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Find a Grave: Ferncliff Cemetery: Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is a cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, ... Cab Calloway is interred with his wife Zulme "Nuffie".
In 1938, Calloway released Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue: A "Hepster's" Dictionary, the first dictionary published by an African American. It became the official jive language reference book of the New York Public Library. [31] A revised version of the book was released with Professor Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau in 1939.
Northern James Calloway (September 10, 1948 – January 9, 1990) [1] was an American actor and singer, best known for playing David on Sesame Street from 1971 to 1989. He was institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital and died less than eight months after his last appearance on the show.
He spent 1931–33 with Blanche Calloway, 1933–34 with Benny Carter, 1935–36 with Willie Bryant, 1936–38 with Stuff Smith's small combo, and 1938–42 with Cab Calloway. [2] In 1942, he was hired by CBS Radio music director Raymond Scott as part of network radio's first integrated orchestra. After that he played with Louis Armstrong's All ...
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]
Cab Calloway (father-in-law) Rupert Crosse (November 29, 1927 – March 5, 1973) was an American television and film actor [ 1 ] noted as the first African American to receive a nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award — for his role in the 1969 adaptation of William Faulkner 's The Reivers .
Cab Calloway and Peggy Lee were among those who covered her tunes. She had her own radio show, The Una Mae Carlisle Radio Show on WJZ-ABC , making her the "first black American to host a national radio show"; [ 6 ] and television programs in the 1940s.
Cab Calloway (1907–94) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem , New York City , the nation's premier jazz venue at the time, where he was a regular performer.