Like other bands fronted by a singing bandleader, Calloway initially gave ample soloist space to its lead members and, through the varied arrangements of Walter ' Foots ' Thomas, provided much more in the way of musical interest.

Much later, in 1980 at age 73, Calloway performed the song in the movie The Blues Brothers.

In the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, Cab Calloway memorably reprises the song at the fundraising concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom.

Major Calloway then asks Martins to help capture Lime, and Martins agrees, asking for Anna's safe conduct out of Vienna in exchange ; but when Anna learns this, she refuses to leave.

Calloway quickly proved so popular that his band became the " co-house " band with Ellington's, and his group began touring nationwide when not playing the Cotton Club.

" He also notes that " when Calloway begins singing in his characteristic style – in which the words are tools for exploring rhythm and stretching melody – it becomes clear that American culture is changing around Jolson and with ( and through ) Calloway.

In 1941 Calloway fired Dizzy Gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas erupted when Calloway was hit with spitballs.

The classic " Margie ", written when Robinson was in the ODJB, has been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Benny Goodman, Jim Reeves, Al Jolson, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa, and Fats Domino, among others.

And I would say I was impressed by Dizzy Gillespie when he was with Cab Calloway.

Tillis fought his last fight in 2001, losing to clubfighter Rob Calloway when he was 44 years old.

" Celebrities such as Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis, Jr., Cass Elliot, the Kingston Trio, Joe Louis, and Archie Moore would visit the nightclub when they were in town.

In 1985, Calloway said that the move was called " The Buzz " when he and others performed it in the 1930s.

A. J. Calloway and Marie " Free " Wright were the original hosts of the show from September 11, 2000 until July 28, 2005, when Calloway ( who was tearful on that episode.

Calloway also appeared on Walter Winchell's radio program and with Bing Crosby in his show at New York's Paramount Theatre.

In 1943 Calloway appeared in the high-profile 20th Century Fox musical film, Stormy Weather.

In his later career Calloway appeared in a number of films and stage productions that utilized both his acting and singing talents.

Calloway appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on March 19, 1967 with Chris Calloway.

In 1986, Calloway appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE )' s WrestleMania 2 as a guest judge for a boxing match between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Mr. T that took place at the Nassau Coliseum.

She appeared in a special 1982 episode of The Love Boat, joined by fellow showbiz legends Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Della Reese, Van Johnson, and Cab Calloway in a storyline that cast them as older relatives of the show's regular characters.

Vanessa Bell Calloway ( born March 20, 1957 ) is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films, including Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, What's Love Got to Do with It, Coming to America, and Cheaper by the Dozen.

As Major Calloway, he played the character type with which he became most associated, the slightly dry, slightly crusty, but capable British military officer.

This character was named Cabel as an homage to Cab Calloway, who died four years prior to the film's release ( his character Curtis was revealed to have died in the film along with Jake.

" Cab Calloway would dance his inimitable jazz dance and sing ' Minnie the Moocher ' or ' Old Man of the Mountain ', and they would rotoscope him, trace him, turn him into a cartoon character, often transforming him into an animal, like a walrus ," Selick continued.

Hearing this, Maggie convinces the other cows on the farm ( Grace, a happy-go-lucky character, and Mrs. Calloway, who has had leadership gone to her head ) to go to town to attempt winning prize money at a fair.

Especially as titles of works, but also as nicknames and the like, some proper names contain no noun and are not formed as noun phrases ( the film Being There ; Hi De Ho as a nickname for Cab Calloway and as the title of a film about him ).

She plays the role of " Miss Lilly " in the children's animated series Angelina Ballerina ( alongside her daughter, Finty Williams, as the voice of Angelina ) and as Mrs. Calloway in the Disney animated film Home on the Range.

( Calloway and Ellington were featured on film more than any other jazz orchestras of the era.

" The 1933 film, International House featured Calloway performing his classic song, " Reefer Man ," a tune about a man who favors marijuana cigarettes.

Calloway and his band starred in " Hi De Ho ," an all-black full-length film directed by Josh Binney.

Introduced by Al Jolson and Cab Calloway in the film The Singing Kid.

The film is the directorial debut from Charles S. Dutton, and stars Katt Williams, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Zab Judah.

The movie is dedicated to John Belushi, Cab Calloway, and John Candy, all of whom were in the original film and had died before the sequel began development.

* Cab Calloway, musician who frequently wore zoot suits on stage and in the 1943 film Stormy Weather, including some with exaggerated details, such as extremely wide shoulders or overly draped jackets.

Cab Calloway's 1934 recording of " Call of the Jitter Bug " ( Jitterbug ) and the film " Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party " popularized use of the word " jitterbug " and created a strong association between Calloway and jitterbug.

In the 1947 film Hi De Ho, Calloway includes the following lines in his song " Minnie the Moocher ": " Woe there ain't no more Smokey Joe / She's fluffed off his hi-de-ho / She's a solid jitterbug / And she starts to cut a rug / Oh Minnie's a hep cat now.

Lincoln University has an impressive list of notable alumni which includes: U. S. Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall ; Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes ; musical legend, Cab Calloway ; the first President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe ; the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah ; song artist and activist Gil Scott-Heron ; Tony Award winning actor Roscoe Lee Browne ; and architect of the debate team portrayed in the film The Great Debaters, Melvin B. Tolson.

The thirty-second live-action segment is the earliest-known film footage of Calloway.

In 1933 another Betty Boop / Cab Calloway cartoon with " Minnie the Moocher " was The Old Man of the Mountain ( film ).

They wake up and read the frontpage of the newspaper, from which they learn Calloway is in town for the premiere of his Alright film.

It is performed three times in the film: first by Jolson and Cab Calloway, then by the Yacht Club Boys and Jolson, and finally again by Calloway and Jolson.

Mae Questel does the voices of Betty Boop and the Olive Oyl-ish Queen, and Cab Calloway does the voice of Koko the Clown, singing " St. James Infirmary Blues ".

* St. Louis Blues, featuring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald

The sequence with Elfman as Satan, and members of the Oingo Boingo as his minions, came from live shows, in which the band would perform Cab Calloway tunes like " St. James Infirmary Blues " in the same costumes.

Calloway performed the song in the 1955 movie Rhythm and Blues Revue, filmed at the Apollo Theatre.

According to director John Landis in the 1998 documentary The Stories Behind the Making of ' The Blues Brothers ', Calloway initially wanted to do a disco variation on his signature tune, having done the song in several styles in the past, but Landis insisted, that the song be done faithful to the original big band version.

* The Blues Brothers ( This version was the ending song of the movie, performed with other musicians such as Ray Charles and Cab Calloway )