#cab calloway

[blondebrainpowered]

Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, and Cab Calloway, ca. 1958

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) 🎵

[simplyvintagexx]

The amazing Cab Calloway 🌹

He was an American jazz singer, songwriter and bandleader, whose mixing of jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 year!

Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a record!

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[lackadaisycats]

Have you ever heard the song 'You Rascal You'? Its electro swing and is about a guy who hates someone, which is just very viktor coded to me XD

I have! The earliest version I'm familiar with is Cab Calloway from the 30s, so I'd hesitate to call it electro swing, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear there's an electro swing cover or two out there. (Let me know if there's one in particular you're referring to!)

[uptownlowdown]

cab calloway performing ‘hey now, hey now’ in hi-de-ho (1947)

[chantssecrets]

Portrait of Cab Calloway, Columbia studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947

[daydreamz333]

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