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'''Cab Calloway''' was a noted bandleader and singer of the [[Swing]] era, famous for his song [[Minnie the Moocher]].

'''Cab Calloway''' (b. Dec 25, 1907 Rochester, NY, USA - d. Nov 18, 1994 Hockessin, DE, USA)<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=34283 Cab Calloway], Internet Broadway Database</ref> was a noted bandleader and singer of the [[Swing]] era, famous for his song [[Minnie the Moocher]].

He shared a residency at the [[Cotton Club]] in [[Harlem]] with [[Duke Ellington]]. In the early 1930s he led one of the most popular [[Big Band]]s in the [[USA]]. He was noted for an imaginative and flamboyant interpretation of the [[scat]] singing made famous by [[Louis Armstrong]].

He shared a residency at the [[Cotton Club]] in [[Harlem]] with [[Duke Ellington]]. In the early 1930s he led one of the most popular [[Big Band]]s in the [[USA]]. He was noted for an imaginative and flamboyant interpretation of the [[scat]] singing made famous by [[Louis Armstrong]].

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.

 

He was successful in [[musical comedy|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.