Cab Calloway

Biography

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was a renowned American jazz singer and bandleader known for his energetic scat singing. He led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the early 1930s to the late 1940s, featuring iconic performers like Dizzy Gillespie and Ben Webster. A master of mixing jazz and vaudeville, Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, including "Minnie the Moocher".