Cab Calloway

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December 25, 1907

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.

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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
6.90
movie2024United States
Character: The Old Man of the Mountain / Additional (voice)Credit: Acting
Everything's Fine
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movie2020United States
Character: Himself (Voice)Credit: Acting
Cab Calloway: Sketches
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movie2012United States
Character: HimselfCredit: Acting
The Harlem Renaissance
6.90
movie2004United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
6.90
movie2004United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
Piano Blues
6.90
movie2003United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
Grass
7.00
movie1999CanadaUnited States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
6.90
movie1998United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
6.90
movie1995United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
Night of 100 Stars III
6.90
movie1990United States
Character: SelfCredit: Acting
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
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movie1990United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
WrestleMania 2
6.90
movie1986United States
Character: SelfCredit: Acting
Night of 100 Stars II
6.90
movie1985United States
Character: SelfCredit: Acting
The Blues Brothers
7.90
movie1980United States
Character: CurtisCredit: Acting
The Great Balloon Race
0.00
movie1977United States
Credit: Acting
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0.00
movie1975United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
The Littlest Angel
6.80
movie1969United States
Character: GabrielCredit: Acting
The Cincinnati Kid
7.10
movie1965United States
Character: YellerCredit: Acting
Schlager-Raketen
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movie1960Germany
Character: SelfCredit: Acting
St. Louis Blues
6.90
movie1958United States
Character: BladeCredit: Acting