Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 25, 1907
Died
Nov 18, 1994
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Credits
65 titles
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
Filmography
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
The Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)
Everything's Fine
Himself (Voice)
Cab Calloway: Sketches
Himself
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
Self (archive footage)
Grass
Self (archive footage)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Blues Brothers
Curtis
The Love Boat
Lionel J. Bigelow
The Great Balloon Race
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Harry O
Great Performances
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
The Littlest Angel
Gabriel
Triumph Over Violence
Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid
Yeller
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Schlager-Raketen
Self
Kraft Music Hall
Self
St. Louis Blues
Blade
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Self
Porgy and Bess in Wien
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
Self
What's My Line?
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Cab Calloway Home Movies
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
Self
Hi-De-Ho
Cab
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
Himself
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
Blowtop Blues
I Was Here When You Left Me
Walking with My Honey
Caldonia
Himself
Sensations of 1945
Cab Calloway
Stormy Weather
Cab Calloway
The Skunk Song