Cab Calloway School of the Arts opened in 1992 in Wilmington Delaware, was named after him.
Father of singer/actress Chris Calloway.
Father-in-law of Rupert Crosse.
Former bandleader of the famous Harlem Cotton Club in the 30s
He recorded "Minnie the Moocher". The record was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. [3 March 1931]
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1987.
Scored two notable Broadway successes: In George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" (1952), opposite Leontyne Price and William Warfield, and "Hello, Dolly!" (1967), opposite Pearl Bailey and daughter Chris Calloway.
The oldest featured actor to appear in The Blues Brothers (1980), Calloway outlived co-stars'John Candy' by more than 4 months and John Belushi by better than 12 years and 7 months.
Was the inspiration for the character of Oogie Boogie in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).