The recording – released on March 3, 1931, by the famed band leader and His Orchestra on the Brunswick label – became his signature song, not to mention the first jazz record to ever sell over a ...

This 1981 documentary by Manny Pittson follows Cab Calloway around Harlem as he reminisces about the famous musicians and entertainers that passed through the neighborhood in the 1930s and 1940s.

“Minnie the Moocher” is a 1932 cartoon starring two of Fleischer Studios’ most famous characters, Betty Boop and Bimbo. It heavily features the music of Cab Calloway, including the eponymous song, as ...