| LC control no. | n 82020542 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.C265 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 |
| Variant(s) | Calloway, Cabell, 1907-1994 Hi-de-ho, Mr., 1907-1994 Calloway, C., 1907-1994 |
| See also | Corporate body: Cab Calloway Quartet Corporate body: Cab jivers (Musical group) Founded corporate body of person: Cab Calloway Orchestra |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1907-12-25 |
| Death date | 1994-11-18 |
| Place of birth | Rochester (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Hockessin (Del.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Carroll Dickerson's Savoy Orchestra Missourians Johnny Jones's Arabian Tent Orchestra (Musical group) Cab Calloway Quizzicale (Radio show) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Bandleaders Jazz musicians Composers |
| Found in | His The new Cab Calloway's hepsters dictionary, 1944. Bohländer, C. Reclams Jazzführer (Calloway, Cab (Cabell), b. 1907) Bio. dic. of Afro-Amer. & Afr. musicians, 1982 (Calloway, Cabell ("Cab"); b. 12/25/07) Washington post, 11/20/94: page B5 (Cab Calloway; "Mr. Hi-de-ho"; singer, dancer, big-band leader; d. Nov. 18, 1994; model for char. Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess; appeared in many films) A history of jazz [SR] 1961: container (Cab Calloway Quartet) Grove music online, Mar. 10, 2006: Jazz (Calloway, Cab(ell, III); b. Dec. 25, 1907, Rochester, NY, d. Nov. 18, 1994, Hockessin, DE; American singer and bandleader) Baker's biog. dict. (American singer, band leader and songwriter) African American National Biography, accessed January 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Calloway, Cab; Cabell Calloway III; bandleader, jazz musician, singer; born 25 December 1907 in Rochester, New York, United States; performed with Johnny Jones's Arabian Tent Orchestra; played with Carroll Dickerson Orchestra (1928); leader of the Missourians (1930s-1940s); hosted a radio show Cab Calloway Quizzicale (1942); published Professor Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau and New Cab Calloway's Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive (1944); started in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on Broadway, in London and Paris (1950); played in The Blues Brothers (1980); appeared on Janet Jackson's music video "Alright", which won the Soul Train award (1990); awarded National Medal of the Arts (1993); died 18 November 1994 in Hockessin, Delaware, United States) OCLC, viewed June 8, 2022 (access points: Calloway, Cab; Calloway, C.; usages: Cab Calloway, C. Calloway) |
| Associated language | eng |
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