Cab Calloway - "Blues In The Night" - original CLEAR "video"

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  • @excon1122
    @excon1122 10 років тому +216

    Oh my. That face. This guy could sing the saddest song in the world but as long as you can see his smile, you just can't help but feel happy and good. Cab was truly amazing.

    • @goback3spaces
      @goback3spaces 5 років тому +9

      Yeah, that's the problem. Cab was happiness personified and this is one of the saddest songs ever written.

    • @snowwhite3606
      @snowwhite3606 4 роки тому +6

      He really felt Music. Music took over his soul it seemed.

    • @dildonius
      @dildonius 4 роки тому +6

      Well, I believe this is what they call "shuckin' & jivein' for the white folks." These guys were from that era where black entertainers kinda had to do the bug-eyes and gigantic goofy smiles all the time in order to keep their position in the biz. Wasnt really until the 1950s and ESPECIALLY the 1960s that they could finally drop the Jim Crow act. But at the same time, back in those days, ALL entertainers - regardless of race or whatever - were expected to perform with a generally happy & pleasant demeanor no matter what. It's just folks like Calloway had to crank it up to 11. Especially those who were originating from the dirty south like Louis Armstrong, as opposed to guys like Calloway who came out of places like Harlem, NYC.
      Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald etc, they all talked about how they kinda needed to "Uncle Tom" for the white folks in order to get by. Thank fuck for folks like Nina Simone who decided fuck that. And also thank God for folks like her and James Brown, who decided to put their foot down and stop fucking up their hair just to give themselves "white hairstyles." They were the ones to really usher in the era of no longer modifying yourself to fit into white/eurocentric beauty standards. Seriously, the stuff black folks had to put in their hair in order to straighten it was, hell IS, fucking INTENSE. I saw a video of some dumbass white girl with curly hair (not like the hair that black folks have, like Ginger/Jewish-tier curly hair) try using that stuff to straighten HER hair....IT MADE ALL OF HER HAIR _FUCKING FALL OUT_ FFS!!! Like holy _SHIT,_ dude!

    • @hazelchief-rabbit5903
      @hazelchief-rabbit5903 3 роки тому

      @@dildonius wow, that's some real history lesson right there. I mean I knew a little bit about the Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement and all that but the other stuff you just mentioned is all new info to me. (Well, I don't live in the US nor have I ever been there so I get most of my US-related info from the internet and my American friends.)

    • @albertpringle4918
      @albertpringle4918 3 роки тому +1

      FOESHOW
      FOESHOW
      FOESHOW

  • @silverperryhobart6560
    @silverperryhobart6560 3 роки тому +156

    "Blues in the Night" music composer was my cousin, Harold Arlen... lyrics by Johnny Mercer...Cab Callaway sang it live at the Ritz, N.Y.C. on my birthday, March 28, 1985... what a thrill it was! He was as fabulous as ever!

    • @nealbradleigh5069
      @nealbradleigh5069 Рік тому +5

      Now THAT'S an industry 'war story' My mother knew Cab and his daughter personally, along with other music people.
      The skills AND ENERGY that these greats brought to the stage and existing media were unbelievable (devoid of today hokey over-the-top pyrotechnics to hide the lack of musical creativity)!

    • @silverperryhobart6560
      @silverperryhobart6560 Рік тому +3

      @nealbradleigh5069
      🙋‍♀️Cab's daughter performed with him at the Ritz 😊...
      What a great show it was...
      Absolutely 💯 ...I agree...
      and such professionalism...
      Sam and Dave performed 🎭 2 shows for 2 nights at the Coventry in Sunnyside Queens, complete with costume change for an intimate (small) audience in 1983 and played with the energy as if it was Madison Square Garden! ...
      Yes, indeed, we were very lucky to live during those times...
      When talent and creativity was at its Zenith...in my humble opinion 😌
      Thanks for the comment 👍 😀
      Peace out ✌️ ☮️💌

    • @lemurianchick
      @lemurianchick Рік тому +2

      @@silverperryhobart6560He wrote "That Old Black Magic," "Get Happy," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow..." 😳

    • @silverperryhobart6560
      @silverperryhobart6560 Рік тому +4

      @lemurianchick Yes! I know 🙆‍♀️👊Pretty incredible, right?😍 I only wish I had a fraction of his talent 🤷🏻‍♀️ ( no claim to fame justa luckyrelative) 🙋🏽‍♀️....
      such an amazing catalog of songs so many people still hum, whistle and sing along to...what a great collaboration with Mercer...
      Thanks for listing more wonderful music ❤️ written by Harold Arlen ( BTW originally Arluck) 🙃...
      Peace out
      ✌️ ☮️❤️🌬✨️

    • @lemurianchick
      @lemurianchick Рік тому +1

      @@silverperryhobart6560 How old are you?

  • @abulmeez
    @abulmeez 10 років тому +165

    He is the definition of "cool"!

    • @karajokoo
      @karajokoo 4 роки тому +5

      Indeed he is!

    • @elimeissner3357
      @elimeissner3357 4 роки тому +5

      Killer mustache too

    • @protogen3395
      @protogen3395 3 роки тому +3

      Yes

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 Рік тому +1

      Cab Calloway is the Original King of COOL , Before Elvis , Before Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin.
      😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @DrCrabfingers
    @DrCrabfingers Рік тому +65

    The backing vocals were utterly sublime.....totally harmonic and the timbre was silky.....the best I have EVER heard.

    • @bobagosto6441
      @bobagosto6441 6 місяців тому +3

      The boys did a GREAT job backing him

  • @jaelge
    @jaelge 4 роки тому +59

    Cab's father was a lawyer, don't you know he was thrilled when Cab decided to be a musician. LOL! Thank goodness he did though. Love Cab Calloway. Love this song, this is the absolute best version that exists in this universe of this song. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues in the Night.

    • @sad-noises
      @sad-noises Рік тому +3

      Cabs father died when Cab was 3

    • @nealbradleigh5069
      @nealbradleigh5069 Рік тому +2

      Thank you for your insights. I am part of a generation of kids that only got a smattering of exposure to the dynamic contemporary music industry, being shown the door, sadly, as a wet-behind-the-ears new kid named Rock & Roll was making the rounds.
      Cab's stylings were even spoofed in cartoons from PARAMOUNT and WARNER BROS

    • @BenHopkins1000
      @BenHopkins1000 Рік тому +2

      Knowing Hollywood, a biopic about Cab would portray his dad as unsupportive of his dream for the sake of drama, accuracy be darned

  • @MarvelDcImage
    @MarvelDcImage 11 років тому +191

    Everything I know about the 30s and 40s I learned from Bugs Bunny cartoons it seems. The Warner Brothers animation team were fans of Cab Calloway it seems and that is awesome!

    • @TheBabashee
      @TheBabashee 7 років тому +11

      MarvelDcImage : Looneytoones continues with 1920s-40s music. It has become a trademark. Don't know the reason. Maybe Warner Bros. retains the copyright.

    • @RadicalCaveman
      @RadicalCaveman 5 років тому +11

      Check out the Fleischer Brothers and the three short movies they made with Betty Boop and Cab: "Minnie the Moocher," "Snow White," and "The Old Man of the Mountain."

    • @richardsloan7555
      @richardsloan7555 5 років тому +11

      My wife didn't watch bugs bunny growing up, so when I sing these songs she thinks I'm making them up. Lol

    • @RadicalCaveman
      @RadicalCaveman 5 років тому +9

      @@richardsloan7555 She must think you're a genius!

    • @kokomo1299
      @kokomo1299 5 років тому +1

      I remember hearing a riff of the instrumentals in oceans 11 when pitt goes to Florida to meet carl reitman at the horse track

  • @Kesaraes
    @Kesaraes 13 років тому +29

    This man sings not just with his voice, but with his face too.

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 6 років тому +53

    Cab Calloway graduated from Fredrick Douglass High School which was an all black high school in Baltimore and many regarded it as one of the finest schools in the nation.

  • @EvanDahill
    @EvanDahill 10 років тому +148

    The crap these guys had to put up with in their careers is unimaginable to us. Thank goodness for these clips.

    • @DW_R
      @DW_R 6 років тому +1

      Can you elaborate? or give me some pointers where I can read about it? Cab's amazing

    • @AaronHausmann
      @AaronHausmann 6 років тому +18

      He's talking about the racial prejudice of the time. Unfortunately even though they were amazing performers, African american artists were mistreated a lot and not seen as equals a lot of the time. Though there were lots of cases of African american performers helping to close the divide with the admiration of Caucasian actors and performers as well.

    • @DW_R
      @DW_R 6 років тому +7

      Thanks Dean. I went and read his full wikipedia. Insane to think about how bad it was around Cab's time. You're good enough to entertain us, but not to drink a beer beside us in the same club. Wow. Not saying there isn't a lot left to do until we get to real equality but man it was bad in them days eh?

    • @sameerhamidi8305
      @sameerhamidi8305 6 років тому +1

      harambe in Guantanamo wtf ?

    • @Kylex949
      @Kylex949 6 років тому +1

      @harambe in Guantanamo There is so much wrongful and hateful bullshit packed into your brief and twisted comment, it would be difficult to know where to begin to try to explain or respond to it all. Kindly return to the earth the carbon from which you are constructed so that more graphite #2 pencils can be manufactured for school-aged children. Thank you.

  • @daryljay7057
    @daryljay7057 5 місяців тому +5

    What a treasure! Those chords those guys are singing are SO fabulous! It's kind of sad in a way. It's impossible to overstate the Greatness & value Black Americans have made to music & Culture! Sad because young Blacks have turned their backs on this fabulous legacy for weird poetry & electronic drum machines! This music is FAR better! Rap may not fit the definition of 'music' when you think about it a little. Thanks for posting! This is special!

  • @KDoyle4
    @KDoyle4 6 років тому +24

    Cab Calloway singing a Johnny Mercer lyric. It just doesn't get any better than this!

    • @100YearJukebox
      @100YearJukebox 8 місяців тому +2

      AND a Harold Arlen tune. Both songwriters were masters of their craft. P.S., I agree with you on the Cabster. He was and is an American treasure.

  • @ahmad.tillery.1987
    @ahmad.tillery.1987 5 років тому +34

    This is some real music right here man. Gotta love and appreciate the old school.

  • @namelsess93
    @namelsess93 10 років тому +61

    I really enjoy the vibe of the 40's...

  • @malotonga4957
    @malotonga4957 3 роки тому +10

    The pinnacle of a true entertainer.

  • @joep8787
    @joep8787 5 років тому +4

    Calloway is having so much fun with this song that it seems campy rather than bluesy.

  • @CherylHughes-ts9jz
    @CherylHughes-ts9jz 4 місяці тому +3

    What a sharp dressed man!💃❤️💃

  • @KatherineUribe-1
    @KatherineUribe-1 3 місяці тому +2

    Thank you, Mr. Calloway and all the other Black American performers from that time who brought us their immense talent and message of hope that achievement was possible for ALL people. I pray that the United States will choose a way forward that embraces all people regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other cultural attributes, and will move away from those who would use those things as a means to divide us, stoking the fires of hate and injustice. Let us pay tribute to those American musical legends by voting for an America that respects and empowers ALL of it's people.

  • @areguapiri
    @areguapiri 5 років тому +11

    Cab Calloway is vastly underrated and not known to many people because other black musicians got more attention. He often performed to replace Duke Ellington's band. Because of racism, only a few blacks could achieve wide success and popularity at that time. And he's black and was always treated as a black man by white America. Damn, he was great!

    • @TheLordBottletop
      @TheLordBottletop 4 роки тому +3

      I think he got quite a bit of recognition, actually, but maybe wasn't awarded the critical acclaim that other bands like Ellington's and Fletcher Henderson's may have gotten because they tended to minimize the vocal and deliver the solos and the jump style of swing, and jazz has been a more academicized and picked over, which left other Cotton Club performers like Calloway, the Nicholas Brothers, Dorothy Dandridge, and Lena Horne a little bit out of the historical loop. It doesn't take away from Calloway--or any of the others. They were incredible artists, and we sometimes heard their records growing up in Jersey (my parents had a couple of Lena Horne records in the hi-fi) or saw them in old movie clips on the NY TV stations like WNEW, which had a late night program called Reel Camp that showed old shorts. I must have been 16 or 17 when I saw Cab Calloway doing Reefer Man, and had to tell everyone at school about it. Calloway, like Ellington and Henderson, was solidly black middle class, and his parents both had college educations.

  • @Deerych
    @Deerych 4 роки тому +8

    Talented trendsetting artistry! We come from such musical greatness. What happened to our contemporary music?!

  • @giggles2302
    @giggles2302 7 місяців тому +4

    My mom had a beautiful voice, and when my sister and I were growing up, my mom would sing the Rosemary Clooney version of this song (meaning, from a lady's pov). This song is WONDERFUL! Thank you for sharing. It brought back awesome memories of her. ❤

  • @ustwoalberts
    @ustwoalberts 9 років тому +10

    this is THE version for me . don't let the playfulness fool you : He was a terrific (baritone?) singer,and this was a GREAT band. (so many top faces in there )

  • @starfishgazer9570
    @starfishgazer9570 9 років тому +56

    I'm 60..from Maine...my dad was in a band in the late 40s and 50..big bands would come at the dance hall at the end of the pier...in my hometown...my mother owned a nightclub.."Black Magic Lounge"...and she wore all black ...nailpolish...pillbox hat with the black lace...Goth before it was cool...and we had a grand piano...Count Basie would come to play...it was the party house...Arte Shaw..so many would come...I wasn't even a twinkle in my father's eye yet...I love this music...dislike 80% music since the 80s...probably more..

    • @doctorj5009
      @doctorj5009 7 років тому +1

      Starfish Gazer wow

    • @doctorj5009
      @doctorj5009 7 років тому +2

      Starfish Gazer im 13 and i like old music like jolson and calloway and ida james and martin or bing and davis jr and sinatra

    • @karenmerrell-brown1196
      @karenmerrell-brown1196 3 роки тому

      Freaking awesome.

    • @stevekindler
      @stevekindler 3 роки тому

      Great memory.. thank you! The imagination runs wild!.. bet the musicians loved that place.

  • @petermastronardi6641
    @petermastronardi6641 2 роки тому +6

    A tremendous talent and one of the greatest athletes of all time.

  • @michaeljayklein500
    @michaeljayklein500 10 років тому +81

    I love anything Cab Calloway did; he was so charismatic and just plain cool! I just occurred to me that one reason performers like Mr. Calloway could be so "expressive" and "showy" while singing in these soundies was due to the fact that the audio was recorded first--they lip synched (or in the musicians' cases, went "through the motions") to it during the actual filming. Of course, Cab was ALWAYS fun to watch perform live--but just watch his face during this--I think those expressions and looks were a bit easier for him to pull off miming to his singing, you see? Great clip, great song and thanks for sharing this!

    • @stevekindler
      @stevekindler 3 роки тому +6

      But there are some old soundies that weren't "lip-synced", and he still emoted like a star; when your're a live performer, you learn how to turn on the juice.

  • @chasperry9594
    @chasperry9594 3 роки тому +4

    REET!!!
    Cab Calloway was a Real Coooooool Hep Cat 🐈

  • @jackoo666
    @jackoo666 5 років тому +7

    hes a living cartoon character. no wonder this was such a big influence on looney tunes. this guy was an incredible performer.

  • @andyxfish
    @andyxfish 5 років тому +11

    the vocal timing of the train whistle, amazing.

  • @bobboscarato1313
    @bobboscarato1313 4 місяці тому +1

    Great interpretation by Cab Caloway and orchestra!

  • @sullivancountydays
    @sullivancountydays Рік тому +4

    How is this any different from sagging jeans and money flashing gold chains? Talent!! Singing , Real Instruments. Thank you Can Callaway. You laid down the blueprint.

  • @iamTW64
    @iamTW64 4 роки тому +11

    Love everything about this! So grateful to live in an age where classic clips like this are just a few keystrokes and a mouse click away! ❤️

  • @geraldjohnson848
    @geraldjohnson848 9 років тому +16

    Cab Calloway; music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer. 'Nuff said. Thanks for the upload. Blessings

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 9 років тому +13

    A great rendition of a great song...

  • @josephagnello9335
    @josephagnello9335 3 роки тому +5

    Hey , Mr. Cab !!!!! You are one of the best!!!!!
    You backed by some of the most wonderful vocal groups and your back beat most POWERFUL
    Band ; outta sight !!!!!!!!!

  • @jaelge
    @jaelge 3 роки тому +2

    ¨A woman´s a two-face, a worrisome thing that´ll leave ya to sing the blues in the night¨

  • @meredithpower1819
    @meredithpower1819 11 років тому +25

    The ultimate of coooooool. These guys are it.

  • @jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069
    @jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069 3 роки тому +5

    I love that sound of early recording technology with the ribbon mikes and the tube-type compressors and amplifiers

  • @natureboygolfer
    @natureboygolfer 2 роки тому +2

    Watch out for that sweet talk and especially that glad eye.....

  • @MrRJS27
    @MrRJS27 8 років тому +12

    I saw him perform this song in Ossining NY in 1983, but I was in college and I didn't really know who he was at the time.

  • @MrJayr72
    @MrJayr72 11 років тому +6

    This is about the best version of this song I've ever heard. AWESOME!!!!!!!

  • @davidgiardina5424
    @davidgiardina5424 3 роки тому +3

    Luminous! Love Cab and the Palmer brothers are amazing.

  • @8315dbird
    @8315dbird 13 років тому +2

    The one and only Cab Calloway the man was classic. Thx for posting

  • @johnwhitehead3360
    @johnwhitehead3360 2 роки тому +2

    Remarkable Thank You I did see Cab in London

  • @kurtb8474
    @kurtb8474 2 роки тому +5

    Absolutely magnificent!

  • @AerialOzArtisans
    @AerialOzArtisans 4 роки тому +3

    Phenomenally Classic!! From beginning to end.

  • @gusalexandrakis5151
    @gusalexandrakis5151 2 місяці тому

    For those who might not know, musical talent runs thru at least four generations of the Calloway family. Cab's mother, Martha Eulalia Reed-Calloway, a Morgan State College graduate, was a church organist, teacher, lawyer, and realtor, while his elder sister, Blanche, preceded him in her career as a jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. Cab had five daughters, the first of whom, Camay Calloway Murphy, was born to Cab and his high school girlfriend Zelma Proctor in 1927; as an adult, she became an educator, who emphasized music and multiculturalism. She also founded the Cab Calloway Jazz Institute and Museum at Coppin State University. Two more of Cab's daughters, Cecelia Calloway and the late Chris were jazz vocalists, while grandson, Chris Calloway Brooks is a musician, vocalist, and leader of the revamped Cab Calloway Orchestra

  • @franciscomacias2097
    @franciscomacias2097 4 місяці тому +1

    Ya quisieran más de mil blancos tener este talento.
    Soy mexicano y desde que lo ví, jamás he dejado de admirarlo😮😮😮

  • @theahughes703
    @theahughes703 4 роки тому +4

    He just makes me so happy

  • @waynejones205
    @waynejones205 4 роки тому +2

    First time for this, you go, Fellas with the harmony!!!

  • @Deb545
    @Deb545 11 років тому +17

    Great stuff!! Love Cab!!

  • @jubalcalif9100
    @jubalcalif9100 6 років тому +5

    Yowzers ! This is really SOLID stuff ! Cab was one of the coolest cats ever ! THANKS so much for sharing this bodacious "blast from the past" with us ! :-)

  • @HayfaZlitni
    @HayfaZlitni 8 років тому +17

    This is art!

  • @Sistererica
    @Sistererica 12 років тому +28

    Way better than Sinatra's version. I laugh out loud when Frank sings a hooie da hooie. It works better when you have your background guys doing it!

  • @2mitzid
    @2mitzid 11 років тому +2

    This is awesome! Back when music WAS music. LOL! I just luv it. He was great!!!! ;-)

  • @thepaigeparker
    @thepaigeparker 2 роки тому +2

    The thumbnail for this has Cab looking just like Prince! After watching manny Calloway vids, I am convinced that Prince, son of a jazz musician, was heavily inspired by Mr Calloway ❤

  • @jacobhanna2887
    @jacobhanna2887 6 років тому +14

    I actually sing this under the light post near my house after sundown 😎

  • @barrybenson2840
    @barrybenson2840 4 роки тому +6

    The COOLEST man that ever. Lived also The FATHER of Cartoon scores😁 If FROSTY the snowman was real, He still wouldn't be as cool as this JACK FROST 😁

    • @bungieflute
      @bungieflute 3 роки тому

      I know, right? Especially since the Blues Brothers got their Rude Bwoy "look" from the way Cab was dressed in the movie, super cool ,ol' cucumber head as Cheech would say!!!

  • @MWC47
    @MWC47 11 місяців тому +1

    This man is the best song and dance icon ever 😅😂❤

  • @alilawless5866
    @alilawless5866 10 місяців тому

    The bbbbbblllluuueesssss..he is unbelievably THE best at dispelling the blues in me

  • @amandamerriweather3681
    @amandamerriweather3681 11 років тому +2

    Soooo fabulous!

  • @TheJudgeraye
    @TheJudgeraye 2 роки тому +2

    never knew how charismatic CC was...wow

  • @trooper2534
    @trooper2534 Рік тому +1

    Popular song on The Troop ships going over to Guadalcanal on 1942

  • @josephnardone1250
    @josephnardone1250 5 років тому +2

    Absolutely great!

  • @berniecahane5320
    @berniecahane5320 3 роки тому +1

    There’s cool and there’s cool. This is cryogenic.

  • @toffeeduval
    @toffeeduval 12 років тому +9

    Damn! What a hottie he was!

  • @leamalcic6941
    @leamalcic6941 2 роки тому +4

    LYRICS :
    My momma done tol' me
    When I was in knee-pants
    My momma done tol' me, "Son, (What did she tell you?)
    A woman gon' sweet-talk (Yeah!)
    And give you de glad-eyes, (Ah, ahh...)
    But when that sweet-talk is done: (Keep on a-talkin')
    A woman's a two-faced
    A worrisome thing
    Who'll leave you to sing the blues... (The blues...)
    In the night." (Yes, in the night)
    Now the rain's a-fallin'
    Hear the train a-callin' - (Oo-ee...)
    My momma done tol' me. (Oh...)
    Hey, that lonesome whistle's
    Blowin' 'cross the trestle. (Oo-ee...)
    My momma done tol' me. (Hey, ahoo-ee, ahoo-ee!)
    A clickety-clackin'
    And echoin' back at the blues...
    In the night
    The evenin' breeze - The stars -
    The trees a-cryin' and the moon
    'll hide its light
    When you get the blues
    In the night. (It's really tough to get the blues in the night)
    Take my word:
    The mockingbird
    Sings the saddest kind of song;
    He knows things are wrong -
    And he's right. (Yes, he's right to sing the blues in the night)
    From Natchez to Mobile;
    From Memphis to St. Joe;
    Wherever the four winds blow; (They blow everywhere!)
    I been in some big towns, (Yeah!)
    And I done heard me some big talk, (Ahh, ahh...)
    But there's one thing I know: (Keep a-talkin')
    A woman's a-two-faced -
    A worrisome thing
    Who'll leave you to sing the blues... (The blues)
    In the night. (Yes, in the night)
    (A woman will leave you singin' the blues)
    I know she will -
    My momma was right:
    The blues in the night

  • @sseasons
    @sseasons 12 років тому +4

    "My momma was right - the blues in the niiiiiight!"

  • @vanessamartz7596
    @vanessamartz7596 Рік тому

    My Dad used to sing that to me, and "lemon tree very pretty...", back in the 60s.

  • @finalfurry
    @finalfurry 12 років тому +5

    still not to old to listen to

  • @therockabillie
    @therockabillie 4 роки тому +2

    The legend. 😎

  • @kennygr8ify
    @kennygr8ify 3 роки тому +1

    Love the forties vibe!

  • @adriennemaynard9657
    @adriennemaynard9657 7 місяців тому

    He was the best”hep cat”! Love him!

  • @Redruffensore1
    @Redruffensore1 6 років тому +2

    What talent!

  • @bambinoandmore46
    @bambinoandmore46 2 роки тому

    I remember taping these pn channel 4 least l think it was 4, early in the morning. They just blew your mind. Some of them were shown in reverse so that signs were back to front.

  • @patriciajustice9795
    @patriciajustice9795 Рік тому +2

    Such talent

  • @Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm
    @Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm 5 місяців тому

    My god, what incredible music...

  • @philipterzian4581
    @philipterzian4581 4 роки тому +1

    Nice to see Milt Hinton and Cozy Cole in the rhythm section . . .

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 9 років тому +1

    Just amazing.

  • @RJBinghamesq
    @RJBinghamesq  11 років тому +5

    Cab recorded it in late '41 and it charted in early '42. So I'm guessing - THEN.

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums 10 років тому +2

    I love it. Good lookin' out RJ.

  • @franciscomacias2097
    @franciscomacias2097 4 місяці тому

    De este tipo de artistas 😢😢😢 ya no hay...

  • @natureboygolfer
    @natureboygolfer 2 роки тому +1

    I'm subscribing to this channel!!!

  • @markdavis7397
    @markdavis7397 4 місяці тому

    It's interesting that the description of "the whole world" in the lyrics is the area around Natchez, Mobile, Memphis and St Joseph. The lyrics were by John Mercer, who was born in Savannah, but moved to New York for most of his career. He was a prolific lyricist and also one of the founders of Capitol Records.

  • @general5104
    @general5104 2 роки тому +1

    Cab Callaway's name was high up in the quality big bands. That, plus he did a lot of the background music and sound effects for the old cartoons, betty boop and such.

  • @jmckenzie2402
    @jmckenzie2402 9 років тому +1

    Oh, luvvin this.

  • @djthemoretaiwan
    @djthemoretaiwan 5 років тому +2

    - "Blues in the night" by Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen. (Songs)
    - Cab Calloway and his Orchestra:- Lammar Wright, Russell Smith, Shad Collins, Jonah Jones, trumpet; Keg Johnson, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson, trombone; Jerry Blake, Hilton Jefferson, Andrew Brown, Teddy McRae, Walter Thomas, reeds; Benny Payne, piano; Danny Barker, guitar; Milt Hinton, acoustic double bass; Cozy Cole, drums; The Cabaliers, vocal. (Personnel on Camera)

  • @robertjohnson5370
    @robertjohnson5370 Рік тому

    Pure genius. Thank you

  • @mysterioso2006
    @mysterioso2006 12 років тому +1

    He is high as a kite, and I LOVE IT. xP

  • @OperationEndGame
    @OperationEndGame 10 років тому +27

    my momma dun told me bring home something for dinner....

    • @adamolastero3728
      @adamolastero3728 6 років тому +1

      The blizzard is two faced

    • @Ichijoe2112
      @Ichijoe2112 5 років тому +1

      @@adamolastero3728 A gooney old thing that will lead you to sing a hooie a hooie...

  • @pinksoft39
    @pinksoft39 2 роки тому +3

    His voice is so powerful

  • @rainmaker690
    @rainmaker690 12 років тому +5

    Damn--never heard this version of this song before---this kicks ass--what film is this from, or does anybody know---I'm loving the doo-wop and jazz-scatting in it---beautiful and I like that gutbucket blues tone he brings into the 3rd and 4th verses! Cab was talented as hell--he should have been utilized in more films--but wasn't,due to the racism of the times. I bought a CD of his with songs form the 40's which were actually pretty good to hear. I love "Minnie the Moocher", his signature tune

  • @lamiamano
    @lamiamano 11 років тому +1

    beautiful and unique !!

  • @dearmalika
    @dearmalika 12 років тому +1

    Fantastic!

  • @andromeda5369
    @andromeda5369 5 років тому +1

    The best version!

  • @soulstrength
    @soulstrength 13 років тому +1

    And all this time we thought this song was from those Bugs Bunny/Merrie Melodies cartoons!!! :)

  • @snackcakeman
    @snackcakeman 8 років тому +13

    While I like this version, honestly I was expecting more from Cab. He was a marvelous entertainer.

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 8 років тому +9

      The song demands that he needed to be a little more restrained, I suppose.

  • @dearmalika
    @dearmalika 12 років тому +3

    He was the genius!

  • @ididcramsmom
    @ididcramsmom 12 років тому +1

    This one time I gave Cab a righteous five, true story..

  • @tellyrabs2052
    @tellyrabs2052 8 років тому +2

    Bellísimo!

  • @dealsbetweenfriends
    @dealsbetweenfriends 4 роки тому +1

    WOW...........!

  • @dimitrioslange2789
    @dimitrioslange2789 7 років тому +2

    I love this song! :D