News broke that Joe Allbaugh, a former GOP confidante to George W. Bush and Rick Perry, is now serving on the board of a marijuana lab company, so this week's playlist kicks off with Cab Calloway ...

Reefer Man. Decades before marijuana would become a political flashpoint or a legal commodity, Cab Calloway recorded “Reefer Man,” a track that approached the topic with humor and candor.

In “The Big Broadcast” (1932), Cab Calloway hi-de-hoes his way through the song “Kickin’ the Gong Around, ... And off they sail into a frantic comic ditty called “Reefer Man. ...

Time travel through herb culture with our 4/20 playlist that includes some not-so-obviously-weed-related songs (a few very obvious) to satisfy any musical strain.

"The significance of it is that the characters that Cab Calloway made a living singing about -- Minnie the Moocher, Smokey Joey, the Reefer Man -- they all come from this neighborhood," Brooks ...

Cab Calloway – “Reefer Man” Muddy Waters – “Champagne and Reefer” Donovan – “Mellow Yellow” Peter, Paul, and Mary – “Puff the Magic Dragon” Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” ...

In “The Big Broadcast” (1932), Cab Calloway hi-de-hoes his way through the song “Kickin’ the Gong Around,” borrowing the jazz underground phrase for smoking a “muggle,” or some ...