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Cab Calloway at 100: 1/4. Clarke Peters begins a celebration of his musical hero to help mark the 100th anniversary of the chief hepster's birth.

Cab Calloway at 100

1/4. Clarke Peters begins a celebration of his musical hero - singer, bandleader, film star, dancer and chief hepster Cab Calloway. It's the 100th anniverary of Cab's birth. He rose from the back streets of Baltimore to lead the best-paid black swing orchestra of the 1930s, was a pioneer in radio and drew new audiences in the 1950s in musical theatre.

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Wed 14 Nov 2007 23:00

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  • Wed 14 Nov 2007 23:00