Cab Calloway was a renowned jazz bandleader and singer born on December 25, 1907 in Rochester, NY. He is best known for his iconic songs "Minnie the Moocher" and "St. James Infirmary Blues", and for leading one of the most successful big bands of the time.
Cab Calloway is a member of Jazz Singer
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $1.2 Million (2024)
About
Jazz bandleader and singer who sang "Minnie the Moocher" and "St. James Infirmary Blues" and lead and performed with one of the best big bands.
Before Fame
He and his sister Blanche toured with a popular black music revue called Plantation Days.
Trivia
He devoted his entire life to making and performing music, singing up until his death at the age of eighty-six in 1994.
Family Life
He married Wenonah Betty Conacher in 1928; after their divorce in 1949, he remarried Zulme Nuffie MacNeal in 1953.
Associated With
He led his big band and staffed it with artists like Dizzy Gillespie.