Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was an African American entertainer. In 1930, Calloway got a gig at Harlem's famed Cotton Club and became a regular performed at the popular nightspot. Calloway made it big with his 1931 hit "Minnie the Moocher". The song's famous call-and-response "hi-de-hi-de-ho" became Calloway's signature phrase for the rest of his career. Calloway's song went to sell over 1 million copies. The song would later be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1993, President Bill Clinton presented Calloway with the National Medal of the Arts.
Below is a video of Cab performing his hit song.
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