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Article: Hailing Cab.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- November 5, 2003
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Byline: Terry Byrne
With a grin that spread from ear to ear, a white silk tuxedo (and earlier, a dashing zoot suit complete with hat and long watch fob), Cab Calloway was much more than a talented scat singer and band leader. He was an entertainer, whose stylish stage moves made him a household name from the '30s through the '80s (with his appearance in the film "The Blues Brothers").
While singing "Minnie the Moocher" on the radio in 1931, Calloway forgot the ...
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Transcript: Cab Calloway Dead at Age 86
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);
November 19, 1994 ;
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... ... Band leader, singer, and songwriter Cab Calloway died last night at the age of 86. He ... Minnie the Moocher.' [music] CAB CALLOWAY: I forgot a lyric to the song. It ... Minnie the Moocher.' [music] SIMON: Cab Calloway was born in Rochester, New York in ...
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