One hundred years ago, on Christmas Day, African-American jazz singer and band leader Cab Calloway was born. We hear an appreciation from Sara Fishko of WNYC. Now, taking you from the swing of the bat ...

THE RECENT death of Cab Calloway brings to mind the many great black entertainers who spent much of their formative years in Baltimore. The list includes Eubie Blake, Billie Holiday, Avon Long, Bill ...

When people trace hip hop’s origin story, they usually go straight to the Bronx: those fabled block parties, the breakbeats and scratch, and the revolutionary flair of Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --Preservationists have uncovered more history they hope will help save the childhood home of the late jazz leader Cab Calloway from the wrecking ball. A new book says the property may ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation is taking a fresh look at the former home of jazz musician Cab Calloway. Cab Calloway-- king of swing, world-renown ...

Writers and critics discuss the long-time rivalry between Cab and Dizzy Jazz writer Gary Giddens and jazz critic/cultural historian Stanley Crouch tell one of the great stories about the rivalry ...

How many Broadway shows has Cab Calloway been in? Cab Calloway has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows. How many West End shows has Cab Calloway been in? Cab Calloway has not appeared in the West End What ...

Cab Calloway is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in jazz music during the 1930s and 1940s. His unique style of singing, showmanship, and pioneering musical innovations helped ...

The family of Cab and Blanche Calloway is rounding up support for their effort to preserve the vacant rowhouse at 2216 Druid Hill Ave. — where the siblings and jazz pioneers lived as teens nearly 100 ...

CAB CALLOWAY IS A JAZZ LEGEND, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SELL A MILLION RECORDS WITH A SINGLE SONG. >> HE IS THE GRANDFATHER OF HIP HOP AND THE WRAP MOVEMENTS WE SEE TODAY BECAUSE HE CAME FROM ...

Having spent the day yesterday listening to Cab Calloway's recordings from 1930 to 1955, I began to wonder: Has Calloway been shortchanged? Does hip start with his records of the early '30s? Did he ...

*You’ve heard “Minnie The Moocher” countless times before, but have you ever stopped to really take in the lyrics? If so, could you understand what Cab Calloway was really saying through all of the ...