Cabell Calloway essays

Cabell Calloway essays Cabell Cab Calloway III lived an exciting and sometimes turbulent life - from street hustling as a young boy to performing in movies as well as for presidents. Cab is probably best known for his many years of live entertaining around the world. From his early days performing at such speakeasies as the Gaiety in Baltimore to Harlem's famous Cotton Club and London's Palladium, Cabell has always made his presence known on the stage and off. Born on December 25th 1907 in Rochester, NY then later moving in with his father's mother in Baltimore, Maryland Cabell spent many of his younger years ditching school and hustling with his street friends. Then after being sent away to reform school in Pennsylvania for a year Cab became more seriously involved in school as well as school athletics. He was a well-known basketball player in high school and in his senior year Cabell played professional ball for the Baltimore Athenians, earning himself ten dollars for every game he played. During his short pro basketball career Calloway also made a living performing at the many dances after the games. No matter what caught his interest Cabell always found away to make a living doing what he loved. Calloway spent all of his early life interested in entertaining; he took many music classes throughout his high school years and was entertaining all over Baltimore before he graduated. While in school Cab entertained at such places as Goodlows, the Arabian Tent, the Gaiety and the Regent Theatre. Cabells parents as well as his music and singing coaches werent aware of him performing in these places and felt that such places were nothing but low life nightclubs. They forbade him from going anywhere near them. On more than one occasion Cab would run into some of his high school teachers in these clubs. After a time Cabs parents found out what he was up to but as Cab puts it They pretended they didnt know, and I pretending t...