“Hi de hi de hi de ho!” Charismatic music and dance pioneer Cab Calloway (12-25-1907 – 11-18-94) is an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. As a singer, dancer and bandleader, he charmed ...

One hundred years ago, on Christmas Day, African-American jazz singer and band leader Cab Calloway was born. We hear an appreciation from Sara Fishko of WNYC. Now, taking you from the swing of the bat ...

Cab Calloway is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in jazz music during the 1930s and 1940s. His unique style of singing, showmanship, and pioneering musical innovations helped ...

Writers and critics discuss the long-time rivalry between Cab and Dizzy Jazz writer Gary Giddens and jazz critic/cultural historian Stanley Crouch tell one of the great stories about the rivalry ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation is taking a fresh look at the former home of jazz musician Cab Calloway. Cab Calloway-- king of swing, world-renown ...

On March 3, 1931, Harlem big band leader Cab Calloway recorded “Minnie the Moocher,” the classic tale of chasing opium that made Calloway a national star and put Harlem’s big band sound on the map.

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 ...

Fosse's 'The Little Prince,' specifically, proved hugely influential on MJ's work, as did the legendary Calloway.

CAB CALLOWAY IS A JAZZ LEGEND, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SELL A MILLION RECORDS WITH A SINGLE SONG. >> HE IS THE GRANDFATHER OF HIP HOP AND THE WRAP MOVEMENTS WE SEE TODAY BECAUSE HE CAME FROM ...

After months of opposition, the vacant West Baltimore house where Baltimore jazz legend Cab Calloway lived as a teenager will be demolished by the city, likely by the end of the year. Razing the ...

When Cab Calloway School of the Arts class of 2009 valedictorian Sunny Jewel Jones walked onto the Wilmington High School campus four years ago, she did so as a Charter School of Wilmington student.