Billed alternately in the ads as “Sepia Prima Donna”, “The Sepian Nightingale”, “Siren of Songs”, “Songbird of the South”, “Bundle of Blues”, “Popular and petite songbird”, “The aristocrat of song”, “The Broadway Favorite and Singing Sensation”, “Second to Marian Anderson”… Read the full story →
In 1948, while his popularity was rather low and his concerts became downright rare, Cab Calloway enjoyed the limelights of the release of a short comic about him published by Famous Funnies editions. Entitled "Cab Calloway, dean of American jive", the… Read the full story →
Les expressions argotiques employées dans les chansons de Cab Calloway sont parfois difficiles voire impossible à décrypter si l'on n'était pas dans l'époque, Noir ou musicien de jazz ! L'histoire raconte qu'Irving Mills insistait même pour ajouter encore plus d'argot… Read the full story →
Off Minnie The Moocher and Me est l’autobiographie de Cab Calloway, coécrite avec Bryant ROLLINS et publiée en 1976 par Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Plus de 250 pages pleines de vie, de jazz, de souvenirs plus ou moins «… Read the full story →
One of the greatest experiences Cab Calloway had on the ether waves was certainly the "Quizzicale Show." For more than a year, the show was broadcast across the country and gained a huge success with the black community. The only problem… Read the full story →