Benny Payne

Bennie Payne's main claim to fame is that he was Cab Calloway's regular pianist during the singer's prime years although Payne had a long career both before and after his association with Cab. Payne began playing piano when he was 12, working as an organist at a Philadelphia church as a teenager. He became a professional in 1926, worked locally and was with Wilbur Sweatman's band for six months in ...more