This riveting collection of jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloways most electrifying performances brings to life a bygone era of swinging jazz and heartstopping musical numbers One of the great jazz ...
Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul (01-21-35) Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) (07-02-35) I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) (07-02-35) ...
As the blatant strains of "Minnie the Moocher" faded into memories, there was a bustle backstage and the maestro of the Hi De Ho strode into his dressing room. His valet, a self-styled "secretary," ...
Cab Calloway, the swing-era singer, actor and bandleader who soared to national popularity in the ’30s and ’40s on the strength of such hits as “Minnie the Moocher” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” has ...
The Baltimore City rowhome once occupied by jazz legend Cab Calloway’s maternal grandmother has cleared the last major hurdle on its way to being designated as a historic landmark by the city’s ...
Before Sammy Davis Jr. proved that a black entertainer could reign as a headliner in Las Vegas, before Marian Anderson demonstrated that a black diva could triumph in the opera house, before Paul ...
Known as the "Hi De Ho" man, Cab Calloway was a legendary figure in American pop culture, immortalized in cartoons and caricatures. An energetic showman, gifted singer, talented actor and trendsetting ...
…as popular as this Minnie the Moocher refrain still is and as often as it is evoked by even today’s most popular stylists, it should not eclipse another classic piece, equally evocative of the ...
“Hi de hi de hi de ho!” Charismatic music and dance pioneer Cab Calloway (12-25-1907 – 11-18-94) is an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. As a singer, dancer and bandleader, he charmed ...