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Cab Calloway And His Cab Jivers - Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar
Fox Trot - Vocal Chorus by Cab Calloway
Written by Don Wolf and Willie Dixon (Brandt)
78 RPM audio transfer from Bowness Arts' collection of vintage records.
Cab Calloway And His Cab Jivers - Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar / The Jungle King
Label: Columbia – C903 (Canada)
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Recorded: May 1, 1947
Released: 1947
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band
Other side of this record: The Jungle King (You Ain't A Doggone Thing)
youtu.be/qdxSjgd5zUE
Cabell Calloway III was born on December 25, 1907, Rochester, New York. He was a jazz musician, singer, song-writer and an American band-leader of the 1930s-1940s renowned for his 'scat singing' style. Calloway's orchestra rotated as a 'house band' with that of Duke Ellington at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem through the Prohibition era. His snappy 'zoot-suit' dress sense and skillful vaudeville song-and-dance routines made him an extremely popular entertainer. Cab Calloway And His Cab Jivers were a small group, made up of members of Cab Calloway's big band. Organized in 1938 around Chu Berry; when Berry died in 1941 the group disbanded, but was reformed after World War II. In later years he continued performing and featured in films, such as "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) with Steve McQueen & Edward G. Robinson. The "Cab Calloway School of the Arts", in Wilmington, Delaware, was dedicated in his name in 1994. Calloway died on November 18, 1994, in Cokebury Village, Hockessin, Delaware, shortly after a stroke.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912 the Gramophone Company established 78 rotations per minute as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "non-breakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.
Cab Calloway And His Cab Jivers - Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar
Fox Trot - Vocal Chorus by Cab Calloway
Written by Don Wolf and Willie Dixon (Brandt)
78 RPM audio transfer from Bowness Arts' collection of vintage records.
Cab Calloway And His Cab Jivers - Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar / The Jungle King
Label: Columbia – C903 (Canada)
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Recorded: May 1, 1947
Released: 1947
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band
Other side of this record: The Jungle King (You Ain't A Doggone Thing)
youtu.be/qdxSjgd5zUE
Cabell Calloway III was born on December 25, 1907, Rochester, New York. He was a jazz musician, singer, song-writer and an American band-leader of the 1930s-1940s renowned for his 'scat singing' style. Calloway's orchestra rotated as a 'house band' with that of Duke Ellington at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem through the Prohibition era. His snappy 'zoot-suit' dress sense and skillful vaudeville song-and-dance routines made him an extremely popular entertainer. Cab Calloway And His Cab Jivers were a small group, made up of members of Cab Calloway's big band. Organized in 1938 around Chu Berry; when Berry died in 1941 the group disbanded, but was reformed after World War II. In later years he continued performing and featured in films, such as "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) with Steve McQueen & Edward G. Robinson. The "Cab Calloway School of the Arts", in Wilmington, Delaware, was dedicated in his name in 1994. Calloway died on November 18, 1994, in Cokebury Village, Hockessin, Delaware, shortly after a stroke.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912 the Gramophone Company established 78 rotations per minute as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "non-breakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.
