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Biography

Name: Cab Calloway
Birth Date: December 25, 1907
Death Date: November 18, 1994
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States
Place of Death: Hockessin, New Jersey, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: singer, songwriter, bandleader

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Biography of Cab Calloway
1,103 words, approx. 4 pages
Cab Calloway (1907-1994), blues and scat legend, entertained generations of people with his jazzy big band sounds. Even in his golden years, Calloway still traveled on the road and performed for his fans. Cab Calloway was a famous singer and bandleader...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Calloway, Cab (1907-1994) Summary
542 words, approx. 2 pages
Known as "The Hi-De-Ho Man," jazz singer, dancer, and bandleader Cab Calloway was one of the best-known entertainers in the United States from the early 1930s until his death in 1994. Calloway's musical talents, however, were only...
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Cab Calloway Information
1,594 words, approx. 5 pages
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous African 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...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Cab Calloway
12/09/1994: 302 words, approx. 1 pages
Steve Voce's obituary for Cab Calloway {21 November} refers briefly to his film work but mention should also be made of the Fleischer brothers, New York animators who used Calloway in three films starring the cartoon flapper Betty Boop, writes Glenn Mitchell. Minnie...
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Philadelphia Tribune, The
Cab Calloway, creative musician, dies at 86
11/22/1994: 602 words, approx. 2 pages
Sherry Stone Philadelphia Tribune, The 11-22-1994 Cab Calloway, creative musician, dies at 86. By Sherry Stone Tribune Staff "Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi-dee-ho..." was the improvisation that entertainer Cab Calloway scatted to fans when he once forgot the words to a song, but...
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AP News
Today in History - Dec. 25
12/21/2007: 558 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 25, the 359th day of 2007. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 25, 1818, "Silent Night," written by Franz Gruber and Father Joseph Mohr, was performed for the first time, at...
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AP News
Canes' fans fight to save Orange Bowl
8/9/2007: 729 words, approx. 2 pages
Mike Mangini gazed at the Orange Bowl, a once-glistening stadium near downtown Miami now replete with a rusting facade, decaying frame and well-worn fixtures. "It's a dump," said Mangini, a South Florida hospital worker who has held Miami Hurricanes football season tickets since the 1980s....
 


 

Cab Calloway

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