Those dancers are the Nicholas Brothers , two of the most talented dancers the world has ever seen

Thank God for the good side of the internet, its people like this who should NEVER be forgotten.

Fred Astaire said that the Nicholas Brothers were the greatest dancers ever. He was right!!!

I'm not even a big fan of dancing in general, and this is mind-boggling skill, impressive to the point of astounding. These aren't just dancers, they're athletes, the timing and coordination and skill involved is crazy, what an incredible performance... imagine seeing this live and in person!

One of the greatest pieces of choreography ever!

Stormy Weather was, is, and will remain as a fantastic movie, great music, great performances! Lena, freakin, Horne! Classic!

Correct sir, Little Seymour is Harold Nicholas, one of the Nicholas Brothers, indeed. Good call! 👍

Absolutely amazing talents. This was recorded in one take 🤩

Yes he did play Little Seymore, that is Harold Nicholas. He and his brother were two of the greatest dancers that ever live. He was also married to Dorothy Dandridge a a while.

Cab Calloway , the king of scatting , he was the master of those vocals

The Nicolas Bros were some of thegreat tap artists of all time

Cab Calloway was amazing in The Blues Brothers and he was in his 70s

It’s him n his brother. They are extremely famous. They are professional n started as children. All three were amazing. Cab Calloway!!!! Dancers training is strenuous!!!

Doing SPLITS with no hands to rise back up. Amazing.

all done in ONE 1 take.

The Nicholas Brothers were amazing.

Way to much talk, appreciate them, the Nicholas brothers were, and are still GOLD ! 🤓 From Brooklyn..

Best tap performance in dance history

This is even more incredible than you can tell just by looking at the clip. It was done in a single take it and was not rehearsed before it was performed for the film. That is how in sync they were with each other.

You are watching the greatest dance sequences in the history of movies, and it was done in one take. Remarkable!

A whole room of spectacular artists!

The Nicolas Brothers are the dancers

We've replaced class with trash. Amazing talent!

Let's salute all those talented entertainers from years ago who should have had a bigger focus such as Bill robinson,Robinson, step brothers,lionel Hampton Billy eckstine ,Dorothy dandridge,Dandridge, crothers,clothes, COULD GO ON

Yes Spectacular!

The Nicholas brothers were THE BEST OF ALL TIME! LOVE TO WATCH THEM IN THE OLD MOVIES!

I love seeing so many people watching this in 2021. Makes me smile. Oh, and yes, Harold Nicholas was also little Seymore.

Spectacular. No doubt.

That was very spectacular.

What amazing things your culture brought to us, I cant imagine living without this. #MusicSavesLives

What i can understand is how are people over 25yrs old and black not know about this movie or the Greatest Dance Scene ever filmed????????

Yep. You called them all right. The Nicholas Brothers (either Harold or Fayard) were in all of those movies. You also saw them in the music video for Alright, by Janet Jackson in 1990. Townshend, and all of the Jacksons were either heavily influenced by or taught by the Nicholas Brothers. They were so good that Fred Astaire said that this routine was the greatest dance routine to ever be put to film, and he was considered the greatest dancer of all time.

This is an amazing video. I love big band jazz, and add to it this incredible dancing...can't beat it!

Love watching these guys dance. Could imagine these guys showing up on Dancing with the Stars!!

1930s - 40s swing/big band music was the BEST! singers, musicians, and dancers!

Yes, that was one of the brothers.

Done in one take!! My Dad was a huge fan and I saw lots of jazz and big band greats when I was little, and we went up to Atlantic City. Cab was from Baltimore, and my Dad would go to the local theaters and clubs to see the live shows. You'll love the movie...a historical piece of cinema that will last forever

Love

Yes that's him. He also played in The five heartbeats.

BTW, this was filmed in one take with no script. Pure jazz and awesome.

Hi @WKM Records!! 🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽 My Late Grandma exposed me to everyone in this video. She saw them during her late teen years and they were even more incredible and fabulous in person according to her!!! May they all R🖤P.

You should watch him in the move Tap with Gregory Hines. Awesome old school tap scenes.

Cab was singing "scat singing" a form where they would use different sound as an imitation of musical instruments.

Whoa! What an eye. That is Little Seymore, Harold Nicholas of the Fabulous Flying Nicholas Brothers.

They were freaking brilliant! You'd love the movie!

Yep that's him

Too bad for the interruptions - The Nicholas Brothers were phenomenal! Have enjoyed them for decades! 🥰

I haven’t seen this in years, thank you for giving a review on this. I love it.

I TOLD YOU A LONG TIME AGO THIS WAS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!WOOOOOOOOW AND THE HORNE SANG THE TITLE SONG.

Name any modern day dancer that can go down step that way. Hard to beat this set of brother's ability.

Yes, that is him

I have heard that this scene was done in ONLY ONE take!

Those Men Could Move & Great ‼️

Yes it is him.

Amazing

I watch classic old movies on Turner Classic Movies, TCM. Nicholas Brothers were amazing!

Lovely reaction!

Goes to show even the greats today stand on the shoulders of giants, we just don't have the footage to witness them from before that era.

Great reaction and comments!

You need to listen & react to Ella Fitzgerald & Mel Torme scatting. They'll blow you away.

He is scatting when he does that vocalizing

The short Nicholas brothers played as the choreography in the Five Heart beats😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗

one take!!!

Them fellas was doing they thing

Stormy Weather was loaded with great performances. You can browse clips. Most will be great.

For most of my life, I cared nothing about dancing. I had nothing against it but I would rather watch paint dry. I do, however, appreciate excellence even in fields I don't care about. This routine made me interested in dance and led me down a rabbit hole of watching old time dancers. I still don't care for most of what I see but the Nicholas Brothers gave me the ability to enjoy and appreciate some. Of all I have seen in the last 4 years, they are the best.

The great Fred Astaire called this number the best dance sequence ever put on film

Look carefully at them coming down the stairs, they are using their hands to protect themselves in the splits.

Thank you so much for reacting to this. I look for reaction videos to this daily lol. Please react to another classic dance routine called Whitey's Lindy Hoppers "Hellzapoppin."

Even though both brothers held onto their looks up til the end, I'm impressed you recognized dude. You should check em out when they were kids.

That's him

Ya gotta see the entire movie, as well as The Pirate. Phenomenal!

Makes me feel worn out just watching these dancing machines!!!!

You: "My knees hurt" Me: "Just wait buddy!" It would behoove you to research vaudeville and the chitlin circuit. We all assume that performances can be fixed in post, or a singer can be autotuned, or throw in some CGI. Vaudevillians had one shot to wow an audience, so they practiced, rehearsed, and stayed in shape if they needed to perform physically. Folks saved up money to be able to attend a show and if the performers weren't up to snuff, they weren't going to be booked there again. This particular performance was the first opportunity for the Nicholas Brothers to be seen by white audiences (this was segregation era), even though it was via film, it still gave them the chance to be booked in more places, as well as capture this legendary performance for us to enjoy. Imagine how many performers on the circuit never got the chance and are lost to time.

How about Old Movie Stars dance to Uptown Funk. Huge fun.

Now that is entertainment!!!!😄

He was also the husband of Dorothy Dandridge

Tap dancing the percussion in the song is epic!

This was all done in one take

This scene comes from a movie, I watched in the 60's on TV, it's from the 40's era when entertainment TV, was good.

Youre right on both movies He is Harold Nicholas.

This set was apart of the movie Stormy Weather. Starring Lena Horne . This was 1943. Also called the big ban era.

Harold Nicholas was sarge in the five heartbeats

It is him

As a 62 yr old white guy, I subbed b/c you liked this too. You need to watch everything of theirs on YT, Cab was the hippest dude on the planet from the 20s-40s, and IMO the OG of hip hop, chk out his autobio. The Nicholas Bros were a great story worthy of a modern movie, there is a killer documentary of their life on YT...

That was really really good. Crazy. The Nicolas brothers are very famous. My father knew them as a dancer in the Vaudeville and entertainment industry. No one would attempt this dance since, it's too dangerous. There is a color version of this performance out there.

The Nicholes brothers were still able to do that into their 80’s. Gregory Hines learned everything he knew from them and others who worked with them. This was at the Cotton Club 1935

Yes Those Two Characters: Little Seymore from "Uptown Saturday Night" and Sarge from "The Five Heartbeats" were played by The Youngest Nicholas Brother Harold Nicholas. They Were The Greatest Tap Dancers in The World. Cab Calloway and His Band was one of the greatest Swing Bands of their day. Leona Horne and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was in Stormy Weather. "Stormy Weather" was sung by Mrs. Horne. Mrs. Horne also played The Good Witch Gilda in "The Wiz" with Michael Jackson, Diane Ross, Nipsey Russell.

Yep! It don’t get no better! Watch their other spotlight numbers like Down Argentine Way!! And for goodness sake, Don don’t be afraid to Wikipedia them!!! 😂

He was in the five hearbeats. N Tap, with Gregory Hines.

You guys all thinks that hurts if you look at the hands you will see that they are not getting hurt,and yes the short one was in five heartbeats I know you know now but they are not hurting themselves they are Great 💕💕💕💕💕💕

That's definitely Little Seymour & Sarge from The Five Heartbeats 💯

Yes that is Little Seymour!

Here's a video of The Nicholas Brothers as kids you'd enjoy: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ba9yp8iS2r3XeHU.html Even if you don't do a reaction, it's fun to see their talent as kids!

Considering the movie was released almost 80 years ago, there's no way it's little Seymour. It's from 1943.

The best dancer ever, young people need to take good look at their work. There are several more movies that they were featured in, one take preference, no one were better than these brothers.

Thanks, WKM - I posted this note below, to one of the other commenters, but also wanted to say: Ha - I had no idea who "little Seymour" was! Thank you! lol (Harold and Fayard also did other amazing stuff - they didn't just dance - they also sang -- I hope to see some reactions to their work on "Down Argentine Way" - here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frtddMmjs7KsfIk.html) - Fred Astaire held them in great regard, as did Gregory Hines

My request is.. Battle of New Orleans, Johnny Horton

These guys are super fantastic These guys and some others created moves that these kids attempt today , the moonwalk was around before Jackson did it , sometime during the 1930's or 1940's can't remember who t the young black man was , wish I could It was great and I enjoyed watching him doing it Dancers today , HA they don't have the energy nor nearly the talent ,

This was the 1940s