Hi De Ho (1947) Cab Calloway
Musicals
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1h 2m
Hi De Ho is stars an all African American cast led by Cab Calloway. It first showed at the Squire Theatre in New York and would be shown in the more than 500 African-American theaters in the US.
Numbers include "Minnie Was a Hepcat" (a capella) (Calloway and His Orchestra)
"St. James Infirmary" (Calloway and His Orchestra)
"At Dawn Time" (Calloway and His Orchestra)
"Hey Now" (Calloway and His Orchestra)
"The Hi De Ho Man" (Calloway and His Orchestra)[1]
"I Got a Gal Named Nellie" (Calloway and Elton Hill)[3]
"Open the Door, Richard!" (Dusty Fletcher)[2]
"Little Old Lady from Baltimore" (The Peters Sisters)
"A Rainy Sunday" (The Peters Sisters)[2]
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