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His career extended well beyond the Swing era - in the mid 1940s he published the ''New Cab Calloway's Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive'', which documented the slang terms which had permeated his songs for the benefit of interested squares.
His career extended well beyond the Swing era - in the mid 1940s he published the ''New Cab Calloway's Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive'', which documented the slang terms which had permeated his songs for the benefit of interested squares.
He was successful in musical theatre throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1980 he appeared in the [[Blues Brothers]] movie singing Minnie The Moocher.
In 1980 he appeared in the [[Blues Brothers]] movie singing Minnie The Moocher.
Regarded with great affection as a kind and generous man by anyone who worked with him, he died in 1994.
Regarded with great affection as a kind and generous man by anyone who worked with him, he died in 1994.