92 years ago today (and all week) the legendary Cab Calloway was performing live on the stage of the Loew's Jersey. 78 years later, he was seen again at the Loew's, this time on screen in his show-stopping performance in "The Blues Brothers". By the time he played the Loew's in 1932, the 25 year old Calloway had fused Jazz and the Blues with scatt singing to become one of the best known band leaders and vocalists of the Big Band era. His signature song, "Minnie the Moocher", with what is arguabl

This 1932 Betty Boop short MINNIE THE MOOCHER opens with Cab Calloway and his orchestra. The animators used this live performance as the basis for rotoscoping, which turned his exact dance moves into the cartoon! ✨ | the.vintage.era