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Cab Calloway was an American bandleader, jazz musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-talented emcee, renowned for his scat singing style. Born on December 25, 1907, in Rochester, New York, he gained fame in the 1930s and 1940s, performing as a house band at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem during the Prohibition era. Known for his snappy zoot-suit dress sense and skillful vaudeville song-and-dance routines, Calloway became a popular entertainer, with his moonwalking style predating that of Michael Jackson by about half a century. In later years, he continued to perform and appeared in films, including "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) alongside Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson. The Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington, Delaware, was dedicated in his name in 1994. He passed away on November 18, 1994, in Cokebury Village, Hockessin, Delaware, shortly after suffering a stroke, and his ashes are interred at Ferncliffe Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

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