[Texicanus]

I didn’t know that. Good for you, but Cab Calloway was not one of the best known acts in the segregated South at that time. Some punk kid name “Elvis” was the “cool” thing back then.

I was transitioning from the Wiliam Tell Overature (Lone Ranger intro) to Roll Over Beethovan (Chuck Berry) at this time. It was only later that I came to like and appreciate Cab Calloway.

BTW, the only cartoons shown were between double header horror movies at the local drive-in. Sometimes I watched the cartoon if the car windows were not fogged up.

[Fiji Hill]

I was transitioning from the William Tell Overature (Lone Ranger intro) to Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry) at this time. It was only later that I came to like and appreciate Cab Calloway.

Interestingly, my favorite piece of music when I was a kid was "The William Tell Overture." However, my favorite movement was not Galop (or "Cavalry Charge," the Lone Ranger theme) but The Storm. Nowadays, my favorite movement is Ranz des Vaches (Cattle Call), which immediately precedes Galop.

Incidentally, I saw Cab Calloway perform at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, Calif. in 1991--one of his last appearances.