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    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...
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  • outfit that hit big in the early to mid 1980s. The Calloways were instrumental in orchestrating the band's 1983 multi-platinum breakthrough album, No Parking...
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  • Calloway may refer to: A. J. Calloway (born 1974), American TV personality Auburn Calloway, flight engineer of FedEx Express who nearly hijacked FedEx...
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  • Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and...
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    Gillespie tried to apologize to Calloway, but he was dismissed. During his time in Calloway's band, Gillespie started writing big band music for Woody Herman and...
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  • Minnie the Moocher (category Cab Calloway songs)
    jazz song co-written by American musician Cab Calloway and first recorded in 1931 by Calloway and his big band orchestra, selling over a million copies. "Minnie...
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  • Reggie Calloway (born January 23, 1955) is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician and record executive. His career spans...
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  • chart. In 1982 they released the album Victory. Using elected band leader Reggie Calloway's production skills, Midnight Star hit the U.S. R&B chart with...
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    Milt Hinton (category The Cab Calloway Orchestra members)
    among the band members, and he ended up staying with Calloway for over fifteen years. Until the Cotton Club closed in 1940, the Calloway band performed...
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  • The Cab Calloway Orchestra, based at the exclusive Cotton Club in Harlem, was, for more than a decade, one of the most important jazz bands in America...
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