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

Known For

The Blues Brothers

as Curtis

The Cincinnati Kid

as Yeller

The Love Boat

as Lionel Bigelow

Snow-White

as Koko the Clown (voice)

Minnie the Moocher

as Cab Calloway

Stormy Weather

as Cab Calloway

Grass

as Self (Archive Footage)

The Old Man of the Mountain

as Himself & Old Man

What's My Line?

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self