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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer (1907–1994)
This article is about the musician.
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For the school, see Cab Calloway School of the Arts.
Musical artist
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.
His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.[2]
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the early 1930s to the late 1940s.
His band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, guitarist Danny Barker, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Cozy Cole.[3]
Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a record.