Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Birthday: 1907-12-25

Deathday: 1994-11-18

Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA

Also known as: Cabell Calloway III

imdb_id: nm0130572

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cab Calloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

Score: 10.0

The Skunk Song

Score: 10.0

Minnie the Moocher

Score: 8.0

Night of 100 Stars II

Score: 8.0

Hi-De-Ho

Score: 8.0

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Score: 8.0

St. Louis Blues

Score: 7.8

The Blues Brothers

Score: 7.7

The Big Broadcast

Score: 7.1

Jazz Ball

Score: 7.0

The Cincinnati Kid

Score: 7.0

Stormy Weather

Score: 6.9

Snow-White

Score: 6.8

The Old Man of the Mountain

Score: 6.6

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Score: 6.6

Minnie the Moocher

Score: 6.6

Grass

Score: 6.5

Piano Blues

Score: 6.5

Sensations of 1945

Score: 6.2

Rhythm and Blues Revue

Score: 6.0

The Harlem Renaissance

Score: 6.0

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Score: 6.0

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

Score: 5.7

Hi-De-Ho

Score: 5.7

Blues in the Night

Score: 5.5

International House

Score: 5.4

The Littlest Angel

Score: 5.3

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

Score: 5.2

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Score: 5.0

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Score: 4.0

Night of 100 Stars III

Score: 4.0

The Singing Kid

Score: 4.0

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

Score: 3.0

I Was Here When You Left Me

Score: 2.0

Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

Score: 2.0

Schlager-Raketen

Score: 0.0

Caldonia

Score: 0.0

Blowtop Blues

Score: 0.0

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway: Sketches

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The Great Balloon Race

Score: 0.0

Ebony Parade

Score: 0.0

Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway

Score: 0.0

Everything's Fine

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

Score: 0.0

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Score: 0.0

Walking with My Honey

Score: 0.0

Cab Calloway Home Movies

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Score: 7.0

What's My Line?

Score: 6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.7

The Love Boat

Score: 6.3

Great Performances

Score: 5.6

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

Kraft Music Hall

Score: 4.7

Harry O

Score: 4.6

The Pearl Bailey Show

Score: 0.0