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In 1931, Calloway and Irwin Mill developed the song ''Minnie the Moocher,'' which was to become his signature song<ref>[http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/calloway.html Cab Calloway], NPR Jazz Profiles</ref>, featuring the call-and-response refrain "Hi-dee-hi" (with the response "Ho-dee-ho.").

In 1931, Calloway and Irwin Mill developed the song ''Minnie the Moocher,'' which was to become his signature song<ref>[http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/calloway.html Cab Calloway], NPR Jazz Profiles</ref>, featuring the call-and-response refrain "Hi-dee-hi" (with the response "Ho-dee-ho.").

His late 30s band included the young [[Dizzy Gillespie]] - although Calloway was bemused by Gillespie's soloing style, referring to his incipient Bebop as 'Chinese music' (whilst fully recognising his ability), Dizzy's eventual departure was more to with stabbing his bandleader.

His late 30s band included the young [[Dizzy Gillespie]] - although Calloway was bemused by Gillespie's soloing style, referring to his incipient Bebop as 'Chinese music' (whilst fully recognising his ability), Dizzy's eventual departure had more to do with his stabbing Calloway's bandleader.

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.