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Did You Know...
Cab Calloway
(Dec 25, 1907 - Nov 8, 1994)
In 1993, a year before he died, Cab celebrated his honorary doctorate in fine arts (University of Rochester in New York State) by leading the 9,000 graduates and guests in a singalong to "Minnie The Moocher."
Swing Biographies
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
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Fletcher Henderson (1898-1952)
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
Frankie Manning (born 1914)
Artie Shaw (born 1910)
Duke Ellington (born 1899)
Chick Webb (born 1905?)
Ella Fitzgerald (born 1917)
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