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Cab Calloway
was the 'scat' singing and
dancing band leader very big in the 1930-40 era. He attracted renewed
interest in 1980 when he appeared as a supporting character in the film
'The Blues Brothers', performing "Minnie The Moocher", and again when he
sang "The Jumpin' Jive" with the Two-Headed Monster on Sesame Street.
Here Cab and his orchestra perform their 1930s hit Jumpin' Jive in the
movie "Stormy Weather" with some truly amazing dancing from the Nicholas
Brothers.