Discover 8 Cab Calloway songs that highlight his groundbreaking role in jazz and swing. From “Minnie the Moocher” to “Blues ...

[SONG PLAYS: "REEFER MAN" BY CAB CALLOWAY, INSTRUMENTAL] Tim Agne/KJZZ. Reefer Growing Madness epiosodes. Buy and burn: A special smoke session to sample new marijuana strain. Epsiode 7: About 2 ...

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Fifty-two tracks of Calloway's jumping jive and jazz with Cheatham, Gillespie, Quebec et al are collected on two CDs There’s a school of thought, indeed I’m one of the graduates, that maintains that ...

Of course, anyone who’s ever listened to Fats Waller’s “You’re a Viper (the Reefer Song)” or watched Cab Calloway’s riotous rendition of “Reefer Man” on YouTube knows how that only ...

The first is the most obvious: Cab Calloway and ‘The Reefer Man’, written in 1932. Whenever an old song has a title that uses a modern term, there is always the risk that it might be interpreted as a ...

Cab Calloway, “Reefer Man” Most Smokin’ Lyric: “If he trades you dimes for nickels/ And calls watermelon’s pickles/ Then you know/ You’re talkin’ to that reefer man” Potency: SEVEN.

James Wailin and Bobby East will host an all-star 30th anniversary reunion concert by their band, the Reefermen, on Friday, Feb. 10 at the Magic Bag.

Cab Calloway is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in jazz music during the 1930s and 1940s. His unique style of singing, showmanship, Skip to content ...

In this odd pairing, legendary singer, dancer and bandleader Cab Calloway starred in these surreal Betty Boop cartoons to promote his music, “Minnie the Moocher” and “The Old Man of the ...

Perpetuating his self-created myth, the ever enterprising Calloway published in 1938 his Hepster Dictionary: The Language Of Jive. “Hi-De-Ho” became a national catch-phrase. In contrast to his wild ...