December 25, 1907 · 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.
Cab Calloway movies and shows
The Mike Douglas Show1961
What's My Line?1950
Great Performances1971
The Love Boat1977
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
Kraft Music Hall1958
Harry O1974
The Blues Brothers1980
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
The Cincinnati Kid1965
Triumph Over Violence1965
Night of 100 Stars III1990
Night of 100 Stars II1985
Grass1999
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990
The Littlest Angel1969
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'1998
The Singing Kid1936
Stormy Weather1943
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons1995
Piano Blues2003
The Big Broadcast1932
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round1937