When.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: cab calloway wikipedia

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Cab Calloway - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway

    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.

  3. The Cab Calloway Orchestra - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cab_Calloway_Orchestra

    The first Cab Calloway Orchestra comprised Earres Prince on piano; Walter "Foots" Thomas and Thornton Blue on alto saxes; Andrew Brown on tenor sax; Morris White on banjo; Jimmy Smith on tuba; and DePriest Wheeler on trombone; Leroy Maxey on drums; R.Q. Dickerson and Lammar Wright on trumpets.

  4. Jumpin' Jive - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpin'_Jive

    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 ...

  5. Minnie the Moocher - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_the_Moocher

    "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").

  6. Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_You_Ever_Met_That...

    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]

  7. Category:Cab Calloway songs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cab_Calloway_songs

    It should only contain pages that are Cab Calloway songs or lists of Cab Calloway songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Cab Calloway songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .

  8. Category:The Cab Calloway Orchestra members - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Cab_Calloway...

    Members of the American big band the Cab Calloway Orchestra, originally known as the Missourians. Pages in category "The Cab Calloway Orchestra members" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.

  9. I'll Be Around (1942 song) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'll_Be_Around_(1942_song)

    "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.