Cab Calloway
Cabell Calloway III
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Emerging from a Baltimore childhood after his family moved from Rochester, he began private vocal lessons in 1922 and honed his craft in local nightclubs, where mentors such as drummer Chick Webb and pianist Johnny Jones guided his early development. By the late 1920s he joined his sister’s touring revue, then secured a position with Louis Armstrong’s Alabamians, adopting the energetic scat style…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
