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Blanche Calloway was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that spanned over fifty years, she was the first woman to lead an all-male orchestra.
MISS BILLBOARD TOURNEY - ROUND TWO
Blanche Calloway
Julie Andrews
Blanche Calloway (1902-1978) Blanche Calloway and her Orchestra - bandleader Songs: "Just a Crazy Song," "You Ain't Livin' Right" Defeated Opponents: Pattie Santos Propaganda: "She was known as a flamboyant and charismatic performer with a larger-than-life personality, and her performing style was a huge influence on her brother's."
Julie Andrews (1935-) solo - primarily an actress Songs: "The Sound of Music," "I Could Have Danced All Night" Defeated Opponents: Elisabeth Welch Propaganda: "Absolute Queen! How could anyone not love her? She had an incredible vocal range during during her career and carried herself in a very inviting way. Her talent was very capable of transitioning between stage and screen. And yes, she has her own albums not connected to the musicals." "I own her Christmas album and while /that/ piece of media is very cursed, every else she sings is top-tier crisp-as-a-bell sharp-as-an-apple sweet-as-lace"
Cab Calloway: The Hi-De-Ho King of Swing
Introduction: Cab Calloway was a masterful entertainer whose charisma, innovative music, and larger-than-life personality earned him a permanent place in the pantheon of jazz legends. From his iconic “Minnie the Moocher” to his trailblazing work as a bandleader and cultural pioneer, Calloway brought energy, humor, and sophistication to the world of swing. His career, which spanned over six…
Blanche Calloway was the 1st woman to lead an all-male orchestra.
Just A Crazy Song (Hi-Hi-Hi) written and performed by Blanche Calloway (rec. 1931, HD Remaster)
Blanche Calloway was the first female bandleader of an all-male orchestra, starting her jazz career in Baltimore in 1921, she was known for her flamboyant nature that was of major influence on her younger brother, Cab Calloway (x).
This historic photograph taken at the Pearl Theater in Philadelphia in 1930 shows Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy in the service of Cab Calloway's sister, Blanche, seen doing a split with baton in hand. Mary Lou Williams is visible at the piano, with Andy Kirk behind her, John Williams to Kirk's left and trombonist Floyd "Stumpy" Brady leaning on piano at far left. Dancer Bill Bailey, Pearl's brother, at left, is holding a bowler hat. The Kirk band recorded with Calloway for RCA Victor in Camden under the name Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys.
Blanche Calloway (1902-1978) was one of the first (and only) women bandleaders in the 1930s
