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Of Minnie the moocher and me by Cab Calloway and Bryant Rollins; with ill. selected and edited by John Shearer is a music available to read on EtoBox.

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From dust jacket notes: "From the back streets of Baltimore where he hustled as a kid, through the jazz clubs of Chicago in the raw and roaring twenties, to the Cotton Club, Hollywood, Paris, and beyond, here in his own words is the story of Cab Calloway - the man who made Minnie the Moocher a household heroine and became one of the most respected jazz musicians and best loved entertainers in America. He sang and danced like no other performer of his time. Tall, slender, handsome and resplendent in a white zoot suit, his presence on stage was electric. 'Hi-de-hi-de-ho,' he'd sing. 'Hi-de-hi-de-ho,' the audience would answer. 'Wah-de-do-de-way-de-ho,' he'd intone. 'Wah-de-do-de-way-de-ho,' they'd roar back. And on it would go until the crowd was singing and stomping and dancing in the aisles. It was the Great Depression, but he made them forget. More than that, he made them happy. That has always been Cab Calloway's profession - and the secret of his monumental success - knowing how to make people happy. He has entertained presidents and crowned heads of Europe, Mr. and Mrs. America (as they were then called) over network radio and the first integrated audiences in the South - as we

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Author

Cab Calloway and Bryant Rollins; with ill. selected and edited by John Shearer

Publisher

Thomas Y. Crowell Company

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780690010329

Category

music

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Music

Rating

4.07 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14