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lil  ·  4333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Best dance ever?

It's great to see a young Cab Calloway. I'd only ever seen him on The Blues Brothers where he's 73. When do you figure this video was done? 1935? Any ideas BLOB_CASTLE?





thenewgreen  ·  4333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The first words spoken in the video say "...in 1958".

The only song I've ever heard Cab Calloway sing is Minnie the Moocher. I've just remedied that. Here's a really young Cab singing Reefer Man.

lil  ·  4333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're right (of course), so that would make him about 51 in JV's video and maybe 20 years younger in Reefer Man. Apparently he dropped out of LAW SCHOOL to become a full-time jazz singer.

thenewgreen  ·  4333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The guy definitely has a crazy amount of energy and stage presence. That would have made for one interesting law office.