Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway - Shipton, Alyn
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A biography of Cab Calloway's life and career, explaining how he traversed racial and social boundaries to become one of the country's most beloved entertainers.
With his catchphrase "Hi-de-ho" and his dramatic singing and dancing, Cab Calloway became the highest-earning African American bandleader of the 1930s. This book traces his remarkable career, his vocal innovations and his bandleading triumphs. It then follows his later career as a star of musical theater.

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A biography of Cab Calloway's life and career, explaining how he traversed racial and social boundaries to become one of the country's most beloved entertainers.
With his catchphrase "Hi-de-ho" and his dramatic singing and dancing, Cab Calloway became the highest-earning African American bandleader of the 1930s. This book traces his remarkable career, his vocal innovations and his bandleading triumphs. It then follows his later career as a star of musical theater.
Autorenporträt
Alyn Shipton is the author of several award winning books on music including A New History of Jazz and Groovin' High: the Life of Dizzy Gillespie. He is jazz critic for The Times in London and has presented jazz programs on BBC radio since 1989. He is also an accomplished double bassist and has played with many traditional and mainstream jazz bands.