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Cab Calloway
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The singer and bandleader Cab Calloway took Duke Ellington's place at the Cotton Club in 1931. That same year he recorded Minnie the Moocher, with the refrain 'Hi-de-hi-de-ho', which the audience was meant to sing back. He was an exuberant entertainer in a white tailcoat with a big voice, and appeared in films such as Stormy Weather. He even published a dictionary of jive talk. His orchestra was also musically strong: the tenor saxophonist Chu Berry and the young Dizzy Gillespie played in it. Gillespie was fired in 1941 after a quarrel. Calloway kept performing into old age and appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.
Listening
Minnie the Moocher · Cab Calloway, 1931
Reefer Man · Cab Calloway, 1932
Jumpin' Jive · Cab Calloway, 1939
Discography
Studio albums
- 1958Cotton Club Revue 1958
- 1962Blues Make Me Happy
- 1968Cab Calloway ’68
- 1976Stormy Weather (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1931Minnie the Moocher
- 1932Reefer Man
- 1939Jumpin' Jive
- 1943Stormy Weather · film
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 1NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- Magazine: Het Cotton ClubNL Magazine
Mentioned in other articles
- Harlem Renaissance Genre
At the Cotton Club, Black performers played for an exclusively white audience; Duke Ellington led the house orchestra there from 1927 to 1931 and became known across the country through radio broadcasts, followed by Cab Calloway.