Blanche Calloway
Bandleader, Musical Artist
1902 – 1978
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Who was Blanche Calloway?
Blanche Calloway was an African-American jazz singer, bandleader, and composer from Baltimore, Maryland. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway, and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that spanned over fifty years, Calloway was the first woman to lead an all-male orchestra and performed alongside musicians such as Cozy Cole, Chick Webb, and her own brother. Her performing style was described as "flamboyant" and a major influence on her brother's own performance style.
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- Born
- Feb 9, 1902
Baltimore - Also known as
- Calloway, Blanche
- Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Morgan State University
- Lived in
- Baltimore
- Died
- Dec 16, 1978
Baltimore
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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