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With a repertoire of songs, Cab Calloway, the King of Hi-de-ho, is the first on the program of celebrities, who are offering their services to the class of 1943. He will be followed by the long-awaited, much discussed, and much secreted "Mystery Woman...
Announcement of these two entertainers completed the list of personages who will appear before the Freshmen. Headed by Cab Calloway, the cast includes colonel Stoopnagle and Rochester...
...Calloway, noted orchestra leader, heads the list of prominent entertainers to perform at the annual. Freshman Smoker in Saunders Theatre, Tuesday night, April 30. Previously announced as Thursday, April 26, the date has been changed because of complications in plans...
...wrong--there's nothing wrong with Calloway--soft spoken and shrewd--he's one of the smartest showmen around. Staying up on the top as an ace attraction for years is no small job--and he's still doing it. And don't let any of this stuff about Cab being king of the tea (marihuanja) fiends fool you. He wouldn't still be going if he consumed the amount of dope he was reputed to. This whackiness legend is strictly for the customers...
...that will make Bob Haggert (Bob Crosby's band) look to his laurels as king-pin of the broken rhythm stylists, Hinton has a concerto, "Plucking the Bass," released last week on Vocalion, that will really make you sit up and take notice. Barker is the new trumpet man Calloway added only a short while ago and plays much in the manner of Roy Eldridge. Jefferson is the terrific alto man formerly with Fletcher Henderson...