Biography:
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, from the start of the 1930s through to the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Doc Cheatham
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[Intro]
F C Bb Bbm Eb Bb F Bb Gm
Bb Eb F Gm F Gm F Eb Gm
F Bb F
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Here's a little tune we're gonna play for you,
N.C.
There ain't nothin' to it and it's easy to do:
[Chorus]
Eb
Called the Calloway Boogie,
Bb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
F Bb
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Verse 2]
N.C.
If you like music with a boogie beat,
N.C.
Here's a little ditty that's really all reet!
[Chorus]
Gb Eb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Bbm
It's the Calloway Boogie,
F Bb
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Verse 3]
N.C.
I woke up with the blues the other day,
N.C.
The cats started jamming and they blew away.
[Chorus]
Bb Bbm
With the Calloway Boogie,
Bb
The Calloway Boogie,
F Bb
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Verse 4]
N.C.
We play waltzes, bebop and jive,
N.C.
But here's the kind of music that keeps you alive!
[Chorus]
F Eb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Bbm Bb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
F Gm
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Instrumental]
F Gm Bb F Bb Eb Gm Am F Gm F Gm
C Eb Gm C F Gm F
[Outro]
F
If you like boogie with some hi-de-ho,
F
Just listen to me, here's the way it goes:
C
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
Gm
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
F Cm F C
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
F C Bb Bbm Eb Bb F Bb Gm
Bb Eb F Gm F Gm F Eb Gm
F Bb F
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Here's a little tune we're gonna play for you,
N.C.
There ain't nothin' to it and it's easy to do:
[Chorus]
Eb
Called the Calloway Boogie,
Bb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
F Bb
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Verse 2]
N.C.
If you like music with a boogie beat,
N.C.
Here's a little ditty that's really all reet!
[Chorus]
Gb Eb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Bbm
It's the Calloway Boogie,
F Bb
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Verse 3]
N.C.
I woke up with the blues the other day,
N.C.
The cats started jamming and they blew away.
[Chorus]
Bb Bbm
With the Calloway Boogie,
Bb
The Calloway Boogie,
F Bb
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Verse 4]
N.C.
We play waltzes, bebop and jive,
N.C.
But here's the kind of music that keeps you alive!
[Chorus]
F Eb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Bbm Bb
It's the Calloway Boogie,
F Gm
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
[Instrumental]
F Gm Bb F Bb Eb Gm Am F Gm F Gm
C Eb Gm C F Gm F
[Outro]
F
If you like boogie with some hi-de-ho,
F
Just listen to me, here's the way it goes:
C
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
Gm
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
F Cm F C
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day!
Cactus Attack
Cadence Kid
Cady Groves
Caedmons Call
Caesars
Cake
Cake Bake Betty
Calabrese
Calcum Scott
Calcutta