Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Acting

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.

Filmography

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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer ★ 10.0 Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer 2024 Everything's Fine Everything's Fine 2020 Cab Calloway: Sketches Cab Calloway: Sketches 2012 The Harlem Renaissance ★ 6.0 The Harlem Renaissance 2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years ★ 5.3 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004 Piano Blues ★ 6.5 Piano Blues 2003 Grass ★ 6.6 Grass 1999 The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' ★ 6.5 The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' 1998 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons ★ 8.0 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons 1995 Night of 100 Stars III ★ 4.0 Night of 100 Stars III 1990 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge ★ 7.0 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge 1990 Night of 100 Stars II ★ 8.0 Night of 100 Stars II 1985 The Blues Brothers ★ 7.7 The Blues Brothers 1980 The Love Boat ★ 6.3 The Love Boat 1977 The Great Balloon Race The Great Balloon Race 1977 Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975 Harry O ★ 5.2 Harry O 1974 Great Performances ★ 6.1 Great Performances 1971 The Pearl Bailey Show ★ 8.0 The Pearl Bailey Show 1971 The Littlest Angel ★ 5.6 The Littlest Angel 1969 Triumph Over Violence ★ 7.5 Triumph Over Violence 1965 The Cincinnati Kid ★ 7.0 The Cincinnati Kid 1965 The Mike Douglas Show ★ 5.8 The Mike Douglas Show 1961 Schlager-Raketen ★ 9.0 Schlager-Raketen 1960 Kraft Music Hall ★ 5.4 Kraft Music Hall 1958 St. Louis Blues ★ 7.7 St. Louis Blues 1958 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ★ 7.5 Tonight Starring Jack Paar 1957 Jazz Ball ★ 8.0 Jazz Ball 1956 Rhythm and Blues Revue ★ 6.8 Rhythm and Blues Revue 1955 Porgy and Bess in Wien Porgy and Bess in Wien 1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame ★ 8.8 Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 Cab Calloway Home Movie #1 1951 Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 Cab Calloway Home Movie #3 1951 Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti 1951 What's My Line? ★ 7.0 What's My Line? 1950 Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 Cab Calloway Home Movie #2 1950 Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 Cab Calloway Home Movie #4 1950 The Ed Sullivan Show ★ 6.8 The Ed Sullivan Show 1948 Cab Calloway Home Movies Cab Calloway Home Movies 1948 Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 Cab Calloway Home Movie #5 1948 Hi-De-Ho ★ 6.1 Hi-De-Ho 1947 We the Cats Shall Hep Ya ★ 3.0 We the Cats Shall Hep Ya 1945 Blowtop Blues Blowtop Blues 1945 Foo a Little Bally-Hoo ★ 2.0 Foo a Little Bally-Hoo 1945 I Was Here When You Left Me ★ 2.0 I Was Here When You Left Me 1945 Walking with My Honey Walking with My Honey 1945 Caldonia ★ 10.0 Caldonia 1945 Sensations of 1945 ★ 6.6 Sensations of 1945 1944 Stormy Weather ★ 6.9 Stormy Weather 1943 The Skunk Song ★ 10.0 The Skunk Song 1942 Blues in the Night ★ 5.5 Blues in the Night 1942 Minnie the Moocher ★ 8.0 Minnie the Moocher 1942 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round ★ 6.5 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round 1937 Hi-De-Ho ★ 7.7 Hi-De-Ho 1937 The Singing Kid ★ 7.0 The Singing Kid 1936 Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party ★ 6.1 Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party 1935 Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho ★ 6.4 Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho 1934 Betty Boop's Rise to Fame ★ 6.1 Betty Boop's Rise to Fame 1934 Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway Jazz Icons: Cab Calloway 1934 The Old Man of the Mountain ★ 6.7 The Old Man of the Mountain 1933 Snow-White ★ 6.8 Snow-White 1933 International House ★ 5.5 International House 1933 The Big Broadcast ★ 7.1 The Big Broadcast 1932 Minnie the Moocher ★ 6.6 Minnie the Moocher 1932 Ebony Parade ★ 7.0 Ebony Parade