goodrecmovies
Acting

Cab Calloway

1907–1994 · Acting

64.2avg grm
4titles
#1,424best rank
3honors
Bbest title · #1,424 on siteThe Blues Brothers1980 · as Curtis73.0

Honors

3
2008Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1993National Medal of Arts
1982Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

Bio

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.

Biography

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.

Filmography

ranked on this site
1980s1 titleBThe Blues Brothers1980 · as Curtis73.0
1960s1 titleCThe Cincinnati Kid1965 · as Yeller70.0
1950s1 titleSSt. Louis Blues1958 · as Blade57.1
1940s1 titleSStormy Weather1943 · as Cab Calloway56.5

Browse the ranked list

you've reached the bottom
goodrecmovies
movies worth your night.
IMDb public datasetsTMDBaboutcontactAPI & docsproimportliststermsprivacycode of conduct

This product uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

← back

Cab Calloway

C
born1907
died1994
known forActing
titles on site4
best title rank#1,424 · The Blues Brothers (1980)
avg GRM64.2
honors3 · Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008
Honors
  • 2008Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 1993National Medal of Arts
  • 1982Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title
B73.0The Blues Brothers1980 · as Curtis

1960s

1 title
C70.0The Cincinnati Kid1965 · as Yeller

1950s

1 title
S57.1St. Louis Blues1958 · as Blade

1940s

1 title
S56.5Stormy Weather1943 · as Cab Calloway

Browse the ranked list