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Cab Calloway-

Cab Calloway was born on Christmas day of 1907. He was born in the heart of Rochester, New York. Cab was second of six children. When he was six he moved to Baltimore, Maryland; where his father practiced law and sold real estate. Here in Baltimore, Cab loved to sing at church. Many believe that this was the start of his career, but others say it was when he found a singing show in Chicago. Along with this he took acting lessons, and briefly attended Crain College. Even with all of his classes his heart was in singing and show business. Later in his life he got married to a woman named Nuffie Calloway. By 1925 Cab was working as a drummer with the Sunset Café band in Chicago. Also, by his 20th birthday Cab had organized his own orchestra. After this, Cab went back to singing vocals again.The group was Cab Calloway and his Alabamians.The vocal group became popular in Chicago,and with this they moved to Harlem and sang in the Cotton Club. His group became very popular around the country. Cab also helped start many people’s careers. These included singers Pearl Bailey (1918- 1990), Lena Horne (1917- 2009), trumperter Dizzy Gillespic (1917- 1993), Saxophonistis Chu Berry (1910-1941),and Ben Webster (1909- 1972). Cab Calloway influnced Chuck Berry (1926-), Ray Charles (1930-) and Elvis Presley (1935- 1977). But, every great thing must come to an end. Cab Calloway died on November 18,1994, in Hosckessin,Deleware. It was truly the loss of a legend.


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__ Cab Calloway __ Cab Calloway was born on December 25 (Christmas) 1907 in Rochester, New York. His parents were a very successful family. His father was a lawyer and they got a lot of money. His sister was a jazz singer who gothis singing career. He had one of the highest earning bands of the 1930’s and 1940’s. In July 3rd 1941 Cab Calloway records “St. James Infirmary.” He was married to a girl named Nuffie Calloway. He died from a stroke he suffered at his White Plains, New York home. The day was November 18th, 1994. Cab Calloway became famous for his ultra-cool style as for songs. He orgainzed his own band in Chicago. They called themselves “Cab Calloway and the Alabamians.” He was a singer and a bandleader. He entertained troops in the U.S. and Canada during World War II. Cab Calloway was known as the Dean of American Jive. Calloway was the essence of what later generations might call “cool,” “bad,” or “phat.” One sepical thing about Cab Calloway was that he was born on Christmas Day. Another thing was that his family was very, very weathly. His dad was a very successful lawyer. His parents wanted Cab Calloway to study the law just like his dad. Cab Calloway made very warm music and he was a very warm person. You can see that in his music. He also had some cool word selections and he said very cool word selections in his songs. Cab Calloway was a very “out of the ordinary” kind of guy and his music was very “out of the ordinary.” Cab Calloway helped launch careers of many perfromers who worked with his band at one time or another. These included singers Pearl Bailey (1918- 1990), Lena Horne (1917- 2009), trumperter Dizzy Gillespic (1917- 1993), Saxophonistis Chu Berry (1910-1941), Ben Webster (1909- 1972). Cab Calloway influnced Chuck Berry (1926-), Ray Charles (1930-) and Elvis Presley (1935- 1977). In 1980, Calloway apperared alongside Dan Aykroyd (1952-) and John Belush(1950- 1982) in //The Blues Brothers//. He enjoyed singing solos at his church (Bethlehem Metodist Episcopal Church).



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