New York City’s final location of the Cotton Club, inspired by the legendary Harlem haunt of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, has listed for sale. The most recent iteration of the jazz venue, located ...

KEENE, N.H. 9/18/02 Relive the days when swing was king and jive was alive, as the legendary Cab Calloway Orchestra visits Keene State Colleges Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The orchestra, ...

I can hardly complain that Cab Calloway never got his due. After all, his band ranked among the most popular acts of the 1930s. And this charismatic performer enjoyed remarkable staying ...

On March 3, 1931, Harlem big band leader Cab Calloway recorded “Minnie the Moocher,” the classic tale of chasing opium that made Calloway a national star and put Harlem’s big band sound on the map.

A promotional Cotton Club noisemaker mallet owned by Cab Calloway. The mallet has a spherical head and is a natural wood color. The handle is long, thin and natural wood colored. It has blacked text ...

A purple boater hat from a costume worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club for a Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet themed routine. The hat is constructed primarily from purple dyed straw. It ...

Cab Calloway, the swing-era singer, actor and bandleader who soared to national popularity in the ’30s and ’40s on the strength of such hits as “Minnie the Moocher” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” has ...