In 1938, the singer and band leader Cab Calloway became the first known African American to publish a book and call it a dictionary. His book of jive talk, Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary, ...

One hundred years ago, on Christmas Day, African-American jazz singer and band leader Cab Calloway was born. We hear an appreciation from Sara Fishko of WNYC. Now, taking you from the swing of the bat ...

Born on Christmas Day 1907 in Rochester, New York, bandleader Cab Calloway enjoyed a brilliant career that spanned the 1920s to the 1990s. He made his name at the helm of the Cab Calloway Orchestra ...

Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of the original hep cat Cab Calloway, who wrote a Hepster's Dictionary, translating the jive language of the New York jazz scene. In 1938, the singer and band leader ...

Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of the original hep cat Cab Calloway, who wrote a Hepster's Dictionary, translating the jive language of the New York jazz scene. In 1938, the singer and band leader ...