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The Jumpin' Jive") is a famous jazz/swing composition, written by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, and Jack Palmer. [1] Originally recorded on 17 July 1939, on Vocalion Records, it sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Pop chart. [2] [1] [3] Calloway performs the song with his orchestra and the Nicholas Brothers in the 1943 musical film ...
When the Cotton Club closed in 1940, Calloway and his band went on a tour of the United States. [2] In 1941 Calloway fired Dizzy Gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas. Calloway wrongly accused Gillespie of throwing a spitball; in the ensuing altercation Gillespie stabbed Calloway in the leg with a small knife. [3]
"Minnie the Moocher" is a jazz song co-written by American musician Cab Calloway and first recorded in 1931 by Calloway and his big band orchestra, selling over a million copies. [1] " Minnie the Moocher" is famous for its nonsensical ad libbed lyrics, also known as scat singing (for example, its refrain of "Hi de hi de hi de ho").
In 1941, Calloway fired Gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas erupted when Calloway was hit with spitballs. He wrongly accused Gillespie, who stabbed Calloway in the leg with a small knife. [37] From 1941 to 1942, Calloway hosted a weekly radio quiz show called The Cab Calloway Quizzicale. [38]
It was first recorded by Cab Calloway and his orchestra, [3] with versions by others over the years, including by Harlan Lattimore, Murphy's Law and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. [4] The song as performed by Calloway appears in the 1933 film International House. [5]
"I'll Be Around" is a popular song written by Alec Wilder and published in 1942. It was first recorded by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra in 1942 [1] and the first hit version was by The Mills Brothers in 1943 when it reached No. 17 in the Billboard pop charts.
The song was recorded and popularized by Cab Calloway who had a #18 hit in 1932. [2] Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 26, 1933, with the Dorsey Brothers and their Orchestra. [3] The song was one of the first recorded by Frank Sinatra when he transferred to Capitol Records in 1953.
Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, Bessie Smith, Billy "Uke" Carpenter, Eartha Kitt, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Peanuts Hucko, Art Tatum, and the Boston Pops Orchestra (under the directions of both Arthur Fiedler and Keith Lockhart) are among the artists who have recorded it.