Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - The Hits Collection 1930-56 - Music & Performance - CD
Product details
| Management number | 254489372 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$5.97 | Model Number | 254489372 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | |||||||||
Cab Calloway was a jazz singer, bandleader, songwriter, dancer and actor who came to fame as a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he blended jazz and vaudeville to establish a niche that stood him in good stead as an entertainer across seven decades, with one of his most famous roles in later years coming in the 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie. He developed a personal style of scat singing, and was able to deliver novelty-flavoured material with swinging jazz credibility, assembling a band that over the years included jazz luminaries like Ben Webster, Milt Hinton, Doc Cheatham, Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie and others. This excellent-value 48-track 2-CD set features the releases from this era on the Brunswick, Victor, Variety, Vocalion, Okeh, Columbia and ABC-Paramount labels which were credited with chart positions, plus a few bonus tracks. Those 45 hits include the No. 1 "Minnie The Moocher" and the Top 5 hits "Kickin' The Gong Around", "St. James Infirmary", "Tickeration", "Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day", "Chinese Rhythm", "Moonglow", "Angels With Dirty Faces", "The Jumpin' Jive", "Blues In The Night" and "The Honey Dripper". He was a unique personality, and these recordings underline his skill and versatility in performing fine swinging jazz while giving it a highly individual comedic twist, and we hope this collection of his best sellers from the era provides an entertaining showcase for his distinctive talents.
- HITS COLLECTION 1930-56
- Music & Performance
- Acrobat
| Performer | Cab Calloway and His Orchestra |
|---|---|
| Music genre | Jazz |
| Music subgenre | CD - Jazz |
| Music release type | Compilation |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2022 |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Language | English |
| Number of tracks | 48 |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Series title | Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - The Hits Collection 1930-56 COMPACT DISCS |
| Track listing | St. Louis Blues, Minnie the Moocher, Nobody's Sweetheart, St. James Infirmary, Six or Seven Times, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Cab Calloway & His O, Kickin' the Gong Around, Trickeration, You Rascal, You, There's a Cabin in the Cotton, Strictly Cullud Affair, Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day, Reefer Man, Hot Toddy, I've Got the World on a String, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Jitterbug, Moon Glow Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orch, Chinese Rhythm, Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul, You're the Cure for What Ails Me, Copper Colored Gal, Wake Up and Live, Congo, Peckin', She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific, Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm, Moon at Sea, Every Day's a Holiday, Mister Paganini, Swing for Minnie, At the Clam-Bake Carnival, Angels with Dirty Faces, F.D.R. Jones, The Ghost of Smokey Joe, (Hep-Hep) the Jumpin' Jive, Fifteen Minute Intermission, Come on with the 'Come On', Bye Bye Blues, Geechy Joe, Take the "A" Train, I See a Million People (But All I Can See Is You), Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me), The Moment I Laid Eyes on You, Ogeechee River Lullaby, Let's Take the Long Way Home, The Honeydripper, The Calloway Boogie, Little Child |
| Record label | Acrobat |
| Target audience | Adult |
| Composer | Cab Calloway |
| Songwriter | Cab Calloway |
| Music producer | Various |
| Number in series | 1 |
| Occasion | All Occasion |
| Track name | Minnie The Moocher |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
| Is edited | N |
| Is enhanced | N |
Correction of product information
If you notice any omissions or errors in the product information on this page, please use the correction request form below.
Correction Request Form