Cabell Calloway III was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, conductor, and dancer who lived from December 25, 1907, to November 18, 1994. He was 86 years when he passed away.
He was attached to the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he occasionally performed and rose to fame as a swing-era vocalist. Throughout a career that lasted over 65 years, his specialty of fusing jazz and vaudeville brought him praise.
Cab Calloway children: Chris Calloway, Camay Calloway Murphy, Ja’Net DuBois
Chris Calloway was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 21, 1945. She was an actress best remembered for roles in The Landlord (1970), The Doctors (1963), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1992). She passed away in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, on August 7, 2008.
American schoolteacher Camay Calloway Murphy was born on January 15, 1927. Murphy, the daughter of jazz musician and bandleader Cab Calloway, was one of the first African Americans to work as a teacher in Virginia’s all-white institutions.
Ja’Net DuBois, born Jeannette Theresa Dubois, was a famous American singer and actress. The CBS sitcom Good Times, which aired from 1974 to 1979, featured her as Willona Woods, the local gossip queen and a friend of the Evans family. She passed away on February 17, 2020.
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