Cab Calloway
December 25, 1907 (117 years old) in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cab Calloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2024 ·Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischeras The Old Man of the Mountain / Additional (voice)
- 2020 ·Everything's Fineas Himself (Voice)
- 2012 ·Cab Calloway: Sketchesas Himself
- 2004 ·TV in Black: The First Fifty Yearsas Self (archive footage)
- 2004 ·The Harlem Renaissanceas Self (archive footage)
- 2003 ·Piano Bluesas Self (archive footage)
- 1999 ·Grassas Self (Archive Footage)
- 1998 ·The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 ·Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoonsas Self (archive footage)
- 1990 ·Night of 100 Stars IIIas Self
- 1990 ·Steve McQueen: Man on the Edgeas Self (archive footage)
- 1985 ·Night of 100 Stars IIas Self
- 1980 ·The Blues Brothersas Curtis
- 1977 ·The Love Boatas Lionel Bigelow
- 1977 ·The Great Balloon Raceas
- 1975 ·Black Shadows on a Silver Screenas Self (archive footage)
- 1974 ·Harry Oas
- 1971 ·Great Performancesas Self
- 1971 ·The Pearl Bailey Showas Self
- 1969 ·The Littlest Angelas Gabriel
- 1965 ·The Cincinnati Kidas Yeller
- 1961 ·The Mike Douglas Showas Self
- 1958 ·Kraft Music Hallas Self
- 1958 ·St. Louis Bluesas Blade
- 1957 ·Tonight Starring Jack Paaras Self
- 1956 ·Jazz Ballas Self (archive footage)
- 1955 ·Rhythm and Blues Revueas Self
- 1951 ·Hallmark Hall of Fameas
- 1951 ·Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haitias Self
- 1951 ·Cab Calloway Home Movie #1as Self
- 1951 ·Cab Calloway Home Movie #3as Self
- 1950 ·What's My Line?as Self
- 1950 ·Cab Calloway Home Movie #2as Self
- 1950 ·Cab Calloway Home Movie #4as Self
- 1948 ·The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
- 1948 ·Cab Calloway Home Moviesas
- 1948 ·Cab Calloway Home Movie #5as Self
- 1947 ·Hi-De-Hoas Himself
- 1945 ·We the Cats Shall Hep Yaas Himself
- 1945 ·I Was Here When You Left Meas
- 1945 ·Foo a Little Bally-Hooas
- 1945 ·Blowtop Bluesas
- 1945 ·Walking with My Honeyas
- 1945 ·Caldoniaas Himself
- 1944 ·Sensations of 1945as Cab Calloway
- 1943 ·Stormy Weatheras Cab Calloway
- 1942 ·The Skunk Songas
- 1942 ·Minnie the Moocheras Himself / Vocals
- 1942 ·Blues in the Nightas
- 1937 ·Manhattan Merry-Go-Roundas Self
- 1937 ·Hi-De-Hoas Cab Calloway
- 1936 ·The Singing Kidas Cab Calloway
- 1935 ·Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Partyas
- 1934 ·Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Hoas Cab Calloway
- 1934 ·Betty Boop's Rise to Fameas Old Man / Reporter
- 1934 ·Jazz Icons: Cab Callowayas
- 1933 ·The Old Man of the Mountainas Himself & Old Man
- 1933 ·Snow-Whiteas Koko the Clown (voice)
- 1933 ·International Houseas Cab Calloway
- 1932 ·The Big Broadcastas as Cab Calloway Band
- 1932 ·Minnie the Moocheras Cab Calloway
- Future ·Ebony Paradeas (archive footage)