You Only Get Old, If You Let Yourself Get Old. Cincinnati, Ohio August 1988 Riverbend Music Center. Eric Kunzel conducting The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Have been a huge fan of this man for sooo long but never experienced this performance until now..Thank you for bringing it to us..Tears streaming down my face .. joyous laughter at the funky moves that have no age ...What a Beautiful gift of Entertainment ❤️😍💚
Insted cab calloway 3-0 time because he singing minnie the mocher when he have 51 that its the 1-0 In the blue brothers he singing this song when he have 73 that is the 2-0 but he dont stop and sing this incredible song when he have 81 that is the 3-0
CLASS, REAL CLASS, KNOWS NO RACE, YEAR OR STYLE...IT JUST KEEPS ROLLING ALONG....SADLY, SO MANY PEOPE N PERFORMO GARTS O DAY HAVE NO IDEAL WHAT TRUE CLASS IS.....SING ON, OLD CLASSY MAN....
This man had more talent in his little toes than 99% of entertainers have today. 81 years old, look at him move and hear his voice. And they play an up-tempo version. Gahddamn. Pick me up off the floor.
L.A. Roberts One story that floors me is the paper bag test. No one could perform if they were darker than the bag. My grandmother looked like a white woman and she hated it. She made sure to marry the darkest man she could so her kids wouldn’t be light. The funny thing is from the oldest to youngest they went from very light to very dark it’s pretty funny.
@@saradickerson5685 great story is really interesting hear "real facts" and every day details on these great performers, what years are you talking about? 1930s? 1940s?
xrayqqq My grandmother was a showgirl. She danced the 40s I have so so many fond memories of my grandmother. She wasn’t the baking or super sweet type she always kept an air of elegance about her. A good example I rarely saw her without pantyhose I could never understand why she wore them all the time
I think at some point he got sick of the blues version and decided he wanted to sing it in that disco form the rest of his life. Definitely was probably more fun that way
My Dad remembers when Cab Calloway would arrive in Atlanta, Georgia to perform. In those days, Black performers could perform before any audience, but the performances were always segregated. Dad and his friends would head to the train station--when all the big White promoters greeted Cab Calloway, Dad remembered that Cab would yell up to him and all the little Black kids up on the balconies of the train station. Cab Calloway once said, "I showed off because it made my PEOPLE feel so good." I love this man!
YES! That quote reminds me of Michael Jackson actually, he did it because it made us feel so good too. Nothing like our community, no one like Black people! Thanks for sharing this story!
I saw one of his last shows at the Valley Forge Music Fair Center (now closed) and it was terrific ! He was also first cousin to my spouse's Aunt Gladys who married a Calloway. They were all blessed with longevity as she was 95 when she passed.
During that Blues Brothers movie, there was a pause of reverence and respect for a legend when His name was mentioned. He upstaged those two, because in reality, HE was the legend, they were just pretenders.
This performance brought tears to my eye, I can remember being a little kid growing up in Norfolk and watching the Blues Brothers movie with my friends at my Aunt Rebecca's house and for YEARS loving every note played, every dance move done and the energy that Mr. Calloway and his band had during this song, It was the HIGHLIGHT of the movie for me. And to see this performance of him at 81, not just performing it but LOVING IT, and LIVING IT.... is breathtaking!!!! I thank God daily that he allows me to live in this wonderful world of show business. If I make it to 81 I pray that I will still have the LOVE that Mr. Calloway had for his art and for the people. THAT is true dedication .... It's the legends whom shoulders we stand on that we must remember and pay homage to!!! The things that he and so many other endured so that we may enjoy some of the freedoms that we have today and we must not forget! The civil rights struggle was fought on so many different fronts and I am eternally grateful to those worriers who stood on the battlefield for us! B-Blessed & B-Safe
@@henryseidel5469 MAYBE SOME OF BOTH....WORRIERS *AND* WARRIORS....AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW CAB COULD GO AND PLAY IN ATLANTA BUT THE POOR OLD FARMER WHO MOTORED OVER FROM CARROLL COUNTY GA. HAD TO SIT IN THE "PEANUT GALLERY" 1/2 MILE HIGH AND NEEDED BINOCULARS TO SEE WHO THAT LI'L DOT WAS ON STAGE...AND HE MAY BE "ENCOURAGED" TO HURRY HOME AFTER THE SHOW ....WHO WOULDN;T WANT TO MOTOR BOOTIE THE F*** ON OUT OF THERE....ua-cam.com/video/-K10dJWNURA/v-deo.htmlREST ASSURED....THESE DIPARITIES WILL BE CORRECTED, AMD EVERY EYS'S TEAR WIPED AWAY CAUSE SOME THING CNNOT/WILL NOT BE FOXED UPIN THIS EARTH..PRIOD DIVISION MAKES LOTS AND LOTS AND BEAUCOPS OF MONEY.....BOTH SIDE STILL SLING THEIR BS....BUT WHEN PEOPLE JUST FIND THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN A TORNADO, SNOWSTORM , WAR ZONE (UKRAINE FOR EAMPLE) THEY RISE VAND GEL TOGETHER W/O THE DIVISIVE RACE PIMPS EXPLOITING THAT NEED AND BECOMING STRONGER..... WE/YOU/THEY ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.....BUT; I'VE BEEN TOLD AND TREATED AND REINFORCED AS AN ABBERANT RASICT (sic) ALL MY LIFE BECAUSE OF SOME JERKOFFS WHO FEEL THREATENED BY ANOTHER MAN'S INITIATIVE AND WILLINGNESS TO INVEST FOR THE FUTURE....RHETORIC IS FORGED OR CONSTRUCTED BY LICENTIOUS HANDS AND DECEPTIVE DIRTY HANDS AND THEN FLOATED THAT IS CAREFULLY CRAFTED TO TAP TAP TAP TAP THAT WEDGE JUST A MILLIMETER OR 2 A DAY DEEPER INTO THE BREACH.. BUT CAUSE I' MWHITE, BORN IN ALABAMA, HAD FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT WAR EVEN THUGH THEY OWNED NOTHING BUT A MULE AND 15 KIDS.....BUT CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF.....NONE OF MY PEOPLE (WHO WERE *DRAFTED* INTO THE CSA ARMY) HAD A CHOICE OR OWNED ANYTHING THAT WAS HUMAN.......NEITHER WAS UNCLE LEE AVERY....BORN INTO SLAVERY AND FREED IN '65......BUT MY "PA" (WHAT WE CALLED MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER/GRANDPA) HAD A CHOICE WHEN HIM. "MA", MY MAMA AND MY UNCLE STARTED OUT IN THE 30S FOR SOMEWHERE AND STOPPED BY HIS HOUSE ON THE WAY BACK TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON AT HIS HOUSE JUST 1/4 MILE FROM WHERE MA (GRANDMOTHER) WAS BORN OF LIVED BESIDE 5 MILE CREEK AND WHERE AT LEAST 2 CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHO HOMESTEADED THAT LAND ABOUR 1840 WHEN ALABAMA WAS ONLY 20 YRS OLD DRAFTED AND WITHOUT CHOICE EVEN IF THEY'D HAD ONE)...NOBODY CARED IF ANYONE KNEW OR CARED AS YOU CAN VISIT ON THE FRONT PORCH ANYWHERE YOU ARE WELCOME....AND TALK ABOUT JESUS OR ROOSEVELT OR YOUNG HITLER....THIS WAS OF COURSE BETWEEN 1931 ( WHEN MAMA WAS BORN AND WHEN UNCLE LEE DIE??)..I MET HIS SON ON THE SMALL TOWN STREETS OF OUR NEXT-TO-THE-BIG-TOWN SMALL TOWN IN ABOUT 1967 OR SO IN FRONT OF THE LOCAL CAFE......8 YEARS LATER I WAS WORKING WITH UNCLE LEE'S GR GR GRANDSON AT THE PIGGLY WIGGLY ( YES THEY ARE REAL!) WHERE WE DID LOTS OF JOKING AND PUNNING ABOUT LIGHT RACIAL HUMOR AND CONCILIATORY ENDEAVORS (LOL) TOPICS...MY GRANDMOTHER, THEN 80 MET LESLIE AND IT WAS A TYPICAL DECENT SOUTHERN MEETING OF THE MINDS..AND LIKED HIM JUST FINE AS A YOUNG POLITE MAN JUST UP HER ALLEY OF 19TH CENTURY PERCEPTIONS OF HOW YOUNG MEN AND BOYS SHOULD ACT ( YOU KNOW...YOU'RE SOUTHERN) LIKE THEY HAD A STICK UP THEIR BUTT.OR WANTED.NEEDED ONE ...HAHAHAHA LOL...EXPERIENCE...MY OTHER GRANDMA....RAISED IN A MORE RURAL COUNTY WAS A LITTLE SCARED OF LESLIE THOUGH HE COULD HAVE HOUSE SAT YOUR HOME AND BABIES....AND LD GRANDMAS...LOL......STEEPED IN GENTILITY AND WE ( THEY ACTUALLY) HAD NO CAR NOR DID LESLIE BUT A LITTLE TO FAR TO WALK HOME AT 9 OCLOCK AT NIGHT SO IN 1973 AND 1974, WE OTHER STOCK/SCK BOYS; SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, 19TH ALABAMA, 33RD AND 28TH GAVE LESILIE A RIDE HOME AND WE SAT UNDER THAT BIG CEDAR TREE ACROSS THE ATREET WHERE MY RELATIVES USED TO STOP AND VISIT, NEXT TO THE OLS SCHOOLHOUSE PLACE WHERE MY GREAT GRANDADDY, BORN 1856, TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THE 1880S AND 1910S UNTIL HE DIED IN 1919 DURING THE FLU EPIDEMIC AND VISITED AN OLD MAN WHOM MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPA KNEW AND LOVED AS A TRUE NEIGHBOR FELT JUST A LITTLE MORE CONNECTED FOR THEIR STOPS BY HIS HOUSE .....LATER STILL C 2006/2007,,,,I STOPPED AND ASKED A MAN WALKING HOME, THE 4 BLOCKS FROM THE LITTLE COUNTRY STORE SOME 100 YEARS OLD AND ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW ANY ______....HE SAID I"M A ______ SO HE TOOK ME TO THE SAME OLD HOUSE UNCLE LEE LIVED IT WHERE I MET AND CHATTED WITH LEE'S 90 YR OLD GREAT GRANDSON....AFTER LISTENING AND TALKING TO HIM FOR AN HOUR I FOUND THAT LEE TOOK CARE OF MY FOLKS WHEN THEY WERE SICK OR DIED....INCLUDING GG GRANDPA, GR GRANDPA, UNCLE BEN, AND OTHERS....HE IS BUIED IN A FORGOTTEN PLACE ON THE EDGE OF A RICH MANS PROPERTY WITH STONES TO MARK HIS PASSING.....IF FORMER SLAVES AND CONFEDERAT SOLDIERS ( NEITHER WANTED EITHER JOB LOL) CAN THRIVE AND LIVE WELL UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS AT THSE TIMES THEN ANYONE CAN....TOO BAD CAB CULDN'T HAVE SAT ON THE PORCH AND DRANK TEA OR MAYBE SOMETHIN' A LI'L MORE FORTIFYING.....LOL.....RESIST THESE ALIEN/NEPHILIM ASSHOLES...PEACE BE UNTIL YOU...AND PA, MA, MAMA. UNCLE REDGE. UNCLE LEES AND MISTER CHARLES AVERY (206-2007) GR GR GRANDPA FROM STATEN ISLAND) , GR GR GRANDMA ( FROM GA) AND ALL THE REST...LESLIE TOO IN FLORIDA..I'M PLANNING TO SIT ON THE PORCH AND DRINK TEA OR COFFEE OF A LIL BOURBON AND BRANCH ( THE SPRING THAT WATERED THE SCHOOLKIDS AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND ME AND FRIENDS WHEN WE HAD BEEN HUNTING NEARBY IN THE 70S& 80S HAD TO BE CAPPED DUE TO FECAL COLIFORM O157 OR THAT OTHER GERM FAVORITE SALMONELA WITH WHICH YOU WOULDN'T WANNA MAKE NO SAMONELLA CROQUETES! LOL BYE....CAUSE I'M A GONE HOOTIE COOTIE AND A RAUCHAMBEAU DE L ECROIX...DE LES SASQUATCHES NOM DE LEX CES LA VIE....
No matter what era you were born in... No matter the color of your skin... This man was and STILL IS EPIC!!! Here we are in 2018 watching Cab Galloway and passing his awesomeness to the next generation. I see a bit of hate in the comments and it hurts my heart that we have been kicked back to the 20th century with this hateful thinking. May we get past our differences and love the GOODNESS of what ALL of HUMANITY has to offer instead of going at each other's throats like the evil ones enjoys watching us do. May we rise above this and love each other as brothers and sisters as Martin Luther King Jr. had dreamed for all of us. Those folks in the sixties knew about the ones who love to watch us fight against each other and warned us but their words were drowned out by blind hate from both sides. Come together, brothers and sisters so we can show the haters what we can do! We were TAUGHT to hate! Watch babies and kids together and see their wisdom... They don't hate each other. When they see each other, they see another human being that deserves love, compassion, and understanding.... Not an enemy. We keep going at each other like this, humanity as a WHOLE isn't going to survive. STOP THE HATE!
Tammy Ritchie I'm only 16, yet I fully understand where you're coming from and I LOVE cab's music. I feel as if music is no longer for peoples entertainment so much as to get money. Almost every song nowadays is either about sex or trying too hard to appeal to the masses. People like Cab didn't care about things like that, he just wanted to entertain people with his amazing talent. So what I'm saying is, heartwarming comment, Mr. Calloway would be honored.
I'm sorry to say this but until people stop with 1 the over appreciation of some cultures and under appreciation of others. I'm Native American but I look white and I'm sorry but black people get too angry at the past and they get a whole month of appreciation yet we were treated way worse the settlers didn't even think we were worth wasting extra bullets so they caved-in skulls with the butt of their guns. And 2 stop being so easily offended . I am racist but I am to everyone it's not bad if everyone get treated the same way. So I hate everyone equally and I don't care if you make native jokes so why can't we just make fun of problems cause there is humor in tragedy. Besides that people need to stop pushing their veiws onto everyone else I don't care if you fuck guys, girls,or no one it doesn't matter and its not just who you are. So people shouldn't change charaters to fit their hidden agenda. (Fun fact : did you know that the black Green lantern was gay originally in the comics but in the Justice League animated show they made him straight) the Hell's with that huh. It's like the seen from The Simpsons with the gay parade. You know when lisa says we are used to it you guys do this every year. It's like that we are used to it. Hell I don't know if it changed but why do they need to be basically naked you can wear the colors too it's a decorum thing some self respect. then there's the people who get angry for you it like that midget comedian says it like saying your too dumb to know you were insulted. Honestly why should someone feel offended when that's not even their culture or problem. That to me is being an SJW. And their more annoying then ignorance because they only do half the research and bullshit the rest. Hell biden's basically like Hitler he's a self-hating white what was Hitler, a self-hating Jew not much of a difference right. Hell just because a person was white they were refused for getting a covid-19 vaccine. And last but not least 3 stop thinking one is better than the other. Yeah I know girls had it terrible thats why the suffragettes were a thing but the head of the movement didn't need to kill herself by throwing herself army the horse that was an over reaction. And yes they were treated as defective boys. But it's just as bad treating boys like defective girls why can't we be treated equal that's a question that still needs an answer. But yeah stop those 3 Major issues then we'll be moving in the right direction.
just look7ng on face book and an american guy with dementia sat in a chair depressed when they found these were is favorite songs he came to life and when taking his ipod off they could have a proper conversation with him.It is incredible what music does to you i cannot live without it
When I was a kid, I lived near the first city in the U.S. to have cable tv (Mahanoy City, Pa.) We used to get 3 channels from New York that showed old movies. They showed old Cab Calloway movies a lot.
This man was a pioneer in crossing over our crazy "jungle music", body movements and essence to the masses. He used his platform to say 'hey it's okay to get down with your bad self' and when your blood is made of tempo and rhythm there's no stopping! Then in the spring of '33 somewheres in Barnwell, SC an extra funky lil baby was born to a desolate sixteen year named Susie. Susie named her new funk chunk James and all the world, it's stages and it's women would never be the same again. #SuperBadSoulPower✊🏿
Still doing it at 81so much musical history behind Cab.Still had his Minnie the Moocher voice.You never see the likes of him again.God bless you Cab Calloway.
Wow, what an inspiration, that swagger lifts us all up, playful, fun and full of life, thank you for your energy and joy Cab. Definitely someone to aspire to in terms of spirit.
This great maestro was one of the Blues Greats and I can say it is even a HONOUR to watch this man display this song which was popular in the 30's and I am watching it with my teenage children and they say "Cab Galloway is truly a cool musician".
I hope to one day have Mr. Calloway's song like this and sing it to my children and everyday. I was born in 2000 and I heard about him through a video game and I'm glad I found him. THANK YOU SIR
My wife worked in the accounting department of a large talent agency in the early 70s. Cab was a client and would stop in to see his agent. He was one of the very few who ever took time to visit with the staff. He'd actually stop and visit... not just wave and walk. This irked the self-important agents.. but Cab didn't care. The staff all loved him. Oh... and he actually wore his cape when not on stage.
Even at 81, he still had it.
It was as if his age melted away and you could see the exact same man from the 30's. What a legend..
He still had it
yes he did
Wiki says "He also made a number of stage, film, and television appearances until his death in 1994 at the age of 86." He just loved performing.
He still has the MOVES.🤩🤩🤩
This guy was performing professionally from 1925 to 1988, 63 years!!
*1990
This guy lives through the evolution of music, from jazz,blue swing, rock and roll, surf rock, disco,pop, rap, and so on
Cab was still performing in 1992 ua-cam.com/video/_9a2t0CJ8n4/v-deo.html
He performed well past 1988
He performed from 1927 to 1993, 66 years!
Cab Calloway represents all that is good in life, without entertainers like this the world is a greyer place
madstylesnz
That is one of the truest and best comments I've read on you tube!
He ded
Best thing ever to be recorded love this man and what time he lived worst time for cash but best time for stage act to be one cut
Have been a huge fan of this man for sooo long but never experienced this performance until now..Thank you for bringing it to us..Tears streaming down my face .. joyous laughter at the funky moves that have no age ...What a Beautiful gift of Entertainment ❤️😍💚
Calloway 1 - Time 0
Insted cab calloway 3-0 time because he singing minnie the mocher when he have 51 that its the 1-0
In the blue brothers he singing this song when he have 73 that is the 2-0 but he dont stop and sing this incredible song when he have 81 that is the 3-0
Sadly it's 1-1 now . 😢
@@jonnypayne598 Hey, it was going to be someday, we all have it coming. But he definitely went the distance.
👊😁
@@jonnypayne598 😂 Had to spoil it, didn't you?
Everybody has their time, and within his, he would shine.
Cab Calloway was doing the moon walk way before it was called the moon walk...Rest in Paradise Cab Calloway
CLASS, REAL CLASS, KNOWS NO RACE, YEAR OR STYLE...IT JUST KEEPS ROLLING ALONG....SADLY, SO MANY PEOPE N PERFORMO GARTS O DAY HAVE NO IDEAL WHAT TRUE CLASS IS.....SING ON, OLD CLASSY MAN....
FANTASTIC WOW
He's the OG pop artist
The older the song, the higher the tempo.
It was but he's 80 he can't dance that fast anymore my grandfather saw cab at the savoy in the 30s he said he would dance to the beat of the the song
Manuel Santana no they mean the older the song gets, the newer versions would have a quicker tempo.
Gotta speed up when death is creeping behind the next corner
@@lastrockgod you're gonna be old someday too bud
@@wnyduchess it was a joke, relax people.. I love him just as much as you do 😊
People: *complain that they are too old to exercise*
Cab Calloway: Give me the microphone
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Even at 81, the man never lost a step.
Cab Calloway was a master at what he did.
This man had more talent in his little toes than 99% of entertainers have today. 81 years old, look at him move and hear his voice. And they play an up-tempo version. Gahddamn. Pick me up off the floor.
THATS A BIG 10/04
It's amazing how strong his voice was at 81 and his incredible energy level.
I don't have that much energy now. At 32.
My grandmother was a dancer for him back in his younger days. She has lots of pictures of their time together.
That’s really cool! I’m sure you love hearing the stories
L.A. Roberts One story that floors me is the paper bag test. No one could perform if they were darker than the bag. My grandmother looked like a white woman and she hated it. She made sure to marry the darkest man she could so her kids wouldn’t be light. The funny thing is from the oldest to youngest they went from very light to very dark it’s pretty funny.
Dremond Greene Wow!
@@saradickerson5685 great story is really interesting hear "real facts" and every day details on these great performers, what years are you talking about? 1930s? 1940s?
xrayqqq
My grandmother was a showgirl. She danced the 40s I have so so many fond memories of my grandmother. She wasn’t the baking or super sweet type she always kept an air of elegance about her. A good example I rarely saw her without pantyhose I could never understand why she wore them all the time
Cab Calloway at 40: I'll sing Minnie The Moocher
Cab Calloway at 81: I'll do it again...twice as fast
I think at some point he got sick of the blues version and decided he wanted to sing it in that disco form the rest of his life. Definitely was probably more fun that way
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
still a banging song...
Also Emgo316
My Dad remembers when Cab Calloway would arrive in Atlanta, Georgia to perform. In those days, Black performers could perform before any audience, but the performances were always segregated. Dad and his friends would head to the train station--when all the big White promoters greeted Cab Calloway, Dad remembered that Cab would yell up to him and all the little Black kids up on the balconies of the train station. Cab Calloway once said, "I showed off because it made my PEOPLE feel so good." I love this man!
What an amazing experience your father had!!
Love this story
YES! That quote reminds me of Michael Jackson actually, he did it because it made us feel so good too. Nothing like our community, no one like Black people! Thanks for sharing this story!
I like to think that performers like him were a big part of what ended segregation
cab calloway was jewish and definitively white. he just tanned and put make up. he was the guy who inspired rachel dolezal
At the time of this recording, Cab had been singing this song for 57 years. The man rocked.
Nanoampheric
This guy had the greatest range of any voice I've ever heard. He could sing down low and up high. Incredibly underrated for that.
RIP
One word.. Legendary.
Raze Grey Completely agree. A privillege to attend to this show! Great Cab Calloway. He had been visiting my city in 50's.
3:56 i love how even the performers wanted to see his dance moves
And a little moon walk at the end !
I hope to have the same energy when I'll be 81… I wish it to everybody.
Never stop doing what you love because you're "old". 😘👏🏻
Agreed :)
Cab wrote this 1931! Do the maths - its staggering.
@Tommie Andersson no, it was in 1929
No i was there when he wrote it in 1928
Hafezfakhry Dini Actually it was 1927
Well I know a guy who helped him write it in 1926
Some people say it's 1925
I saw one of his last shows at the Valley Forge Music Fair Center (now closed) and it was terrific ! He was also first cousin to my spouse's Aunt Gladys who married a Calloway. They were all blessed with longevity as she was 95 when she passed.
WTF, the man is a complete legend RIP GENIUS
During that Blues Brothers movie, there was a pause of reverence and respect for a legend when His name was mentioned. He upstaged those two, because in reality, HE was the legend, they were just pretenders.
Absolutely 100%
The originator of the moonwalk
Rosemarie Gray YES! Thank you!
CAB had SWAGGER before JAGGER.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Most people don't know that.
Yes he is. I think. Michael Jackson just popularized it
WOW, he was 81 here?!? DAAAM!
Oh my gosh, I hate to say I am totally blown away by his wonderful talent! What a man!
Cab Calloway, back in 1988 he still had his voice
At 81 and he still had the moves
CAB had SWAGGER decades before JAGGER.🤩🤩🤩
WOW!! I hope i can move like that when im 81!!
Me too.
It's a grey day in the North West of England, but the sun came out for just over 4 minutes
This performance brought tears to my eye, I can remember being a little kid growing up in Norfolk and watching the Blues Brothers movie with my friends at my Aunt Rebecca's house and for YEARS loving every note played, every dance move done and the energy that Mr. Calloway and his band had during this song, It was the HIGHLIGHT of the movie for me. And to see this performance of him at 81, not just performing it but LOVING IT, and LIVING IT.... is breathtaking!!!! I thank God daily that he allows me to live in this wonderful world of show business. If I make it to 81 I pray that I will still have the LOVE that Mr. Calloway had for his art and for the people. THAT is true dedication .... It's the legends whom shoulders we stand on that we must remember and pay homage to!!! The things that he and so many other endured so that we may enjoy some of the freedoms that we have today and we must not forget! The civil rights struggle was fought on so many different fronts and I am eternally grateful to those worriers who stood on the battlefield for us!
B-Blessed & B-Safe
Thanks for checking in. I'm so glad you enjoyed this.
+Torrey Russell " Those worriers who stood on the battlefield for us! "
Do you mean "warriors" ?
+Torrey Russell I didnt see it at your aunts house but it was also my highlight from the blues brothers, its the only movie i saw more than 10 times.
Well said Mr. Russell and God bless you for all you do!
@@henryseidel5469 MAYBE SOME OF BOTH....WORRIERS *AND* WARRIORS....AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW CAB COULD GO AND PLAY IN ATLANTA BUT THE POOR OLD FARMER WHO MOTORED OVER FROM CARROLL COUNTY GA. HAD TO SIT IN THE "PEANUT GALLERY" 1/2 MILE HIGH AND NEEDED BINOCULARS TO SEE WHO THAT LI'L DOT WAS ON STAGE...AND HE MAY BE "ENCOURAGED" TO HURRY HOME AFTER THE SHOW ....WHO WOULDN;T WANT TO MOTOR BOOTIE THE F*** ON OUT OF THERE....ua-cam.com/video/-K10dJWNURA/v-deo.htmlREST ASSURED....THESE DIPARITIES WILL BE CORRECTED, AMD EVERY EYS'S TEAR WIPED AWAY CAUSE SOME THING CNNOT/WILL NOT BE FOXED UPIN THIS EARTH..PRIOD
DIVISION MAKES LOTS AND LOTS AND BEAUCOPS OF MONEY.....BOTH SIDE STILL SLING THEIR BS....BUT WHEN PEOPLE JUST FIND THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN A TORNADO, SNOWSTORM , WAR ZONE (UKRAINE FOR EAMPLE) THEY RISE VAND GEL TOGETHER W/O THE DIVISIVE RACE PIMPS EXPLOITING THAT NEED AND BECOMING STRONGER.....
WE/YOU/THEY ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.....BUT; I'VE BEEN TOLD AND TREATED AND REINFORCED AS AN ABBERANT RASICT (sic) ALL MY LIFE BECAUSE OF SOME JERKOFFS WHO FEEL THREATENED BY ANOTHER MAN'S INITIATIVE AND WILLINGNESS TO INVEST FOR THE FUTURE....RHETORIC IS FORGED OR CONSTRUCTED BY LICENTIOUS HANDS AND DECEPTIVE DIRTY HANDS AND THEN FLOATED THAT IS CAREFULLY CRAFTED TO TAP TAP TAP TAP THAT WEDGE JUST A MILLIMETER OR 2 A DAY DEEPER INTO THE BREACH..
BUT CAUSE I' MWHITE, BORN IN ALABAMA, HAD FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT WAR EVEN THUGH THEY OWNED NOTHING BUT A MULE AND 15 KIDS.....BUT CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF.....NONE OF MY PEOPLE (WHO WERE *DRAFTED* INTO THE CSA ARMY) HAD A CHOICE OR OWNED ANYTHING THAT WAS HUMAN.......NEITHER WAS UNCLE LEE AVERY....BORN INTO SLAVERY AND FREED IN '65......BUT MY "PA" (WHAT WE CALLED MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER/GRANDPA) HAD A CHOICE WHEN HIM. "MA", MY MAMA AND MY UNCLE STARTED OUT IN THE 30S FOR SOMEWHERE AND STOPPED BY HIS HOUSE ON THE WAY BACK TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON AT HIS HOUSE JUST 1/4 MILE FROM WHERE MA (GRANDMOTHER) WAS BORN OF LIVED BESIDE 5 MILE CREEK AND WHERE AT LEAST 2 CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHO HOMESTEADED THAT LAND ABOUR 1840 WHEN ALABAMA WAS ONLY 20 YRS OLD DRAFTED AND WITHOUT CHOICE EVEN IF THEY'D HAD ONE)...NOBODY CARED IF ANYONE KNEW OR CARED AS YOU CAN VISIT ON THE FRONT PORCH ANYWHERE YOU ARE WELCOME....AND TALK ABOUT JESUS OR ROOSEVELT OR YOUNG HITLER....THIS WAS OF COURSE BETWEEN 1931 ( WHEN MAMA WAS BORN AND WHEN UNCLE LEE DIE??)..I MET HIS SON ON THE SMALL TOWN STREETS OF OUR NEXT-TO-THE-BIG-TOWN SMALL TOWN IN ABOUT 1967 OR SO IN FRONT OF THE LOCAL CAFE......8 YEARS LATER I WAS WORKING WITH UNCLE LEE'S GR GR GRANDSON AT THE PIGGLY WIGGLY ( YES THEY ARE REAL!) WHERE WE DID LOTS OF JOKING AND PUNNING ABOUT LIGHT RACIAL HUMOR AND CONCILIATORY ENDEAVORS (LOL) TOPICS...MY GRANDMOTHER, THEN 80 MET LESLIE AND IT WAS A TYPICAL DECENT SOUTHERN MEETING OF THE MINDS..AND LIKED HIM JUST FINE AS A YOUNG POLITE MAN JUST UP HER ALLEY OF 19TH CENTURY PERCEPTIONS OF HOW YOUNG MEN AND BOYS SHOULD ACT ( YOU KNOW...YOU'RE SOUTHERN) LIKE THEY HAD A STICK UP THEIR BUTT.OR WANTED.NEEDED ONE ...HAHAHAHA LOL...EXPERIENCE...MY OTHER GRANDMA....RAISED IN A MORE RURAL COUNTY WAS A LITTLE SCARED OF LESLIE THOUGH HE COULD HAVE HOUSE SAT YOUR HOME AND BABIES....AND LD GRANDMAS...LOL......STEEPED IN GENTILITY AND WE ( THEY ACTUALLY) HAD NO CAR NOR DID LESLIE BUT A LITTLE TO FAR TO WALK HOME AT 9 OCLOCK AT NIGHT SO IN 1973 AND 1974, WE OTHER STOCK/SCK BOYS; SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, 19TH ALABAMA, 33RD AND 28TH GAVE LESILIE A RIDE HOME AND WE SAT UNDER THAT BIG CEDAR TREE ACROSS THE ATREET WHERE MY RELATIVES USED TO STOP AND VISIT, NEXT TO THE OLS SCHOOLHOUSE PLACE WHERE MY GREAT GRANDADDY, BORN 1856, TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THE 1880S AND 1910S UNTIL HE DIED IN 1919 DURING THE FLU EPIDEMIC AND VISITED AN OLD MAN WHOM MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPA KNEW AND LOVED AS A TRUE NEIGHBOR FELT JUST A LITTLE MORE CONNECTED FOR THEIR STOPS BY HIS HOUSE .....LATER STILL C 2006/2007,,,,I STOPPED AND ASKED A MAN WALKING HOME, THE 4 BLOCKS FROM THE LITTLE COUNTRY STORE SOME 100 YEARS OLD AND ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW ANY ______....HE SAID I"M A ______ SO HE TOOK ME TO THE SAME OLD HOUSE UNCLE LEE LIVED IT WHERE I MET AND CHATTED WITH LEE'S 90 YR OLD GREAT GRANDSON....AFTER LISTENING AND TALKING TO HIM FOR AN HOUR I FOUND THAT LEE TOOK CARE OF MY FOLKS WHEN THEY WERE SICK OR DIED....INCLUDING GG GRANDPA, GR GRANDPA, UNCLE BEN, AND OTHERS....HE IS BUIED IN A FORGOTTEN PLACE ON THE EDGE OF A RICH MANS PROPERTY WITH STONES TO MARK HIS PASSING.....IF FORMER SLAVES AND CONFEDERAT SOLDIERS ( NEITHER WANTED EITHER JOB LOL)
CAN THRIVE AND LIVE WELL UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS AT THSE TIMES THEN ANYONE CAN....TOO BAD CAB CULDN'T HAVE SAT ON THE PORCH AND DRANK TEA OR MAYBE SOMETHIN' A LI'L MORE FORTIFYING.....LOL.....RESIST THESE ALIEN/NEPHILIM ASSHOLES...PEACE BE UNTIL YOU...AND PA, MA, MAMA. UNCLE REDGE. UNCLE LEES AND MISTER CHARLES AVERY (206-2007) GR GR GRANDPA FROM STATEN ISLAND) , GR GR GRANDMA ( FROM GA) AND ALL THE REST...LESLIE TOO IN FLORIDA..I'M PLANNING TO SIT ON THE PORCH AND DRINK TEA OR COFFEE OF A LIL BOURBON AND BRANCH ( THE SPRING THAT WATERED THE SCHOOLKIDS AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND ME AND FRIENDS WHEN WE HAD BEEN HUNTING NEARBY IN THE 70S& 80S HAD TO BE CAPPED DUE TO FECAL COLIFORM O157 OR THAT OTHER GERM FAVORITE SALMONELA WITH WHICH YOU WOULDN'T WANNA MAKE NO SAMONELLA CROQUETES! LOL BYE....CAUSE I'M A GONE HOOTIE COOTIE AND A RAUCHAMBEAU DE L ECROIX...DE LES SASQUATCHES NOM DE LEX CES LA VIE....
No matter what era you were born in... No matter the color of your skin... This man was and STILL IS EPIC!!! Here we are in 2018 watching Cab Galloway and passing his awesomeness to the next generation. I see a bit of hate in the comments and it hurts my heart that we have been kicked back to the 20th century with this hateful thinking. May we get past our differences and love the GOODNESS of what ALL of HUMANITY has to offer instead of going at each other's throats like the evil ones enjoys watching us do. May we rise above this and love each other as brothers and sisters as Martin Luther King Jr. had dreamed for all of us. Those folks in the sixties knew about the ones who love to watch us fight against each other and warned us but their words were drowned out by blind hate from both sides. Come together, brothers and sisters so we can show the haters what we can do! We were TAUGHT to hate! Watch babies and kids together and see their wisdom... They don't hate each other. When they see each other, they see another human being that deserves love, compassion, and understanding.... Not an enemy. We keep going at each other like this, humanity as a WHOLE isn't going to survive. STOP THE HATE!
CAB CALLOWAY, stupid autocorrect!!! Can we just only hate autocorrect instead of each other? Can we at least agree on that?
Tammy Ritchie I'm only 16, yet I fully understand where you're coming from and I LOVE cab's music. I feel as if music is no longer for peoples entertainment so much as to get money. Almost every song nowadays is either about sex or trying too hard to appeal to the masses. People like Cab didn't care about things like that, he just wanted to entertain people with his amazing talent. So what I'm saying is, heartwarming comment, Mr. Calloway would be honored.
What I want to know is how he could still move that way at 81?!
I'm sorry to say this but until people stop with 1 the over appreciation of some cultures and under appreciation of others. I'm Native American but I look white and I'm sorry but black people get too angry at the past and they get a whole month of appreciation yet we were treated way worse the settlers didn't even think we were worth wasting extra bullets so they caved-in skulls with the butt of their guns. And 2 stop being so easily offended . I am racist but I am to everyone it's not bad if everyone get treated the same way. So I hate everyone equally and I don't care if you make native jokes so why can't we just make fun of problems cause there is humor in tragedy. Besides that people need to stop pushing their veiws onto everyone else I don't care if you fuck guys, girls,or no one it doesn't matter and its not just who you are. So people shouldn't change charaters to fit their hidden agenda. (Fun fact : did you know that the black Green lantern was gay originally in the comics but in the Justice League animated show they made him straight) the Hell's with that huh. It's like the seen from The Simpsons with the gay parade. You know when lisa says we are used to it you guys do this every year. It's like that we are used to it. Hell I don't know if it changed but why do they need to be basically naked you can wear the colors too it's a decorum thing some self respect. then there's the people who get angry for you it like that midget comedian says it like saying your too dumb to know you were insulted. Honestly why should someone feel offended when that's not even their culture or problem. That to me is being an SJW. And their more annoying then ignorance because they only do half the research and bullshit the rest. Hell biden's basically like Hitler he's a self-hating white what was Hitler, a self-hating Jew not much of a difference right. Hell just because a person was white they were refused for getting a covid-19 vaccine. And last but not least 3 stop thinking one is better than the other. Yeah I know girls had it terrible thats why the suffragettes were a thing but the head of the movement didn't need to kill herself by throwing herself army the horse that was an over reaction. And yes they were treated as defective boys. But it's just as bad treating boys like defective girls why can't we be treated equal that's a question that still needs an answer. But yeah stop those 3 Major issues then we'll be moving in the right direction.
Damn still killin it at 81!!!
Sadly he passed away 5 years after this performance.
yes... sadly!... :'( he was a great man!!! Poor Cab! :(
He passed away in 1994. 7 years later actually.
Sadly? He was 86! Talk about a race well-run...
***** 1994-1988 is 6 :DD
As madstylesnz said in a post above this one, the world IS a greyer place!
Wow...he was awesome!
81 and he still had moves
Sheer joy!
he was doing great for 81, one of the world's legendary entertainers
Can watch this all day
RIP Cab Calloway! I hope to live to be 81 and be able to dance the way he was dancing. This man was awesome! RIP!
I can't dance like that NOW, and I'm 20 years younger than he is here! Heck, I could NEVER dance like this.
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He is talent and charisma personified. WOW.
Cab rocked it!
Light of the past, still shining : )
Cab was an absolute ICON. Blows most modern performers out of the water when it comes to talent... wish I could’ve seen him in person!
Is that really necessary??
This is true talent. He never lost it
Please God take ten rappers with you and give us Cab Calloway back!
What a privilege to see this man entertaining.
What a great man and entertainer. Setting the stage for the future ❤
81 he still had it!!
Even at this age he never stopped moving!!
The man was a true musical treasure, and we should truly honor him for that.
Wow! Still has the voice & the moves at this age!
Met, Cab at the Racetrack in N.Y. He seemed trim ,fit and had Swag. He ,loved the Horses and Track .. Very Nice Man..
Cab was known to love racetracks. When was this thst you met him?
I'd love to have been able to have seen him singing live at a concert.
just look7ng on face book and an american guy with dementia sat in a chair depressed when they found these were is favorite songs he came to life and when taking his ipod off they could have a proper conversation with him.It is incredible what music does to you i cannot live without it
When I was a kid, I lived near the first city in the U.S. to have cable tv (Mahanoy City, Pa.) We used to get 3 channels from New York that showed old movies. They showed old Cab Calloway movies a lot.
I wud never admit i lived there
Coolest cat ever!!
God bless his soul .
I can only pray that I will be this energetic when I get to be 80. This is legendary to say the least.
He was awesome. There are no comparable entertainers today.
This guys still can dance at the age 81.......what a grandpa if like that,very funny grandpa also our role model to our young generation
How can anyone downvote this? superb entertainer for so many years.
My mom and dad actually saw him live twice in the early 30s. Incredible!
This man was a pioneer in crossing over our crazy "jungle music", body movements and essence to the masses. He used his platform to say 'hey it's okay to get down with your bad self' and when your blood is made of tempo and rhythm there's no stopping! Then in the spring of '33 somewheres in Barnwell, SC an extra funky lil baby was born to a desolate sixteen year named Susie. Susie named her new funk chunk James and all the world, it's stages and it's women would never be the same again.
#SuperBadSoulPower✊🏿
There is now "SWAG" within miles of this man. Only pure unadulterated Class and Awesome.
CAB had SWAGGER before JAGGER.🤩🤩🤩
This man is amazing ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Still doing it at 81so much musical history behind Cab.Still had his Minnie the Moocher voice.You never see the likes of him again.God bless you Cab Calloway.
Well jesus... My grandfather is 80 now... I couldn't even remotly imagine him move or sing like that... And he is a "singer"....
Them old time entertainers you can't beat them.They are hard core performers right to till the end.
Still had the moves. Love his energy!!!
Wow, what an inspiration, that swagger lifts us all up, playful, fun and full of life, thank you for your energy and joy Cab. Definitely someone to aspire to in terms of spirit.
This great maestro was one of the Blues Greats and I can say it is even a HONOUR to watch this man display this song which was popular in the 30's and I am watching it with my teenage children and they say "Cab Galloway is truly a cool musician".
57 years later.. and he was still singing this song. Wonderful
It is likely that there will never be another singer and showman like Cab Calloway. What a fantastic showman and entertainer he was.
Almost 90 years old this song. Still a banger!
We miss you Cab. The world is a sadder place without you
Nobody like the great Cabman! Talent, man, talent!
BRILLIANT ...an ICON🎤🎼
Wish I had the opportunity to see him live. A great showman and entertainer.
One of my many,
Mentor.A true Great
One in Entertainment.
Long live his name...
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Awesome Talent at 81years old, Still had it going on 😍❤❤
Ever seen happier cellists? The man inspired joy in everyone. And we can still watch him today!
What a true performer....81 !!! Sigh... I feel so old....
What a legend! Even late into his life, he was bustin' a move! Not to mention his voice was still flawless!
the master on his own stage
one last
last
last
last time.
One of this Countries greatest! 👍
I seriously hope I'm that able to move around like that at that age
Man, Cab is and was such a superstar! He totally blows away all modern entertainers. I miss him.
My God! He Still had It!! The Mark of a true Legend.
Thank you, Mr. Cab Callowey.
Wow thanks for the trip down memory lane. Love this guy a true original.
I hope to one day have Mr. Calloway's song like this and sing it to my children and everyday. I was born in 2000 and I heard about him through a video game and I'm glad I found him. THANK YOU SIR
Dragosaurus Rex 2000? Holy fuck kid
Dragosaurus Rex you should watch The Blues Brother’s
you should listen to 'everybody eats when they come to my house' by Cab Calloway, a good one for kids to listen to
I was born in 2002, And I love these musics!
Yeah, Daddy! Sing it! How I wish I could have met him.
81 and still sounds like Cab Calloway. Impressive.
Long live cab Calloway
That man could move! I love his archives!
How can you not love this ? He's giving his joy to them awesome!
An old hoofer from that era never wants to stop performing. The applause is their drug.
I was born this year. Makes me so sad I could of never enjoyed him in person
This man had the blues in him! I might be 22 but i love it haha
The guy is almost 90 here and he’s still the coolest man on the planet.
My wife worked in the accounting department of a large talent agency in the early 70s. Cab was a client and would stop in to see his agent. He was one of the very few who ever took time to visit with the staff. He'd actually stop and visit... not just wave and walk. This irked the self-important agents.. but Cab didn't care. The staff all loved him. Oh... and he actually wore his cape when not on stage.
It’s amazing that Cab Calloway was still performing when I was born