Blanche Calloway


Blanche Calloway was one of the only and first women bandleaders in the 1930s. She started as a chorus girl on black vaudeville. Calloway formed Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys. Louis Armstrong was one of the Joy Boys. Armstrong created some of his early recordings. As she became successful, Calloway helped her younger brother Cab Calloway get exposure in show business.

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