{"name":"Cab Calloway","title":"Cab Calloway","id":2130,"slug":"cab-calloway","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2130/?format=json","bio_short":"Calloway was born on December 25, 1907 to a middle-class family in Rochester, New York, and lived there until 1918, on Sycamore Street. He was later raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Cabell Calloway II, was a lawyer, and his mother, Martha Eulalia Reed, was a teacher and church organist. His parents recognized their son's musical talent, and he began private voice lessons in 1922. He continued to study music and voice throughout his formal schooling.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/CabCallowayPNG.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2398,"title":"Minnie the moocher","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/minnie-the-moocher/"}]}