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About Blanche Calloway
Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that spanned over 50 years, Calloway was the first woman to lead an all-male orchestra and performed alongside musicians such as Cozy Cole, Chick Webb, and her brother. Her performing style was described as flamboyant and a major influence on her brother's performance style.
Everything about Blanche Calloway →- Occupation
- composer, jazz musician, singer, bandleader
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 9, 1902
- Died
- December 16, 1978