Cab Calloway 
Last updated: 12.03.25
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Websites:
url15.gif Cab Calloway Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Cab Calloway List of 84 historic recordings from 1930 to 1961.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Minnie the Moocher (1931) Irving Mills James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Big Mouth Minnie (1938) C. Calloway Peg LaCentra Victor: BS-028136
recordmp3.gif Jitter Bug (1934) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BS-81090
recordmp3.gif Jonah Joins the Cab (1941) C. Calloway C. Calloway Columbia: 29867
record15.gif Jumpin' Jive, The (1939) C. Calloway Lionel Hampton Victor: BS-037631
recordmp3.gif Lady With the Fan, The (1933) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BS-78503
recordmp3.gif Minnie the Moocher (1931) C. Calloway Dallie Foster Victor: ABRC-64087
record15.gif Scat Song, The (1933) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BVE-78867
recordmp3.gif Topsy-Turvy (1940) C. Calloway Walter Fuller Victor: BS-051524
recordmp3.gif Zaz Zuh Zaz (1933) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BS-78505
  as Performer      
recordmp3.gif Harlem Hospitality (1933) J. Arlen C. Calloway Victor: BS-77698
recordmp3.gif Jitter Bug (1934) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BS-81090
recordmp3.gif Jonah Joins the Cab (1941) C. Calloway C. Calloway Columbia: 29867
recordmp3.gif Lady With the Fan, The (1933) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BS-78503
record15.gif Scat Song, The (1933) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BVE-78867
recordmp3.gif Zaz Zuh Zaz (1933) C. Calloway C. Calloway Victor: BS-78505
recordmp3.gif Willow Weep For Me (1941) A. Ronell C. Calloway Columbia: C3519
recordmp3.gif Father's Got His Glasses On (1933) E. Swayze C. Calloway Victor: BS-78506
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Minnie the Moocher (1931) C. Calloway (w&m)
Irving Mills (coauth.)
Grace Moore (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
  As performer        
pdf15.gif Please (1932) R. Rainger (music)
Leo Robin (words)
Arthur Tracy (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Boswell Sisters (perf.)
Burns & Allen (perf.)
C. Calloway (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Leila Hyams (perf.)
Mills Brothers (perf.)
Stuart Erwin (perf.)
V. de Lopez (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 16 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg I've Got the World on a String (1932) Harry Arlen Ted Koehler (words)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
perf15.jpg Harlem Hospitality (1933) Jerry Arlen James Van Heusen (words)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Copper-Colored Gal (1936) J. Fred Coots Benny Davis (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
Bill Robinson (perf.)
perf15.jpg She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific (1937) J. Fred Coots Cab Calloway (perf.)
Bill Robinson (perf.)
perf15.jpg  Miss Hallelujah Brown (1938) J. Fred Coots Benny Davis (words)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
perf15.jpg Please (1932) Ralph Rainger Leo Robin (words)
Boswell Sisters (perf.)
Burns & Allen (perf.)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Stuart Erwin (perf.)
Leila Hyams (perf.)
Vincent de Lopez (perf.)
Mills Brothers (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Arthur Tracy (perf.)
perf15.jpg Willow Weep For Me (1932) Ann Ronell(w&m) Cab Calloway (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Father's Got His Glasses On (1933) Ed Swayze(w&m) Cab Calloway (perf.)
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perf15.jpg My! My! Ain't That Somethin' (1943) Harry Tobias(w&m) Pinky Tomlin (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
perf15.jpg Moppin' and Boppin' (1946) Thomas Waller Benny Carter (co-author)
Ed Kirkeby (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
Lena Horne (perf.)
Bill Robinson (perf.)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 12 works by Cab Calloway. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Minnie the Moocher (w&m) 1931 Irving Mills (co-author)
Dallie Foster (perf.)
Grace Moore (perf.)
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Lady With the Fan, The 1933 Jeanne Burns (co-author)
Al Brackman (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
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Scat Song, The 1933 Frank Perkins (co-author)
Mitchell Parish (words)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
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Zaz Zuh Zaz 1933 Harry White (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
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Jitter Bug 1934 Ed Swayze (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
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Big Mouth Minnie 1938 Walter Thomas (co-author)
Andy Razaf (words)
Joe Davis (words)
Peg LaCentra (perf.)
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I Like Music 1938 Ralph Yaw (co-author)
Minor Breakdown, A 1938 Ralph Yaw (co-author)  youtube15.jpg
Jumpin' Jive, The (w&m) 1939 Frank Froeba (co-author)
Jack Palmer (co-author)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
Lionel Hampton (perf.)
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Topsy-Turvy 1940 Edgar Wm. Battle (co-author)
Milt Noel (co-author)
Walter Fuller (perf.)
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Hot Air 1941 Gene Novello (co-author)
Jonah Joins the Cab 1941 Cab Calloway (perf.)   recordmp3.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg C. Calloway A Minor Breakdown (2:10) Ragtime Dorian Henry