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  • @jojones1082
    @jojones1082 Рік тому +237

    One of the best dance sequences on film ever, in my opinion.

    • @texasps91
      @texasps91 Рік тому +9

      That was a statement made by Fred Astaire to Fayard Nicholas when they saw each other one night at a Hollywood function according to Fayard Nicholas in an interview.

    • @matthewdooley7855
      @matthewdooley7855 Рік тому +4

      I feel like it's been voted one of the top film moments ever by some group.

    • @Mr05Chuck
      @Mr05Chuck Рік тому +6

      The best.

    • @kenneth2875
      @kenneth2875 Рік тому

      Iris Fran movie that I don’t know the title of. Have screens this on TCM

    • @ktrsBklyn
      @ktrsBklyn Рік тому +4

      I could watch it a 100x

  • @tonycamacho66
    @tonycamacho66 Рік тому +111

    That's from a time when it was real talent. No special effects, no filters, just pure talent.

    • @creech54
      @creech54 11 місяців тому +3

      Fayard and Harold were a special effect!

  • @brodie6222
    @brodie6222 Рік тому +169

    You REALY should consider watching "The Blues Brothers". Cab Calloway is a main character in it, a Great Comedy, with Musical Legends galore. the film came out in 1980 and Cab Calloway was 72 years old, but sang and danced like he was much younger.

    • @terrymartin5839
      @terrymartin5839 Рік тому +5

      He didn't want to do the movie originally. They had to explain to him in person, I think, about what the scene entailed and what the movie was about before they got him on board with it.

    • @ronjones1077
      @ronjones1077 Рік тому +5

      I was going to comment about the Blues Brothers movie and Cab. 1930’s Harlem at its best!
      Nicholas Brothers along with Hines Hines & Dad were the tops! Back when people had true talent without computer generated perfection.

    • @sierrahp
      @sierrahp Рік тому +5

      One of the best showcase movies of a lot of great blues/jazz figures.

    • @ejtappan1802
      @ejtappan1802 Рік тому +4

      Absolutely should watch that movie!!

    • @ejtappan1802
      @ejtappan1802 Рік тому +6

      @@terrymartin5839 The other story I love about him and this movie is that they did a take of Mini the Moocher and CC asked if they liked it. They were like... well... it was fine, it just wasn't GREAT! And Cab goes, oh I didn't know you wanted 'great' and absolutely nailed it on the next take, which is the one you see in the film. LOL

  • @battlegirldeb
    @battlegirldeb Рік тому +129

    This is a scene from the movie Stormy Weather. Yes, the was Lena Horne. You should check out the whole movie. The Nicholas Brothers were also PDC.

    • @chrisjamieson3452
      @chrisjamieson3452 Рік тому +2

      And Dorthy Dandridge and her husband Harold Nicholas.

    • @sylvanaire
      @sylvanaire Рік тому +2

      I 2nd the recommendation to watch the movie, even if it is only for yourself. Wonderful talent all throughout the film!

    • @gerardbyrnes5780
      @gerardbyrnes5780 Рік тому +1

      Thank you! For the life of me, I couldn't remember the name of the movie (And Google = Cheating LOL)

    • @jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344
      @jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 Рік тому +8

      Lena Horne! Yoza! When she threw open the shutters. Lena Horne was a stunningly beautiful woman.

    • @neuvocastezero1838
      @neuvocastezero1838 Рік тому +1

      I was gonna say, "Wow, this is a really different take on that song".

  • @Mattdirk59
    @Mattdirk59 Рік тому +91

    The great Fred Astaire, was very impressed with the Nicholas Brothers and held them in high esteem. He once said something like, they performed the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film. 👍 I agree with Fred, I Love watching these to dance!

    • @rmhartman
      @rmhartman Рік тому +8

      Gene Kelly admired them too. He had them in "The Pirate".

  • @marciaramirez3791
    @marciaramirez3791 11 місяців тому +27

    The whole dance sequence was filmed in one take. They were that good! No one has ever been able to recreate this performance.

  • @tfodthogtmfof7644
    @tfodthogtmfof7644 Рік тому +86

    Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers are absolute treasures. Cab was in the Blues Brothers Movie and performed Minnie the Moocher. Those guys were gifted entertainers.

  • @Oddworld2025
    @Oddworld2025 Рік тому +57

    Girl, you are lookin at history. And you’re right it’s Truely a special masterpiece of musicians tappers and singing. What a time of so many cool things. Fashion passion drive talent. fun.

  • @audreyjohnson4599
    @audreyjohnson4599 Рік тому +18

    This was from the movie Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers. It is an all black movie made in 1943, the middle of WWII. Most people consider this dance sequence by the Nicholas Brothers to be the one of the greatest tap dancing performances of all time.

  • @more5600
    @more5600 Рік тому +25

    In 1975 I skipped my high school prom and took my date, along with 2 other couples, to the Copacabana in New York City to see Cab Calloway. 49 years later I'm still glad I made that choice to see a legend.

  • @joelbusald6416
    @joelbusald6416 Рік тому +48

    This song is "the Jumping Jive" from the movie "Stormy Weather"
    Both Dorothy Dandridge and Lena Horne were in the cast so you probably saw both in the last scene

  • @wesalker3479
    @wesalker3479 Рік тому +63

    Yes, Britt, that was Lena. Now you need to react to her singing "Stormy Weather" from this same movie . . . . MAGIC . . . . .

  • @matthewdooley7855
    @matthewdooley7855 Рік тому +44

    Cab Calloway is an amazing performer, and the Nicholas Brothers are two of the most amazing dancers ever. He was dropping panties before it was allowed. Just the way his hair gets messed up screams bedroom time. The Nicholas Brothers are otherworldly. Like, I can't believe what we're seeing is actually happening. No CGI tricks!

  • @mervinmerencio6861
    @mervinmerencio6861 Рік тому +43

    They are called the Nicolas Brothers, they are real brothers. One of them was married to Dorothy Dandridge.

  • @kennydeez..1774
    @kennydeez..1774 Рік тому +2

    ✅️You Had It Right...Thats was the Great Great Lena Horne..She Was Really Good In The Film "Stormy Weather."

  • @kimch8486
    @kimch8486 Рік тому +15

    I saw Cab Calloway at the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, August 1964. He was rehearsing Porgy and Bess on stage and I was picking up trash in the seats from the previous night's performance. I was 13...too young to know how special it was.

    • @vampfashions
      @vampfashions Рік тому

      Best janitor job in the history of humans!!

  • @Ctkare4k9
    @Ctkare4k9 Рік тому +37

    “A twig and berries”? Oh,Britt,I’m an old lady…don’t DO that to me! 🤣 I love your reaction to this amazing performance! ❤️❤️

  • @miketwomey4923
    @miketwomey4923 26 днів тому +1

    Yes, that's Lena Horn, who stars in the movie, and the younger Nicholas brother was married to Dorthy Dandridge for yrs.

  • @dagmar.6954
    @dagmar.6954 Рік тому +45

    I have seen this a few times & it always amazes me. These brothers were extremely talented. It always gets me when they do the split jumps. You would think they would hurt themselves. Glad this film clip has been preserved for the younger generation to see.

  • @annbanderson
    @annbanderson 6 місяців тому +3

    The Nicholas Brothers will never be topped. Best tappers ever. Cab Calloway is still influential. I'm happy to see young people take an interest in the entire American music catalog. We can all be proud of it.

  • @JoelMartin-u4t
    @JoelMartin-u4t Рік тому +18

    As a young boy growing up in the seventies with an "old man" that was almost 40 years my senior, I got introduced to many famous artists from that era as my dad grew up during the thirties and fourties and he loved all these guys and was always calling me from my bedroom whenever they were playing these old films on TV to "old school" me on this stuff so I've got a special place in my heart ❤️ for those pioneers 😊 My dad would've been 99 years old this coming May. My Uncle Jimmy(Daddy's older brother) who used to walk around all the time "scattin" just like ole' Cab there tried to pick up the harmonica back when him and my dad were kids but eventually lost interest but when he would ware out a note 🎵 on it, he would pitch it to my dad and say "Here boy!" At the time Daddy was about six and by the time he was 10 he was playing for crowd at the town square!! He became very accomplished at it and garnered quite the reputation around our area here in middle Tennessee! He was made the "mascot" for our high school football 🏈 team "The Lebanon Blue Devils" when one of his other big brothers(my Uncle Lillard) was " class president" and "captain of the football team" so he rode the bus with the team to all their games and would play for them(country and western swing was his forte)! But he loved Cab Callaway! He used to sing "Minnie The Moocher" all the time!😆🤣 Thanks for bringing back those memories Britt!✌🏻❤🙏🏻

  • @K12345-d
    @K12345-d Рік тому +22

    The Nicholas Brothers are legends in tap.

  • @garywalker9753
    @garywalker9753 Рік тому +12

    The Nicholas Brothers! My opinion the best dancers Hollywood ever saw. They danced and could out-perform the best of the day. Cab Calloway is a classic in his own right.

  • @mikeat2637
    @mikeat2637 11 місяців тому +5

    I've been a fan of Big Band music since I was a teenager (I'm approaching 77 this July)and Cab Calloway and his Band were one of the best, rivaling Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. His energetic style was just amazing, he was a great dancer and a real live wire. I was lucky enough to see him perform in 1989 at Roseland Ballroom in NYC, along with the other two gentlemen in the video who are dancing, Fayard and Harold Nicholas.
    A childhood friend was the booking agent for all of Roseland's shows and I got to meet these three gentlemen, and they were just that, gentlemen. The Nicholas Brothers were the finest dancers this country ever produced and were a joy to watch. If you want to see something else great by Cab Calloway, react to the video of "Minnie The Moocher", it's a real gas. And since I've enjoyed several of your reactions I'm m
    ow a subscriber. You do a great job !!!! Keep it up !!!

  • @pewpewpewAK47
    @pewpewpewAK47 Рік тому +11

    My mothers dance troupe danced with the Nicholas Brother and worked with Frank
    Sinatra back in the 1940's. Another video you would love is "Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk"... It is one of my favorite videos...

    • @lilamuzik3385
      @lilamuzik3385 Рік тому +2

      Yes Britt!!!! Find that clip somewhere!

    • @alanfoster6589
      @alanfoster6589 11 місяців тому

      Brilliant bit of synchronization.@@lilamuzik3385

  • @marleybob3157
    @marleybob3157 Рік тому +46

    One Freakin' Take. What makes this scene extra impressive is that they performed it without rehearsing it first and it was filmed in one take-no fancy editing room tricks to bring it all together. This fact was confirmed in a conversation with the brothers in a Chicago Tribune article in 1997, when they were both in their 70's:
    "Would you believe that was one of the easiest things we ever did?" Harold told the paper.
    "Did you know that we never even rehearsed that number?" added Fayard.
    "When it came time to do that part, (choreographer) Nick Castle said: 'Just do it. Don`t rehearse it, just do it.' And so we did it-in one little take. And then he said: 'That's it-we can't do it any better than that.'"
    Harold breathed a sigh of relief: "I sure was happy he said that-I didn't want to be doing that all night, over and over and over."

    • @charlesspringer4709
      @charlesspringer4709 Рік тому +4

      A common rumor that is very false. All you have to do is watch the camera angles change and ask yourself where are the other cameras? And cameras were huge and on wheels with three operators - c cinematographer, a focus puller, and a tachometer watcher and film motions manager. They are often in seats attached to the camera crane. There are also two or more people handling the camera dolly and making it move or swing. "Dolly" shots use wooden tracks. You would see all these things from the other cameras if this were a single take.

    • @dave2059
      @dave2059 Рік тому +3

      @@charlesspringer4709 Someone always has this comment that it was done in one take and without rehearsing it. And of course, logic would tell you it's utter nonsense. It would be nonsense from a technology perspective as you said and not rehearsing is an utterly ridiculous notion. Among many other things that would mean that spectacular part they did dancing on the piano with incredible timing with the piano player was all done without rehearsing with the piano player. So magically the piano player somehow knew what they were going to do and synched up with it perfectly without ever having rehearsed any of it. What is believable and what I did see in a recorded interview is that they did not rehearse the splits coming down the stairs. And that was because it was decided it was too dangerous to rehearse it, that one or both of them were likely to get hurt if they rehearsed that a bunch of times.

    • @charlesspringer4709
      @charlesspringer4709 Рік тому +1

      ​@@dave2059 Yes. The reason everything is perfect is because these things were always done with "playback" of the music, which was the track actually used in the film. It is too easy to screw up with all the distractions of the camera and sound and lights operators and hitting all your marks just right. Thee is a scene in "On the Town" where Gene Kelley does a long slide to the camera on his knees. He did it 30 or 40 times, wore out a couple pairs of pants and rubbed his knees raw to get it right.

    • @athlonen
      @athlonen Рік тому +3

      @@charlesspringer4709 Sorry here, but you are incorrect. This was all done in one take, and it was none other than Fayard Nicholas himself who stated that it was done in one take. There is an entire interview with him about this entire routine where he stated that this was done in one take.

    • @charlesspringer4709
      @charlesspringer4709 Рік тому +2

      @@athlonen Check the cut at 7:01

  • @aulduronsmith5577
    @aulduronsmith5577 Рік тому +6

    Lol the first time your jaw dropped for the brothers, I laughed to myself and said "girl, you ain't seen nothin' yet".

  • @carolynjohnsen7759
    @carolynjohnsen7759 11 місяців тому +2

    You are correct in saying that it seems very special, IT IS !! There was only one Cab Calloway, and there ARE no words for the Nicholas Brothers. They were SUPERB!

  • @malalaz66
    @malalaz66 Рік тому +5

    Nicholas brothers are amazing. I used to tap dance and loved them!!!!

  • @ricardoaquino4285
    @ricardoaquino4285 Рік тому +12

    Cab Calloway:) I first found out about him from the Blues Brothers movie 😎🎼

  • @hamblinta
    @hamblinta 9 місяців тому +1

    The singing is incredible and the Nicholas Brothers…wow! The talent of these guys is on a whole different level, just incredible! I’m pretty sure they did this in one take.

  • @markmorningstar5374
    @markmorningstar5374 Рік тому +3

    Fred Astaire commented, after seeing this performance, "This is the best dance performance ever put on film!"

  • @JaneWalters-ni7se
    @JaneWalters-ni7se Рік тому +5

    This is absolutely TOP TIER PERFORMANCE

  • @chrissandoval7675
    @chrissandoval7675 Рік тому +2

    didn't plan on rewatching the blues brothers today, but you've made it hard not. mr. calloway is a legend, and should never be forgotten.

  • @rebeccamyott7041
    @rebeccamyott7041 11 місяців тому +1

    I love watching this dance scene.!!! Every step..❤❤❤ God bless these young men.

  • @rickm1380
    @rickm1380 Рік тому +4

    I have watched this hundreds of times over the years. There was no one better than the Nickolas brothers!! Yes young lady, you have just watched history!! Thank you for doing this reaction!! 😊

  • @tommiller4895
    @tommiller4895 Рік тому +3

    When I lived in the Catskils of Upstate NY there were many Resorts but they were for White people only. So a famous Black Dancer named Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates opened a Resort for everyone although most of his guests were Black. My parents owned the only Gas Station/Grocery Store in the area and Mr. Bates was a frequent customer. What a nice man. He invited us to come up to see their big Saturdat Night Show. We would sit at his table (sometime we were the only white people in the nightclub). But we never had any issues as people treated us as we treated them. One Saturday night the entertaiment was Cab Callaway and his Bamd.. Wow! What a fantastic show. You have to see him do Minnie the Moocher. He came to the table and we got to talk with him for about 1/2 hour. A very nice man who made it big despite the prejudice of his time. Yet he was not bitter, Note: Peg Leg was a nickname that Clayton Bates recieved because he danced and tapped with an actual Peg Leg,

  • @rj-zz8im
    @rj-zz8im Рік тому +4

    The stamina that these dancers have blows my mind. I wish this type of talent was more mainstream. The work that goes into it is amazing.

  • @sharonsimmons6427
    @sharonsimmons6427 11 місяців тому

    ‘White Nights,’ is an amazing movie with Nikolai Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. A ballet dancer and tap dancer, both at the top of their game. It’s an incredible story, with phenomenal dancing throughout. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

  • @Guvrunner
    @Guvrunner Рік тому +2

    I came across one of your reactions a couple of weeks ago. I love your personality and that's what brought me back! There's also a cuteness about you that contributed! I love watching reactions and usually get quite surprised when people open their eyes and genuinely love music, tv shows, etc.. from the past develop an understanding! I also love when it brings us together as one, regardless of color, religion or political affiliation....We become united!!
    Keep it up, and God Bless❤

  • @christianman73
    @christianman73 Рік тому +1

    When it was released, this was the coolest music in the world, and it's still cool today! Very high-level musicianship that swings and grooves, and the dancing, of course, is off the charts! I love jazz, especially of this era!

  • @tinakeith5822
    @tinakeith5822 Рік тому +2

    “I don’t even have twig and berries” made my night! Thank you!!!

  • @stevenlilelogistics6673
    @stevenlilelogistics6673 Рік тому +4

    Cab was one of the greats. Thanks for the video. God Bless

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe Рік тому +2

    Everyone is blown away by this. The athleticism and talent it took to dance like that is unbelievable, The music is amazing too.
    I feel a since of pride as a human being seeing what is possible.

  • @jimshorts6751
    @jimshorts6751 Рік тому +2

    It was the arts and the comraderie behind the scenes that first broke down barriers. The way you felt, is the way everyone felt. When you see an inspired and highly technical, quality performance... it just surpasses all lines drawn. The brothers were also an inspiration for Gregory Hines, one of THE best tap artist of all time. His on-screen performances were magnetic. White Nights story and dance numbers between Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov will peel your eyes.

  • @cynthiacook1646
    @cynthiacook1646 10 місяців тому +1

    Those are the Nicholas Brothers, their first movie was Pie, Pie, Blackbird in 1932. This is from the all black movie, "Stormy Weather," they were also in Orchestra Wives with the Glen Miller Orchestra, and with Glen Miller in Sun Valley Serenade, The Great American Broadcast, The Pirate and Tin Pan Alley. This is the type of great movies and musicals I grew up with, among many others. After all these years, I still cringe with those leaps and splits. Fred Astaire once said of them that they were the greatest tap duo ever.

  • @davidw.hulbertiv5211
    @davidw.hulbertiv5211 Рік тому

    Definitely history...
    Love it... amazing athletes...

  • @evil1259
    @evil1259 Рік тому +4

    Lena Horn, Katherine Dunham, and Miss Ida Brown and many other well known black american stars were in this film

  • @myongjas
    @myongjas 11 місяців тому

    Great job! These dancers are brothers and; were and are, the greatest in the world at what they do. I was born in 1944 and this was a hoot! Keep up the good work

  • @thatpatrickguy3446
    @thatpatrickguy3446 11 місяців тому

    Great reaction Britt!
    As a kid in the 70's I loved watching tap on movies and shows and watching and listening to big band stuff. The first tap artist/singer I saw was Sammy Davis Jr. and that started me off. Cab Calloway was awesome as were the Nicholas Brothers who, in my opinion, could have shown up any of today's athletes. What always impressed me with the superskilled dancers wasn't just how they so easily dropped into a split, but how they had the superior muscular control to just slide back into a standing position from that split and make it look effortless. From Ray Bolger's twisting down and back up again from Wizard of Oz to the Ross Sisters and their gymnastic/contortionist displays with the song Potato Salad, there were so many of these dancers with such excellent body control to blow the minds of the viewers. While I admire professional athletes and Olympians, the dancers of this bygone era are the athletes who always impress me the most.

  • @JeffreyCantelope
    @JeffreyCantelope Рік тому +1

    The Nicolas Brothers. They are the best! Also check out the hand placement on the stair splits

  • @channingwilliams1307
    @channingwilliams1307 Рік тому

    Now that is talent and entertainment at it's finest.

  • @dsusan17
    @dsusan17 Рік тому

    Fred Astair said the Nicholas Brothers were his favorite dancers. The movie Cabin In The Sky and Stormy Weather are great movies.

  • @andyleclerc3600
    @andyleclerc3600 11 місяців тому

    Great dancing is great dancing and can make anyone smile. These guys ate unbelievable!

  • @FrankUli
    @FrankUli Рік тому +22

    the big band era was a incredible time in American history because there was no color barrier in music and everybody loved dancing and partying together, I would love to see America heal all the wounds that racism has cause and go back to getting along and partying together. Great choice in music, thank you for sharing this with all of us.

    • @themightierpencil
      @themightierpencil Рік тому +1

      Tell that to the Southern states.

    • @gidneyandcloyd
      @gidneyandcloyd Рік тому +1

      I don’t think much of that happened back then in the northern states either!

    • @voxandlocks
      @voxandlocks Рік тому +3

      Actually, there was VERY MUCH a color barrier, not only present , but prevalent during WWII.

    • @curtismartin2866
      @curtismartin2866 Рік тому +1

      Benny Goodman broke that barrier with the first integrated Big Band

    • @maryrichardson1318
      @maryrichardson1318 Рік тому +2

      There was very much a color barrier, especially in the south. However, there was one place in Harlem where everyone could dance to this great music. The Savoy Ballroom, one of first integrated ballrooms. Nobody cared what color you were. They just wanted to know if you could dance.

  • @kennydeez..1774
    @kennydeez..1774 Рік тому +1

    Great Great Great Reaction To The Nicholas Brothers. I've seen a lot of people react to this but yours was the better Reaction then others. Great Classic Video👍🏾💯👍🏾

  • @JohnHazelwood58
    @JohnHazelwood58 Рік тому

    Finally someone got, how much training and effort it these brothers took! Thanks for that!

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Рік тому +1

    This always just slays me.

  • @gualbertogarcia305
    @gualbertogarcia305 Рік тому +1

    BRITT, Those Performers were some of THE BEST of THE BEST of Their Time. Thank You for Doing the Video.

  • @scottgorski7931
    @scottgorski7931 Рік тому +5

    From a time in America when dance clubs were the THING. There's only one word for the Nicholas brothers, AMAZING ! There would have been soldiers in the clubs in this era. Did you ever wonder why, when you see video or pictures from the 30's and 40's everyone is so much thinner than today? There was no TV, video games or internet. Dancing was the main form of entertainment.

    • @Jazzbeau1
      @Jazzbeau1 Рік тому +1

      They also lived during the great depression.

    • @scottgorski7931
      @scottgorski7931 Рік тому +1

      True, but even the shortages of food and other goods that also lasted through the war didn't slow them down. This was my parents era and they would still go out to dance in the 60's and 70's.@@Jazzbeau1

    • @vinnynj78
      @vinnynj78 Рік тому

      The first year I had an administrative job in a school I rented from an elderly lady who spent many of her teenage years dancing to the Big Bands at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Needless to say I was just a tiny bit jealous.

    • @stevegans3517
      @stevegans3517 Рік тому

      The Depression didn't exactly provide any fuel for a potential obesity epidemic either.

  • @david-j1r9m
    @david-j1r9m Рік тому

    One of the most fabulous performances I've ever seen, and I'm 76.

  • @RVGrannyWA
    @RVGrannyWA 11 місяців тому +1

    Being from that generation, I would love to see a resurgence of this style of entertainment. Tap dancing was one of my favorite things to do and was a joy to watch. Loved this video. Thank you very much.

  • @williamhales5681
    @williamhales5681 Рік тому

    I had the great pleasure to see the Nicholas Brothers perform in Boston in 1990. They were in their 70s and still absolutely amazing. They perform onstage along side this video, of course they just stopped to watch themselves during the incredible athletic moves but tapped the same routine for the more 'regular' tapping. The best part was we had no idea when we went to the performance, we went because we met one of the chorus performers who overheard we were looking for a show to see that night. Sometimes magic happens!!

  • @normanriggs848
    @normanriggs848 11 місяців тому

    True talents one and all. This is what one gets with really talented people!

  • @CalBru
    @CalBru 11 місяців тому

    I've seen this before, it is fabulous, but it was WONDERFUL to see your absolute joy as you watched - thanks for sharing your joy! :)

  • @lisazaccardimeunier8378
    @lisazaccardimeunier8378 Рік тому +2

    Tap was my favorite as a girl and I ❤️ this routine!

  • @duncanny5848
    @duncanny5848 Рік тому

    That was so awesome. I love Cab Calloway, but the Nicholas Brothers where a revelation!! Superb production, amazing skills all round. the band where superb.

  • @pjg58x
    @pjg58x 11 місяців тому

    I never get tired of watching this video. Amazing performance.

  • @markcastrovinci6074
    @markcastrovinci6074 Рік тому

    Thank you for your social commentary. That was beautiful.

  • @randymoore8336
    @randymoore8336 Рік тому +1

    Cab Calloway was in the 1980 movie Blues Brothers with Dan Ackroyd and John Bellucci.

  • @chasbikeravda3933
    @chasbikeravda3933 Рік тому

    The brothers on Down Argentina Way, and with Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo. Just stunning. X

  • @Stab_Knifewind
    @Stab_Knifewind 11 місяців тому

    There isn't anyone now that could this, these fellows are legends from bygone reality distantly parallel to our own.

  • @xiurong888
    @xiurong888 Рік тому

    This Cab and his band...they were the house band at the Cotton Club in Harlem during the 30's into the 40's. GREAT musicians. Love how the Nicholas Brothers use the rhythm of the tapping as percussion sounds. The film is from the early 40's, during WWII. One of the brothers was married to Dandridge. Lena Horne made the amazing title song her lifelong theme. She was my dad's favorite singer.

  • @MichaelWilshusen-s8v
    @MichaelWilshusen-s8v Рік тому +1

    There were color clubs in NyC almost evvery block or more had a clubhouses there

  • @tkremarkTK
    @tkremarkTK Рік тому +1

    Harold Nicholas, one of the two you see there, had a role in an 80s move called Tap, alongside Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Junior

  • @r.e.tucker3223
    @r.e.tucker3223 11 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @mike94560
    @mike94560 11 місяців тому

    I saw Cab Calloway in person at a small venue in Upstate NY. I was young and he was old. I never forgot it. He was very good.

  • @toddellison5128
    @toddellison5128 11 місяців тому

    Cab Calloway is one of my favorite performers. Quite the entertainer!

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Рік тому +1

    To answer your question, everything about those leaping falling deep splits just makes me groan in agony, laugh.

  • @darknightemperor8174
    @darknightemperor8174 2 місяці тому

    3:18-3:22 The man on the right (Harold Nicholas) was in the movie The Five Heartbeats (1991); he played the group dance choreographer.

  • @bradmiller6023
    @bradmiller6023 11 місяців тому +1

    What makes this an even more astounding dance number is that the tux and tails where not the light wieght recreations, but the real weighty clothing. Making their ability to do the dance number from start to finish really amazing.

  • @kreg517
    @kreg517 Рік тому +3

    It was Lena Horne and the gentleman with her was Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

  • @MGower4465
    @MGower4465 Рік тому

    Cab Calloway was a master at blues scatting.
    I have not seen accounts of him...entertaining fans backstage, but the press did not try so hard to tear down anybody in the spotlight back then.

  • @highmarshalsigismund2036
    @highmarshalsigismund2036 11 місяців тому

    1:58
    “You make-uh the joint a-jump like uh the gators do” basically how he says it.
    The noise afterwards is known as scatting. Hes using his voice as the instrument via improvised melodies and rhythms

  • @monaboutet6863
    @monaboutet6863 Рік тому

    How amazing is it that we can watch history??? I love your comments and reactions 💗 Happy St Valentine Britt!

  • @lilamuzik3385
    @lilamuzik3385 Рік тому

    You ARE watching history. These people entertained all the WWII teens.. my mother made sure I was introduced to all the greats. Thank you, momma. It was like a solid foundation for all that would come after. It's why I love arena rock.

  • @jiujitsujackson9831
    @jiujitsujackson9831 Рік тому +2

    He’s the drunk old man who taught the Five Heartbeats dance routines in the movie

    • @BillyVicenti
      @BillyVicenti Рік тому +1

      scrolled a long way to see this one. Did nobody else watch that movie?

    • @jiujitsujackson9831
      @jiujitsujackson9831 Рік тому +2

      @@BillyVicenti I was surprised myself no one commented on that 😂

  • @mitchellhartman6205
    @mitchellhartman6205 11 місяців тому

    One of the nicest man who I had the pleasure to live near about 35 miles north of NYC. Every day he would walk to the local deli with his Rotties and order a fried egg on roll and coffee. Good times!!

  • @davidmuse7004
    @davidmuse7004 6 місяців тому

    This is history, your's and mine!! Loved the reaction.

  • @sheristanley3992
    @sheristanley3992 11 місяців тому +1

    Props to the horn section who did not even *flinch* with the Nicholas Brothers jumping over their heads.

  • @gavinholt5428
    @gavinholt5428 Рік тому

    The Nicholas Brothers are amazing. Lots of UA-cam clips of them. I always enjoy Lucky numbers from when they were much younger.

  • @tracyroorda297
    @tracyroorda297 11 місяців тому +1

    Don't forget, this was done in one take! Think of the rehearsal time it took! The Nicholas Brothers are the epitome of perfection. And Yes, in his day, Cab dropped drawers. *wink*
    You are also very correct. Without these hard and professional and dedicated people building these foundations, We would be no where.

  • @harpergras
    @harpergras Рік тому

    This has always been considered by the all time great performers as the best dance/tap routines of all time.

  • @forgetunome
    @forgetunome Рік тому

    I can never see that enough! Just fantastic. I don't know if anyone in the comments mentioned it but that Tap dance by the Nicholas Brothers was done in one take! They were that awesome!

  • @GS-xt8fu
    @GS-xt8fu Рік тому +1

    Love it. These fellas. Todays talent have nothing on them. Usher…….he can’t touch these brothers.

  • @cmiller6391
    @cmiller6391 11 місяців тому

    Holy sh*t, that tap scene was incredible...and yet made by joints hurt!

  • @amandaparkeradams7965
    @amandaparkeradams7965 11 місяців тому

    This is from a time when actors were on contract with the studios. And when many actors and actresses were “triple threats.” They could sing, dance, and act. Or at least two of those. There are so many phenomenal movies and scenes where they dance using the set dressings.

  • @richtensail
    @richtensail Рік тому

    saw vis cple yrs ago n was impressed, n its way back, so so gd, nice 2 c ur apreciation

  • @StevenW1958
    @StevenW1958 Рік тому

    I just turned 65 (yay Medicare 😅) and my Mother, who passed a year and a half ago, loved this music. I have SiriusXM radio in my car, so, whenever she was in my car, I would change the channel from ‘60’s on 6 to ‘40’s on 4. I could still see Mom bopping and singing to this music, with a huge smile on her face.

  • @jayweb51
    @jayweb51 11 місяців тому +1

    Fayard and Harold Nicholas were a famous African-American dance team in the 30's to the 50's. They appeared in the 1943 movie Stormy Weather with Cab Calloway and his orchestra. Harold appeared in multiple movies, either with Fayard or solo, from 1932 until 1985; later movie in which Harold appeared were Tap(1989), The Five Heartbeats(1990) and Funny Bones(1995); an A&E special in 1992 where he played himself in The Nicholas Brothers, and Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There in 2000. Fayard(1914 - 2006) and Harold(1921 - 2000)