Cab Calloway is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in jazz music during the 1930s and 1940s. His unique style of singing, showmanship, and pioneering musical innovations helped ...

Calloway's appearances in "Minnie the Moocher" and "The Old Man of the Mountain" helped promote... Cab Calloway: Sketches Timeline: Major Events in Cab’s Life Read a timeline detailing the landmarks ...

Cab Calloway was still in Frederick Douglass High School when a drama critic with The Afro-American newspaper observed “When Broadway taps this boy, goodbye Baltimore.” The year was 1924 and Calloway ...

in the night, earning enough money to own a car at such young age (even more rare for a Negro of the times).

A new documentary on legendary bandleader and showman Cab Calloway will air on the PBS program “American Masters" as part of Black History Month. Cab Calloway: Sketches premieres nationally on Monday, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Cab Calloway remains one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American music. Known for his charismatic stage presence, distinctive vocal style, and groundbreaking ...

In this odd pairing, legendary singer, dancer and bandleader Cab Calloway starred in these surreal Betty Boop cartoons to promote his music, “Minnie the Moocher” and “The Old Man of the Mountain.” ...

*You’ve heard “Minnie The Moocher” countless times before, but have you ever stopped to really take in the lyrics? If so, could you understand what Cab Calloway was really saying through all of the ...

GETTING NEW LIFE. HIDDEN PITTSBURGH HISTORY NOW BEING BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH ONE WOMAN’S MISSION TO PRESERVE THIS HOUSE. IT USED TO BE THE NATIONAL -- OPERA COMPANY FOUNDED BY MARY CARDWELL DAWSON.

Camay Calloway Murphy is off her rocker. At 94, there is too much for the longtime community activist to do than just while away her golden years in her home in Havre de Grace. For Murphy, there is ...

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 ...

Perhaps it's a bit trite to fall back on the argument of "you weren't the first to..." when it comes to hipsters, but -- like every mind-shattering fact on the Internet -- a Wikipedia page has given ...