Cab Calloway
Known for: Acting
Born: December 25, 1907
Died: November 18, 1994
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
55 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
NR
Everything's Fine
2020
NR
Cab Calloway: Sketches
2012
6.0
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
6.5
Piano Blues
2003
6.6
Grass
1999
6.5
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
8.0
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
7.0
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
7.7
The Blues Brothers
1980
6.3
The Love Boat
1977NR
The Great Balloon Race
1977
NR
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
5.2
Harry O
1974
6.1
Great Performances
19718.0
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
5.6
The Littlest Angel
1969
7.5
Triumph Over Violence
1965
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
9.0
Schlager-Raketen
1960
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
7.7
St. Louis Blues
19587.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
8.0
Jazz Ball
1956
6.8
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955
NR
Porgy and Bess in Wien
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
1951NR
Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
1951NR
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
1951
7.0
What's My Line?
1950NR
Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
1950NR
Cab Calloway Home Movie #4
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
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Cab Calloway Home Movies
1948NR
Cab Calloway Home Movie #5
1948
6.1
Hi-De-Ho
1947
3.0
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
1945
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Blowtop Blues
1945
2.0
I Was Here When You Left Me
1945
2.0
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
1945NR
Walking with My Honey
1945
10.0
Caldonia
1945
6.6
Sensations of 1945
1944
6.9
Stormy Weather
1943
10.0
The Skunk Song
1942
5.5
Blues in the Night
1942
7.9
Minnie the Moocher
1942
6.5
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937
7.8
Hi-De-Ho
1937
7.0
The Singing Kid
19366.1
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
1935
6.4
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
1934
6.1
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934NR
Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway
1934
6.7
The Old Man of the Mountain
1933
6.8
Snow-White
1933
5.6
International House
1933
7.1
The Big Broadcast
1932
6.6
Minnie the Moocher
1932
7.0
Ebony Parade
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