Cab Calloway

Biography

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III 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

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

Triumph Over Violence

as Self (archive footage)

Stormy Weather

as Cab Calloway

The Old Man of the Mountain

as Himself & Old Man

Grass

as Self (archive footage)

What's My Line?

as Self