Charm City

The west Baltimore home that belonged to legendary jazz musician Cab Calloway will be demolished. The city’s housing department confirmed the plans on Thursday despite efforts from Calloway’s grandson and others to preserve the home. The house is located on the 2200 block of Druid Hill Avenue. All homes at that block will be torn […]

You’ve seen the late famed jazz musician and lifetime Grammy award  winner Cab Calloway sing Minnie the Moocher in numerous films but few have heard of his daughter Camay Calloway Murphy who still lives in their hometown of Baltimore. She has forgone the bright lights of the stage for being a light herself to Baltimore […]

Cabell “Cab” Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was born in Rochester, New York, on Christmas Day in 1907. The family relocated to his parents’ hometown, Baltimore, Maryland,  in 1918. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City. For more information about Cab Calloway click […]