During the swing revival of the 1990s it was singer and bandleader Cab Calloway, and not Benny Goodman or Duke Ellington or Glenn Miller, who provided the biggest influence—with the snazzy suits, hep ...

The legendary "Hi De Ho" man was a energetic showman, gifted singer, talented actor and trendsetting fashion plate. A truly larger than life figure in American pop culture, immortalized in cartoons ...

There he is: on-stage alone, elderly, confronted with a young audience waiting for other artists. To keep them from getting antsy, he turns to the orchestra and leads them into an old song. As he ...

Cab Calloway grows up in Baltimore, a predominantly black city. During this time Cab works as a paper boy, walks horses at the racetrack, and sings all while going to school. Calloway attracts notice ...