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Cab Calloway
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Former bandleader of the famous Harlem Cotton Club in the 30s
He recorded "Minnie the Moocher". The record was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. (March 3, 1931)
Cab Calloway School of the Arts opened in 1992 in Wilmington Delaware, was named after him.
Was the inspiration for the character of Oogie Boogie in
Tim Burton
's
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
.
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C.
Scored two notable Broadway successes: In
George Gershwin
's "Porgy and Bess" (1952), opposite
Leontyne Price
and
William Warfield
, and "Hello, Dolly!" (1967), opposite
Pearl Bailey
and daughter
Chris Calloway
.
Has four daughters, eight grandsons, and two great-grand children.
The oldest featured actor to appear in
The Blues Brothers (1980)
, Calloway outlived co-stars
John Candy
by more than 4 months and
John Belushi
by better than 12 years and 7 months.
Father of singer/actress
Chris Calloway
.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1987.
Grandfather of C. Calloway Brooks, and Rupert Osaze Dia Crosse.
Father-in-law of
Rupert Crosse
.
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