Person · 1907–1994
Cab Calloway
The exuberant Cotton Club bandleader and scat singer of "Minnie the Moocher."
A star of [[jazz]] and the [[harlem-renaissance]].
Cab Calloway led one of the most popular big bands of the era, electrifying Harlem's Cotton Club with his showmanship and "hi-de-ho" scat.