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Cab Calloway

1907 - 1994

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Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cab Calloway is the 445th most popular singer (down from 312th in 2019), the 2,774th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,827th in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Cab Calloway ranks 445 out of 4,381. Before him are R. Kelly, Sandie Shaw, Ray Price, Maggie Reilly, Jerry Butler, and Cecilia Bartoli. After him are Tim McGraw, Rubén Blades, Gigi D'Agostino, Mory Kanté, Thalía, and Carly Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Cab Calloway ranks 107. Before him are Frithjof Schuon, Takeo Miki, Johann Trollmann, Álvaro Gestido, Chūya Nakahara, and Theodor Wisch. After him are Arseny Tarkovsky, Ernesto Mascheroni, Maurice Couve de Murville, Momčilo Đujić, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Trường Chinh. Among people deceased in 1994, Cab Calloway ranks 95. Before him are Cesar Romero, Olga Rubtsova, Manfred Wörner, Nikolai Ogarkov, Wilma Rudolph, and Claude Akins. After him are Motoo Kimura, R. D. Burman, Paisios of Mount Athos, Álvaro del Portillo, Jack Unterweger, and Jérôme Lejeune.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cab Calloway ranks 2,774 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby McFerrin (1950), Jerry Butler (1939), Robert Metcalfe (1946), Cochise (1805), Loretta Lynch (1959), and Elisha Cook Jr. (1903). After him are Priscilla Pointer (1924), Chris Noth (1954), Tim McGraw (1967), Shirley Jackson (1916), Billy Drago (1945), and Caroline Kennedy (1957).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Cab Calloway ranks 147. Before him are LP (1981), Val Valentino (1956), Harry Connick Jr. (1967), R. Kelly (1967), Ray Price (1926), and Jerry Butler (1939). After him are Tim McGraw (1967), Carly Simon (1945), Nile Rodgers (1952), Perry Como (1912), Gene Vincent (1935), and Bill Withers (1938).

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