Saturday, December 25, 2021

December 25 - Cab Calloway (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for December 2th are here: Orlando Gibbons (2019) and Cosima Wagner (2020)

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Cab Calloway (25 December 1907 – 18 November 1994) was an American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catching a Cab

He reached the Billboard charts in five consecutive decades (1930s–1970s). -- Wikipedia

Cab Calloway reached the Billboard charts

   Five decades in a row.

A master of the vaudeville arts,

   And giving folks a show,

A super showbiz man of parts,

   Much more than "Hi-de-ho"

 

 

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