Hi-De-ho The Life of Cab Calloway |
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| Author:
| Shipton, Alyn |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-514153-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.