Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)

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  • Cab plays a ladies’ man who dates the wife of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. In addition to this tongue-in-cheek plot, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra perform “Harlem Camp Meeting,” and Calloway has two vocals, “Zaz-zuh-zaz” and “The Lady with the Fan.”
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  • @carlbowles1808
    @carlbowles1808 4 роки тому +1801

    Cab calloway was the swing era equivalent of Prince and Michael Jackson. Cab calloway was the bomb.

    • @Mockduck2020
      @Mockduck2020 3 роки тому +55

      He also did the music for many Betty Boop Videos!

    • @tanishakennedy4616
      @tanishakennedy4616 3 роки тому +31

      This is where Teddy Riley picked up and brung it back in the late 80s early 90s! History repeats it self

    • @shkyrbty
      @shkyrbty 3 роки тому +6

      Was thinking the same exact thing!!!!

    • @dariobava
      @dariobava 3 роки тому +4

      No doubt!!

    • @rugrats9386
      @rugrats9386 3 роки тому +5

      Don't compare him with Michael jackson

  • @BlueOysterStan
    @BlueOysterStan Рік тому +1173

    only 30’s kids remember this 🔥

    • @byronmarshmightgu1359
      @byronmarshmightgu1359 Рік тому +102

      Who tf on here from the 30’s u goated😂

    • @viniisthegoat4516
      @viniisthegoat4516 Рік тому +46

      @@byronmarshmightgu1359 he’s joking lol

    • @AlienChoppa
      @AlienChoppa Рік тому +52

      I can confirm! Im from the late 20s!

    • @PacMan888
      @PacMan888 Рік тому +26

      @@AlienChoppa hyper senior 💀

    • @isaiahvillarreal4512
      @isaiahvillarreal4512 Рік тому +23

      Bugs bunny cartoons planted the seed to us about Cab back in the 70s. Then seeing him in the BLUES BROTHERS was cool. Now it’s utube university that’ll hip some of the young. Cabs train will keep on keeping on.

  • @CirilloRuca
    @CirilloRuca Рік тому +202

    4:36. Welp now I know where James Brown, Michael Jackson, and Prince got their moves from. That whole sequence is smooth and wild.

    • @georgeklimes7604
      @georgeklimes7604 9 місяців тому +11

      And add folks like Bill Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers.

    • @Robbover
      @Robbover 20 днів тому

      CAB then James Brown and along comes MJ...

  • @bluesugar58
    @bluesugar58 4 роки тому +2085

    Fab Cab was only 26 years old here and already leader of the hottest band doing films. He was a rockstar before that term was invented.

    • @yama5182
      @yama5182 4 роки тому +52

      Jazz genius...not ROCK STAR. Black people hadn’t invented Rock and Roll yet...🙄🤨

    • @gilberthmejia9429
      @gilberthmejia9429 4 роки тому +16

      I agree whith u this man was a genius and the dancing that he did it's amazing

    • @prentissbelton7508
      @prentissbelton7508 4 роки тому +7

      Yes sir whay before prince

    • @diskoeric2248
      @diskoeric2248 4 роки тому +3

      i'm sure there's a term for it

    • @johnnyeplin3125
      @johnnyeplin3125 4 роки тому +18

      Coolest Cat to Ever Exist!! ;)

  • @scottbeater-man3714
    @scottbeater-man3714 3 роки тому +2599

    I'm a 21 year old man that is listening to music that is almost a century old. I'm thankful for the internet because I'm able to see such great musicians like cab and many many more.

    • @Macodythemetta
      @Macodythemetta 3 роки тому +52

      and im 13 tech is the best gift god has givin us

    • @JamesBrown-qm2vw
      @JamesBrown-qm2vw 3 роки тому +3

      ❤️

    • @houseofmaranatha2841
      @houseofmaranatha2841 3 роки тому +32

      Thank God for the internet because all I ever hear are negative things. I would never know this kind of good stuff existed.

    • @houseofmaranatha2841
      @houseofmaranatha2841 3 роки тому +2

      @@cut--
      You don’t like it?

    • @bobdillaber1195
      @bobdillaber1195 3 роки тому +3

      @@houseofmaranatha2841 Cut just proved your point. He just a schoolyard bully looking for a fight.

  • @wacharaboy
    @wacharaboy 4 роки тому +648

    How badass does that guy look playing double-bass in that way on the train ...

    • @ecclairmayo4153
      @ecclairmayo4153 3 роки тому +28

      I was thinking the same! He didn't get enough credit..played it just like a guitar

    • @christymearna3912
      @christymearna3912 3 роки тому +2

      💯💯💯💯💯💯❣️

    • @Theballoonwillpop
      @Theballoonwillpop 3 роки тому +7

      One of the coolest things ever

    • @eins2001
      @eins2001 3 роки тому +4

      Double bass? You mean standup bass.

    • @richieevans3589
      @richieevans3589 3 роки тому +2

      Yes very cool 😎

  • @freddofoxx5786
    @freddofoxx5786 Рік тому +498

    1:06-1:18 is the inspiration for TI's "24's"

    • @daloin87061
      @daloin87061 Рік тому +58

      T.I. know about cab calloway

    • @nakeemarmstrong3325
      @nakeemarmstrong3325 Рік тому +96

      Then Drake took the inspiration from those & came with “Rich Flex”

    • @jjjjj2220
      @jjjjj2220 Рік тому +7

      It’s actually the sample they used

    • @bloodyredpill3027
      @bloodyredpill3027 Рік тому +2

      @@jjjjj2220 😒…no fuckin shit Sherlock

    • @carsisbest
      @carsisbest Рік тому +30

      NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND

  • @menendez-ghoul89
    @menendez-ghoul89 5 років тому +696

    He was so handsome. I think Im in love 😍

    • @josephstalin9500
      @josephstalin9500 4 роки тому +46

      I want to believe that he is who "great gatsby" was based off of as far as look goes. Along with the mast name for Mr:Callaway
      Holy shit,I think I just did a conspiracy theory

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому +12

      "Yes !!❗😮😍

    • @So_Cato
      @So_Cato 3 роки тому +22

      Facts. A beautiful man

    • @jessikajimenez75
      @jessikajimenez75 3 роки тому +4

      Yas

    • @MrRed-tf7bv
      @MrRed-tf7bv 3 роки тому +7

      Lite skin hot!🕵️‍♂️🎷🥁🎤👠🎼🎶😋

  • @tyeshab2010
    @tyeshab2010 3 роки тому +767

    No matter how much he moved his hair it just magically fell back into place 🥰

    • @cee_willy
      @cee_willy 3 роки тому +77

      It was dyed, fried and laid to the siiiiide.

    • @GypsyFairy85
      @GypsyFairy85 3 роки тому +22

      @@cee_willy Cab had straight hair, not relaxed, conked or fried.

    • @cee_willy
      @cee_willy 3 роки тому +70

      @@GypsyFairy85 lol nah, his hair was curly when younger and after years of straightening and lye, his curl pattern was gone. Most black male musicians back then processed their hair.

    • @GypsyFairy85
      @GypsyFairy85 3 роки тому +14

      @@cee_willy But he didn't straighten, neither did Lena Horne.

    • @heydeanie
      @heydeanie 3 роки тому +12

      It didn't dare not! He was Cab Calloway!!

  • @o13sweetboy
    @o13sweetboy 4 роки тому +411

    The Mask 1994 took so much influence from him.

  • @woolncathairs
    @woolncathairs 2 роки тому +128

    Both of his parents were college professors and he was a college graduate. His parents were not keen on him going into music but it called him and he answered.

    • @anitahernandez8045
      @anitahernandez8045 Рік тому +9

      Daddy was a lawyer

    • @MissNurseNoir
      @MissNurseNoir 8 місяців тому +4

      Ah, so he was a bit of a rebel. Good thing. He had too much talent to just put it on the shelf.

  • @rameroyale5189
    @rameroyale5189 4 роки тому +328

    Cab was ahead of time, in every way.

  • @MegaGABSAM
    @MegaGABSAM 4 роки тому +300

    I'm just laughing at how he was like "heres some cash to buy a radio to keep your wife at home." wife still goes out and Cab swoops in like the smooth king he is and did his thing. Then laid in dudes bed when he came home lmao

    • @funnybunnyfuzie
      @funnybunnyfuzie 4 роки тому +14

      DEADASSSSSSSS

    • @roypettigrew6453
      @roypettigrew6453 3 роки тому +51

      Not just him though... The whole band! HAHAHA

    • @timyoung5812
      @timyoung5812 3 роки тому +23

      Yeah, I wooda whooped cabs ass that night.. lol

    • @CodyCole80
      @CodyCole80 2 роки тому +2

      @@timyoung5812 😂🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @mggentry
      @mggentry Рік тому +9

      2:54 “it brings the artists into your home” and they weren’t lyin 😂

  • @morellawalker373
    @morellawalker373 3 роки тому +407

    Cab Callaway is the coolest dude ever! When I lived in New Orleans I saw him perform in 1980, and oh man, he still had it! But seeing him here in his prime is such a delight... When he sings it just gladdens my heart and lifts my spirits in these troublesome times ...

    • @michaeltwomey4800
      @michaeltwomey4800 2 роки тому +26

      My dad took me to his concert in the mid-70s in SF on NYE and it was better than Elvis or the Stones. Doing the hi de ho chant in the crowd is something that I will pass down to my grandkids...

    • @cbroz7492
      @cbroz7492 2 роки тому +9

      He was in his.80snwhen he appeared in the Blues Brothers movie...

    • @WeegeeFan1Studios
      @WeegeeFan1Studios Рік тому +7

      @@cbroz7492 **73
      He passed in 1994 at 86. You cab see his last performance from 1993 on YT

    • @gleisonnunes9666
      @gleisonnunes9666 Рік тому +2

      amazing❤❤

    • @MisterNineEleven
      @MisterNineEleven Рік тому +3

      Him in New Orleans in the 80s mustve been something else, I cant even imagine...
      New Orleans has never and could never be the same since Katrina...

  • @ieattofu68
    @ieattofu68 3 роки тому +307

    Can you just imagine being on the train while those fellas were rehearsing?

  • @zaroffhound
    @zaroffhound 4 роки тому +256

    I have an overwhelming urge to buy a Homefire Radio.

    • @alysmari3956
      @alysmari3956 4 роки тому +27

      And within weeks you might have a whole band marching straight out or your bedroom😂

    • @henkdetenk3480
      @henkdetenk3480 3 роки тому +6

      That and the urge to begin an interracial relationship

    • @jarrodkeiser9458
      @jarrodkeiser9458 3 роки тому +5

      They used this as an example for targeted advertising in my business class so i guess it still works all these years later lol

    • @trashdanarts
      @trashdanarts 2 роки тому +2

      the urge to have an entire band appear in your house

    • @MaxxdOut313
      @MaxxdOut313 Рік тому +2

      @@henkdetenk3480 The woman was black. She just could "pass".

  • @na00097
    @na00097 4 роки тому +180

    Yooo he pulled out a gun and Cab strolled off with his band that scene was amazing

    • @derrickpalmer3528
      @derrickpalmer3528 3 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @derrickpalmer3528
      @derrickpalmer3528 3 роки тому +9

      He sure did! Straight up G! 🤣

    • @afroize
      @afroize 3 роки тому +17

      Bro she had the whole band over 😂

    • @namafarm
      @namafarm 2 роки тому +4

      i know, right? it reminds me of Slick Rick or of Humpty Hump

    • @trashdanarts
      @trashdanarts 2 роки тому

      @@afroize HAHAHSXJ

  • @ladyyuna2000
    @ladyyuna2000 3 роки тому +135

    RIP Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 - November 18, 1994)(aged 86) you will be truly missed, and thank you for entertaining us.

    • @michaeltwomey4800
      @michaeltwomey4800 2 роки тому +8

      I was blessed to see him on NYE in SF with my Pops as a kid in the mid-70s and got to chant the hi de ho with him...

    • @tjcooldude532
      @tjcooldude532 Рік тому +8

      Being born in Christmas is crazy

    • @patgalvez4563
      @patgalvez4563 11 місяців тому +1

      I have a brother born on July 4th@@tjcooldude532

    • @dillengoodsell5696
      @dillengoodsell5696 9 місяців тому

      He dipped out atta good time

  • @davidmargetts821
    @davidmargetts821 4 роки тому +359

    That's a class and style that doesn't exist anymore, not even when replicated.

    • @ITILII
      @ITILII 3 роки тому +23

      The thing is, there's virtually no one in the entertainment "business" that even HAS class and style....so of course they can't replicate it. Especially when compared to a LEGEND like Cab Calloway !

    • @americancitizen748
      @americancitizen748 3 роки тому +9

      Michael Jackson came close.

    • @CriticoolHit
      @CriticoolHit 3 роки тому +17

      @@ITILII Class and Style like Calloways can only be held by people who genuinely possess it from the start. It's something you're born with, not into. Naturally hollywood is terrified of anything you can't fake and claim as your own so out it goes!

    • @-oiiio-3993
      @-oiiio-3993 3 роки тому +3

      @@americancitizen748 For a minute or three.
      Calloway had (has) staying power.

    • @chrystallee5528
      @chrystallee5528 3 роки тому +2

      You said it brother!

  • @grownjohnboy
    @grownjohnboy Місяць тому +9

    I’m 70 and I waited all my life to enjoy such music and magic. My parents were both born well before 1920 and I remember this on 78 rpm records long gone.

  • @sekhemasaru5718
    @sekhemasaru5718 6 років тому +203

    Wow I remember seeing this in the 70's as a lil boy.....i was so fascinated by Cab and his style, awesome post thanks!

    • @michaeltwomey4800
      @michaeltwomey4800 2 роки тому +5

      Read his autobiography... I got to see him live in SF on NYE in the mid-70s...

    • @Jaymodtm
      @Jaymodtm Рік тому

      Thats crazy that like the 80s for us

  • @Lashid4u
    @Lashid4u 6 років тому +22

    Although I hate witnessing the colorism (you could NEVER see a darker-skinned sista as a love interest, or interest of desire in these old films) ..I, still, LOVE watching old footage and films with our Black legends, such as Cab Calloway, The Nicolas Brothers, etc ..THANKS for sharing :)

    • @Chasmofmisery
      @Chasmofmisery 5 років тому

      I've noticed the same thing. I try to ignore it.

    • @reeree3641
      @reeree3641 20 днів тому

      I was just thinking the same thing. However, it wasn’t dictated by us, it was the institutionalized racism and the powers that be.

  • @crystalwaters2068
    @crystalwaters2068 4 роки тому +128

    He was Morris Day before Morris Day! They need to do The Cab Calloway Story before Morris Day's too old!

    • @lindajohnson9221
      @lindajohnson9221 4 роки тому +2

      Great idea

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому

      Who could play him???😯

    • @yakamarezlife
      @yakamarezlife 3 роки тому +3

      @@itstheru274 easy andre 3000 he can dance and sing

    • @MrRed-tf7bv
      @MrRed-tf7bv 3 роки тому +3

      @@yakamarezlife Too dark skin, a lite skin brother will sufice to play Cab👨.🎷🎙🎼

    • @yakamarezlife
      @yakamarezlife 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrRed-tf7bv who do u think could pull it off

  • @missalmond
    @missalmond 5 років тому +127

    Lol this is Trapped in the Closet well before R Kelly lmfaooooooo. Cab is too handsome and smooth.

    • @itstheru274
      @itstheru274 4 роки тому +3

      That Ain't No Secret !!❗😄😍

  • @IslamicLesson0
    @IslamicLesson0 3 роки тому +115

    JADEN - ICON

  • @CosmicMomDove
    @CosmicMomDove Рік тому +23

    He could dance, sing and scat . AWESOME

  • @thanksfortrying3tv496
    @thanksfortrying3tv496 Рік тому +44

    This gave T.I. a sample for one of the greatest songs of all time

  • @bridgetgregory3876
    @bridgetgregory3876 4 роки тому +72

    Everybody is so nice looking in this...even their pajamas looks good on them.

  • @mosehfreeman5970
    @mosehfreeman5970 6 років тому +346

    Damn...
    A Hi-De-Hi-De Ho is exactly what she was... 😲 I watched this with my Grandpa when I was a kid...Totally different experience watching it as an adult.

    • @Emisyourmajesty
      @Emisyourmajesty 4 роки тому +8

      Right!

    • @georgeb.wolffsohn30
      @georgeb.wolffsohn30 3 роки тому +19

      I don't think Can was using that word in that way. You need to respect women properly.

    • @undeadgentalmen
      @undeadgentalmen 3 роки тому +27

      @@georgeb.wolffsohn30 Pfft! Ain't no women thing. It's a generation deal. Here is a harsh lesson for you young'ns. It's not just men who use and abuse, Some Hoes will take advantage to those who are too soft. Respect is earned, not simped for brownie points.

    • @znome8500
      @znome8500 3 роки тому +17

      @@undeadgentalmen something these young cats don’t understand. Feminism had turned all of them into simps.

    • @QUVO1900
      @QUVO1900 3 роки тому +6

      I like his playfulness with words. This is my first time listening to Calloway. Hes one of my faves now for sure 🖤 if you guys have any other people of jazz to listen to let me know, this is so fun.

  • @greatthenate9864
    @greatthenate9864 10 місяців тому +7

    The Cotton Club was used as a Human Zoo..... Think About it. Black folks could entertain and work, but not patronize the establishment🤔😢

  • @zalenaskye700
    @zalenaskye700 4 місяці тому +9

    Cab Calloway was a very handsome and talented man.
    His band was great the best love the way they vibe together

  • @laabitres
    @laabitres Рік тому +5

    1:06 Money, hoes, cars and clothes thats what all my niggas know!

    • @sandienochs6132
      @sandienochs6132 Рік тому

      I feel so sorry for you.

    • @Ðogecoin
      @Ðogecoin Рік тому +1

      @@sandienochs6132why

    • @LouiePadreWillardino
      @LouiePadreWillardino 8 місяців тому

      ​He's modernizing or in le man's terms ruining something already good​@@Ðogecoin but in another way helping this old beat stay alive through samples.

  • @perseusrex614
    @perseusrex614 3 роки тому +78

    Cab Calloway: the original Head Banger!

  • @michaeldavidfigures9842
    @michaeldavidfigures9842 2 роки тому +100

    If listening to Cab Calloway doesn't put you in a good mood, then there's no hope for you.

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 Рік тому +3

      That's means there is NO Hope for the Thumbs down voters.
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @steventrosiek2623
      @steventrosiek2623 Рік тому +2

      He was wonderful ❤️

    • @mahlonthomas1775
      @mahlonthomas1775 8 місяців тому

      The truth

  • @Cre-Art
    @Cre-Art 3 роки тому +86

    He was a very special and unique entertainer. He could lift your spirits, get you dancing, and make you feel good just by his presence and talent. Awesome.

  • @jamesmarshall8836
    @jamesmarshall8836 4 роки тому +42

    Knock! Knock!
    Who's there?
    Heidi-Heidi.
    Heidi-Heidi who?
    Hey! Who are you? Cab Calloway?

    • @uncledan2u
      @uncledan2u 3 роки тому +1

      the ending was out of this world!!😂😂😂

  • @osovagabundo1
    @osovagabundo1 2 роки тому +54

    Saw him live twice in ‘82 and ‘93. Still had a wailing voice and smooth in his shoes too.

  • @9MagTV
    @9MagTV 2 роки тому +30

    Wait.... Did T.I. use This For Inspiration On His Song "24's" 🧐

  • @marquiswallace9957
    @marquiswallace9957 3 роки тому +36

    Suited men with class and dignity. Beautiful women enduring hard times. It’s easier today, although you really have to search for that level of style and sophistication. Thanks for posting this inspiring reminder.

  • @GaDawgz770
    @GaDawgz770 Рік тому +6

    T.I. 24's

  • @ShortsForGoofs
    @ShortsForGoofs Рік тому +10

    4:36 bro is getting sturdy af

  • @pauljackson9871
    @pauljackson9871 2 роки тому +3

    You just watched James Brown Prince Michael Jackson The Rolling Stones grand father.

  • @sophiafantasy8111
    @sophiafantasy8111 6 місяців тому +7

    8:19 thank you for this who ever decided to put it in there, I really needed a Cab Calloway kissing scene 😍😘

  • @KadesDogs
    @KadesDogs Рік тому +26

    little did he know rappers would use this as a sample

  • @latoyahayes3381
    @latoyahayes3381 Рік тому +47

    The way he swing his hair is hilarious 🖤

  • @Nerdicaful
    @Nerdicaful 3 роки тому +26

    Cab and his band made it look like jazz was the greatest thing on Earth. Why sleep when you could play jazz?

  • @The_Undertow
    @The_Undertow 2 роки тому +14

    After playing Cuphead, I realize now that not only is King Dice based on Cab Calloway, but the melody of the song in the beginning, heavily reminds of the Phantom Express boss fight!!

  • @abnerlookatthis
    @abnerlookatthis 4 роки тому +51

    What a sexy musical genius...so DAMN GOOD he is still going strong and will be for centuries to come!

  • @kenoliver8913
    @kenoliver8913 3 роки тому +38

    That baritone sax break was really something - that is a HARD instrument to play rapid passages on.

    • @gragor11
      @gragor11 3 роки тому +2

      Don't you think it was lip synced? Not much going on there as far as embouchure is concerned.

  • @r.k.mcc88
    @r.k.mcc88 10 місяців тому +6

    Am I the only one who hears TI’s 24’s in the beginning

  • @JohnDoe-ek7hb
    @JohnDoe-ek7hb Рік тому +13

    I see many people on the internet saying they were born in the wrong era but im glad i was born with the internet around or i would have never seen this wonderfull things in the comfort of my couch.

  • @evonza4858
    @evonza4858 3 роки тому +24

    Shout out to Cab Callaway and Wilona from Good times (Ms Janet Dubios)🥰❤️🖤💚 I'm a huge fan of both so it was no surprise to me that Ms Dubios is his daughter, she was always singing and dancing on Good times 🥰❤️🖤💚 rip to the both of them ❤️🖤💚

    • @chrystallee5528
      @chrystallee5528 3 роки тому +3

      Thanks for this info. I was not aware that Ja`net Dubois was his daughter.

    • @koolinwitk1789
      @koolinwitk1789 2 роки тому +2

      @@chrystallee5528 I wasn't aware until she passed and then they said he was listed as her father on her birth certificate

  • @damightyom
    @damightyom Рік тому +21

    His dancing is so advanced! It would fit in in 2023 no question. That boy is good!

  • @seanschaefer6070
    @seanschaefer6070 2 роки тому +78

    The power cab Calloway had in his voice is absolutely unreal.

  • @superavril2238
    @superavril2238 2 роки тому +58

    I’m at a teen age old here! I love this genre of music, i wish today’s generation would bring this back!

    • @johnmurkwater1064
      @johnmurkwater1064 2 роки тому +5

      Look into Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, they do a bunch of this style music, also Squirrel Nut Zippers... Once you start watching that type of music on UA-cam they will give you others that are similar.

    • @jmb72390
      @jmb72390 Рік тому +3

      You have a bright future ahead of you

    • @tangoblaze1715
      @tangoblaze1715 Рік тому

      Sticks and stones

    • @wacayzkhalifa
      @wacayzkhalifa Рік тому

      yea me too

    • @pompommerman9830
      @pompommerman9830 10 місяців тому

      We had an electro swing revival in the early/mid 2010s 😣

  • @saucypulls
    @saucypulls Рік тому +5

    So this is here T.I. got his sample from his song 24s

  • @777DreyQuan
    @777DreyQuan 2 роки тому +7

    what you call a icon livin started record label misfits just did it woah

  • @Gangstagran
    @Gangstagran 3 роки тому +26

    You can see where Elvis and Michael Jackson got their moves from

  • @ilovekylermurray
    @ilovekylermurray Рік тому +5

    Its crazy to think everybody in this video is dead.

    • @goochmcduck4285
      @goochmcduck4285 Рік тому +1

      I do that all the time. It’s like whoa. And that will be all of us in enough time. Sorry it’s just crazy

  • @kc.21k
    @kc.21k Рік тому +37

    1:06 My favorite part. The beginning

  • @georgegermann2370
    @georgegermann2370 4 роки тому +25

    My father used to sing hi de ho. I saw him when he was no longer as popular doing a half time show of a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game,

    • @michaeltwomey4800
      @michaeltwomey4800 2 роки тому +3

      I was a kid in the mid-70s and Pop took me to his concert in SF on NYE and he rocked the house like 1934. This was just after the Blues Bros so he was cool again but I already knew who he was. He was hip and cool before all of the rest...

  • @gregggriffin8654
    @gregggriffin8654 4 роки тому +25

    Cab Calloway was one of the best entertainers of all time I heard about him when I was a child I watched him in movies and an old videos and movies and the band was so*so*young people need to watch this just to know how to be cool

  • @misterorange8746
    @misterorange8746 Рік тому +4

    24’s T.i. and Rich Flex brought me here

  • @lxolxo7
    @lxolxo7 4 роки тому +45

    Cab Calloway! The Coolest of the Cool!!!

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Рік тому +4

    Now I know where T.I. got his first hit 1:06

  • @paytonducote3985
    @paytonducote3985 2 роки тому +35

    This music video is better and has more time and thought put into it then almost all music videos today

  • @bambinoandmore46
    @bambinoandmore46 3 роки тому +12

    He certainly could entertain. Man is a genius, so gifted. His moves pre-date Michael Jackson by a 50 years. Thanks for uploading.

  • @albert8925
    @albert8925 Рік тому +6

    Who's here after rich flex

  • @TannerAllen-z4m
    @TannerAllen-z4m Рік тому +4

    1:07 the part u we’re looking for

  • @chuckg100
    @chuckg100 Рік тому +7

    Cab was the equivalent of Prince in his day. Love That brother's timeless music.. ✌

  • @snowwhite3606
    @snowwhite3606 4 роки тому +41

    I think Music is extremely lucky to have known Cab. My God, that Man.

    • @bungieflute
      @bungieflute 2 роки тому

      can I get yous to cap this bowl I'm smokin? NNahhh the prescription stuff.... yeahhh Ver G'harget or Terrier Haggis aaahhh hhhaaaaa ahuah tanx Mac or Ma'am

  • @garyrosenberg3502
    @garyrosenberg3502 3 роки тому +17

    Saw him in person at a Harlem Globe Trotters game in Los Angeles in the early 60s or late 50s? I was a kid. I’m 75 now what a thrill! I didn’t know who he was but saw him in Blues Brothers movie. My stepdad tried to tell me who he was but found out later. What a game that was with Meadowlark Lemon on the Globetrotters and high energy Cab Calloway!

    • @michaeltwomey4800
      @michaeltwomey4800 2 роки тому +1

      WOW, I got to see them both but not at the same event. That had to be so cool. Watch all of his movies, he was pre Elvis...

  • @DavonPetersen
    @DavonPetersen Рік тому +4

    Who came here after seeing the drake and ti comparison video's

    • @Eazy-ERyder
      @Eazy-ERyder Рік тому +1

      Money HOs, cars and clothes..!
      24s

    • @DavonPetersen
      @DavonPetersen Рік тому +2

      @@Eazy-ERyder that's how all my partners roll

  • @kimgrattage2395
    @kimgrattage2395 2 роки тому +34

    88 years and still going strong, what a legend.

  • @MrTabasham1990
    @MrTabasham1990 2 роки тому +4

    Who found this cause of the new Jack White album?

  • @sondraj816
    @sondraj816 3 роки тому +16

    I always thought Giancarlo Esposito could play Cab Calloway in a movie.

  • @Rap.Revival
    @Rap.Revival Рік тому +7

    Did anybody else notice TI samples the first part of this for the song “24s”

  • @kamasala859
    @kamasala859 3 роки тому +8

    Black American and all of America were unapologetically Colorist at this time (especially in the cotton club) but you can not Deny the beauty/talent of black Americans to American popular culture. There wouldn’t be the popular culture of today without the BIG contribution of black Americans of EVERY Hue......

    • @cee_willy
      @cee_willy 3 роки тому +2

      A chorus girl literally couldn’t get a job if she were darker than a paper bag 😖

    • @JoannaCubana
      @JoannaCubana 3 роки тому

      @@cee_willy Yes, that's the only way white audiences could accept them then...😥😓 They made paper bags look jet black...

  • @MN-hv5xv
    @MN-hv5xv 11 місяців тому +12

    This is totally awesome!! I remember seeing Cab Calloway on The Blues Brothers!!😊💃

  • @nahthiserosnotcupid973
    @nahthiserosnotcupid973 Рік тому +6

    This song was sampled in Icon, Rich Flex, and 24s, which have all hit 20M or more, one getting 100M

  • @creolelady4096
    @creolelady4096 2 роки тому +16

    I have this movie on DVD and I treasure it. Cab Calloway looks just my dear daddy. They look like they could be brothers. RIP Daddy and Cab Calloway.

  • @dwellinfaith0
    @dwellinfaith0 2 роки тому +8

    Jack White did him HOMAGE 🖤🙏🏼

  • @AntoniousRex
    @AntoniousRex Рік тому +6

    For being the great depression , the music was jumpin

    • @TomSpeaks-vw1zp
      @TomSpeaks-vw1zp 10 місяців тому

      Yes sir.
      People still had a life and entertainment was an escape from its realities. It’s about the only thing working class folks, black & white could afford.

  • @artico777
    @artico777 3 роки тому +16

    This is like being in a time machine

  • @funnybunnyfuzie
    @funnybunnyfuzie 4 роки тому +31

    Harlem Camp Meeting - 1:05
    Zaz Zuh Zaz - 3:22
    The Lady with the Fan - 5:42

  • @chefdan87
    @chefdan87 2 роки тому +19

    The way they march out of the apartment at the end was hilarious...

  • @xyzbeats
    @xyzbeats Рік тому +3

    1:05 is it me or this part got sampled by drake in rich flex

  • @kasavangovender7313
    @kasavangovender7313 4 роки тому +13

    I see the Michael Jackson of the 1940s

  • @TheLowkeyChef
    @TheLowkeyChef 4 роки тому +20

    1:07 "money, hoes, cars, and clothes"

    • @ecclairmayo4153
      @ecclairmayo4153 3 роки тому +1

      T.I. 24's!! Great catch

    • @TheLowkeyChef
      @TheLowkeyChef 3 роки тому +1

      @@ecclairmayo4153 Yeah...I was like that sounds like something...I had to rewind it a few times and then it came to me.

    • @tyeshab2010
      @tyeshab2010 3 роки тому +2

      I was thinking this sounded familiar 😁

    • @TheLowkeyChef
      @TheLowkeyChef 3 роки тому +1

      @@tyeshab2010 it's amazing how music is never really new bc its how the artist uses it for something else

  • @cristinabumbac151
    @cristinabumbac151 11 місяців тому +11

    It's the end of 2023 and this almost a century since this marvelous show didn't stop being in our souls! It was and still is unique.

  • @goldenseagull1122
    @goldenseagull1122 5 місяців тому +7

    I'm 52 and I just love that music 2024 after Eclipse 2024

  • @Felix-M.
    @Felix-M. 4 роки тому +39

    Way Before Hip-Hop and RnB was Jazz . Jazz and Blues is Soul Music ... But even before that was Gospal and or Spirituals ..... All of which I love to listen

  • @OLBICHL
    @OLBICHL 4 роки тому +19

    9:27 you're bringing a gun to a musical instrument battle? Pathetic!

    • @sanziohanzo
      @sanziohanzo 4 роки тому +2

      i feel that, if one takes the musical out, one would get a dirty pun

  • @icey_ti3038
    @icey_ti3038 Рік тому +3

    This what inspired T.I and TI inspired drake for 1:06

  • @davekobayashi7742
    @davekobayashi7742 4 роки тому +46

    They dont make them like this anymore. That raw realness is really needed in todays fake music world.

  • @evanhalsey1844
    @evanhalsey1844 3 роки тому +40

    Cab Calloway sang this song on Sesame Street and I still remember it from childhood.

  • @christinerandenberg4076
    @christinerandenberg4076 Рік тому +8

    Hi Di Ho and Minnie the Moocher are Cab Calloway's most famous recordings. He was so popular they immortalized him in Cartoons which is an accomplishment. Now, every generation can learn about him. Even little children, if their parents enlighten them as my mother did her children. This was my sisters favorite by Cab Galloway.

  • @ahmad.tillery.1987
    @ahmad.tillery.1987 4 роки тому +15

    Mark Taylor from "Seventeen Again" looks like a young Cab Calloway. The whole time I watched this video I was thinking this lol.

  • @HeiressOfShadows
    @HeiressOfShadows Рік тому +2

    1:06 "Money, hoes, cars and clothes
    That's how all my niggaz know
    Blowin dro, twenty-fo'
    That's how all my niggaz roll" T.I. 2003 (69 years later)

  • @bricktop414
    @bricktop414 2 роки тому +10

    This shit still holds up today as a monster hit. Not even comparable to stuff on the radio today. Jack White covered this earlier this year!