I'm white, born in 1945, and as a kid loved to listen to Cab Calloway. Great to see a young man enjoy the old time music I so loved.
@davids.reynolds488311 ай бұрын
This performance by the Nicholas Brothers is considered the best tap dancing routine ever caught on film. And the Brothers are regarded as the finest tap dancers ever.
@georgiapeach0 Жыл бұрын
Nicholas brothers were the most talented dancers ever!!!!
@jasonbroad5478 Жыл бұрын
As artists we have to know where we've been to know where we are going. The Nicholas Bros. were incredible artists at a time when they would spend the day at studio and film this incredible performance and not be allowed through the front door of a hotel that later that night. Thankfully they continued to perform well into their later years and left a legacy of work. Fortunately through KZfaq etc. new generations can admire their artistry and be inspired!
@Marsha_Ann Жыл бұрын
The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Callaway were aaaaaaaalllllll that!!!!!!! They need more acknowledgement for their incredible skills and craftwork!!!!
@robinhearns91157 ай бұрын
Yeahh, 😢😢 in in in 2:05 😮😢😮
@theghost6412 Жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was the last Master of Scat singing. There have been others, but none like him and his predecessors. There are no Leaders in that dead genre anymore. Dan Ackroyed and Jim Belushi helped him along with the other legends when they were seeing their careers fading into obscurity. They designed their Blues Brothers movie around the old R&B, Jive, Scat, Soul, Gospel, Blues singers and gave their careers the boost they desperately needed. Then you have the Nicholas Brothers and their amazing dancing and acting skills. All of them Legends.
@liamsouthwell278 ай бұрын
The only one alive I can think who comes close today would be Van Morrison - not his more popular songs; Van and his Band era.
@saaamember977 ай бұрын
Don't forget "Scatman" Crothers! I believe he became famous after Cab Calloway. He was very accomplished in scatting also. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lb1opsh0m9qblH0.html
@willemverheij34123 ай бұрын
Haley Reinhart seems able to do it pretty well. She does it in some of the Postmodern Jukebox covers. She is an amazing singer either way and Postmodern Jukebox is all about making covers from modern songs in a 20-60's style. They employ a lot of very talented musicians and singers there, some tap dancers occasionally as well. The variety of performers keeps it fresh.
@jackieroberts63165 ай бұрын
I am an old White lady. You need to watch all the wonderful movies that were made for and by Black people. It is a blessing that we have the internet to find them and watch them.
@mariestreeting4213Ай бұрын
Hi, I’m an old white lady too 😆😆😆 I grew up watching all these old movies. Saturday or Sunday afternoon in Australia when TV was worth watching🥰
@AP-gb3eh Жыл бұрын
This should be shown in art class and music . They were amazing
@lindalightfoot98372 ай бұрын
I agree it should be shown more
@adrianwright1702 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable talents. Cab Calloway is in The Blues Brothers doing Minnie The Moocher, a great track you should also see.
@Lovebug06901 Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMBlmqZ4r9XWe58.html
@heyskipj8 ай бұрын
Plus, the filming or cinematography of the performance was so fire. The shadows, the angles, the depth, grayscale, movement, and edits. really mind-blowing perfect.
@noelleparris9451 Жыл бұрын
The band, Cab's vocals (and style! ), the dance and athleticism of the Nicholas brothers...just one of the greatest performances ever ❣
@wordforger5 ай бұрын
The Nicholas Brothers performed with Gene Kelley in The Pirate. They made him look oafish and clumsy by comparison.
@BringItMAGA11 ай бұрын
So much respect for Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers. The 40s are a blast. We do big band from the 40s with dinner all the time.
@xiurong888 Жыл бұрын
Cab and the band were the house band at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Wonderful musicians. The scat singing is one of Cab's trademarks. The film included Lena Horne singing the film's title song "Stormy Weather", which became her trademark. I was born a decade after this film (born in in 1953), and I heard her sing the song many times on TV growing up. She was my dad's favorite singer (and she was very beautiful!). Dorothy Dandridge was also in this film; she was married to one of the brothers.
@nfpnone8248 Жыл бұрын
Singer and bandleader, he was a headliner of the Cotton Club, he was at the top of the black entertainment industry in Harlem!
@sarafstop3210 ай бұрын
This number is done in one take, and considered by many the best dance sequence in the movies.
@stevenmonte7397 Жыл бұрын
The STRENGTH it takes to control and dance like that is INCREDIBLE!!!!
@shereserobinson6535 Жыл бұрын
T"his is quite arguably one of the best videos ever made. The dancing, the costuming, a cameo by the late great Cab Calloway
@shereserobinson6535 Жыл бұрын
Janet Jackson ft Cab Calloway - Alright
@gailvolm38624 ай бұрын
One of, if not the, most impressive dance scenes in movie history!
@ThistleAndSea Жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was the real deal. 😎And the Nicholas brothers...WOW!! 😃
@Toobeegort Жыл бұрын
I would not be surprised if The Nicholas brothers are still considered the best tap dancers in the world, I have not seen anyone better, ever.
@spicerack4397 Жыл бұрын
Oh, boy. The showmanship of Cab Calloway is stylin' like Michael did in the video, True Criminal, smooth, smooth, smooth, different music styles tho. I grew up on the Nicholas Brothers and to see the most amazing dancing ever on video. That band has it's $hit wired tight, as they say in Texas, a true compliment. James Brown learned from the best in what his act should be!!!!! The stairs will blow your mind.
@patriciaconnolly6098 Жыл бұрын
The era of class and talent.
@Sometimes-even-lyrical Жыл бұрын
The Nicholas Brothers taught dance classes in later years to a select few students... including Michael Jackson! Not only were they amazing athletes and superb dancers, but excellent teachers. It's apparent they also passed on a few tips on style.
@doughoi Жыл бұрын
Greatest Dance routine in history.
@Marsha_Ann Жыл бұрын
The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Callaway were aaaaaaaalllllll that!!!!!!! They need more acknowledgement for their incredible skills and craftwork!!!! Watch the Nicholas Brothers in Sunvalley Serenade. They're prob the best dancers in the world!! Cab Calloway was a pioneer in the Black music we listened to throughout the ages!!
@Dan-B11 ай бұрын
If you really want to see just how incredibly multitalented The Nicholas Brothers were, you need to check out their performance in the film “Down Argentine Way” They were amazing and skilled entertainers.
@jom76045 ай бұрын
Now that's true talent and dance. Not the garbage today. Thanks for discovering an amazing performance way before your time.
@stevenmonte7397 Жыл бұрын
One of the best performances ever recorded! SO AMAZING!!!
@GinMae Жыл бұрын
:Hell, yeah, Singer! the Nicholas Brothers .. Harold and Fayard... were the inspiration to many that followed.. including Gregory Hines, and even Fred Astaire.. they started very young, and not only danced but also sang... another great performance is "Down Argentine Way"... check it out when you have time & inclination... (not only dancing, but singing in Spanish.. making moves like MJ and "break dancing" - these guys had it all)
@Cape3391411 ай бұрын
I love reactions to Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers. Such great talent and usually a huge surprise to reactor.
@dagmar.6954 Жыл бұрын
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.
@billolsen4360 Жыл бұрын
And the Nicholas Brother's dance routine was done all in one take! Seen this 100 times and still can't figure out how they did it and didn't hurt themselves or each other. If you watch the original "The Blues Brothers" movie from 1980, you'll see Aretha doing a hot rendition of "Think" as well as Cab Calloway singing "Minnie The Moucher" near the finale, as well as getting to watch Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, John Lee Hooker and James Brown perform.
@nolamullen1889 Жыл бұрын
This era had the best dancers!
@austenrobinson274711 ай бұрын
NB are without a doubt the GOATS of tap. 80 years later no one comes close.
@dianeseverin25297 ай бұрын
The Nicholas Brothers were self taught and thank goodness Cab Calloway never became a lawyer like his father. I have always loved watching them perform. Great great talents.
@amandameale6000 Жыл бұрын
Oh Nick! So pleased you reacted to this and discovered one of the most amazing sequences in film history!!
@jennifermason9557 Жыл бұрын
My dad adored Cab Calloway and loved the Nicholas Brothers. This was probably his favourite movie sequence in the world.
@lynette. Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite clips of Cab Calloway he was in the blues brothers that's how long he was doing this. The Nichol brothers were one of the best and around that time there was a lot of competition.
@corinaperez22611 ай бұрын
That's beyond impressive. This is genius. We will never see the likes of this again.
@cynthiaspencer222211 ай бұрын
Cindy's Dad here. I'm a 70 year old white man and while I admit that Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were great dancers and Michael Flatley is the Lord of the Dance, the Nicholas Brothers are gods of dance. If you can find it, watch the video of them performing "Down Argentine Way!" Just another example of their mastery of their craft, and they were singers too. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have and continue to do.
@Rassskle Жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was one of the greatest singer / performers of all time..... this clip is about the brothers and not him. Watch a clip of Cab doing Minnie the Moocher ...... pure brilliance.
@LaurieRein Жыл бұрын
Thanks for playing _ I’ll see you on your live again - I put this up because you said you were a good dancer.
@donnachatterton1639 Жыл бұрын
Loved that film clip since the first time I saw it. Incredible talent!
@NIJEECAPRICORN23 Жыл бұрын
Man somebody got some good taste for this pick right here. One of my favorite moments of Cab Calloway was when Dorothy Donegan had a piano soloist and had that piano smoking.
@HuntingViolets11 ай бұрын
I never get tired of watching this routine.
@kellyalves75610 ай бұрын
I think I’ve watched it five times this week alone. Every time it’s suggested, I just hit it.
@narelleday434 Жыл бұрын
Personally, I think Cab was the best jazz scat singer ever.
@mariestreeting4213Ай бұрын
Class, pure class and exceptional talent 👏👏👏👏
@wayneraynal8487 Жыл бұрын
Cab is the Man singing! You've seen him before if you've ever watched the Blues Brothers Movie where he does a song with the Blues Brothers Band! But the Nicholas Brothers were the Bomb! If you've overseen the movie "Cotton Club". the dancing brothers in that movie are loosely modeled on the Nicholas Brothers also Cab Calloway was the House Band at the Cotton Club after Duke Ellington Left to go on tour! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJtggLCilcy4ook.html Also Maurice and Gregory Hines as "the Williams Brothers from the movie. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odyKqJCUraupiIE.html
@furtherdefinitions111 ай бұрын
The great Fred Astaire called this the greatest dance sequence ever put on film
@Supaflexx Жыл бұрын
The music back then was so much fun.
@arlenewagner33883 ай бұрын
Cab Callaway the king of the late40 s and 40s. The Nicholas bros the best in the world dancers… The dance they do on two sets of stairs is the coolest ever. They were better than anyone. I wasn’t born then nuts, as a young girl loved that era and who didn’t adore the amazing Nicholas brothers? I adolized all of them at 10 in a movies on Boston movie time in the 50s!!! Beyond belief dancing and sounds I have adored the for the last 66 years. How come teens today know nothing about The Amazing Nicholas Brothers? That is true coooooool !!! 7:30
@tric512210 ай бұрын
nothing but mad respect to everyone in this clip. The band is tight, Cab is an amazing front man and the brothers are top notch, surpassed by none, dancers.
@woverby19635 ай бұрын
I first saw this when i watched the movie Stormy Weather, dont even remember why i watched it, not my usual kind of movie but i was floored when i saw this. Just about the most amazing thing i had ever seen. The other dances and musical numbers in the movie are awesome but this number just left me speechless!
@toodlescae Жыл бұрын
Oh this is a treat. These guys are fabulous!
@normaedietrich941011 ай бұрын
Ty for reviewing this. In the 60s i loved this song. So much fun to listen to.
@gailvolm38624 ай бұрын
Cab was a band leader, singer, and actor. This is from the movie, Stormy Weather 1943, with Lena Horne too. This was produced under the studio system in Hollywood.
@I_scribbles7 ай бұрын
Who needs coffee in the morning just play this as your alarm! This been on my playlist for a couple years...thx AJ for kickin me into Jazz head first. People were just built differently back then from our modern weak proceesed food eating bodies.
@melissabrooke114611 ай бұрын
I watched this movie recently and it was wonderful ❤️ Stormy Weather 😀
@susankolesar72097 ай бұрын
They did this in one take - the one you’re seeing. Amazing.
@lindalightfoot98372 ай бұрын
I'm a 69 year old white woman who loves these movies.
@markwaldman538911 ай бұрын
Famously, the Nicholas Brothers did this in ONE TAKE.
@timstewart902611 ай бұрын
That was my mother's time, and I had the same reaction that you did the first time I saw that performance: WOW!
@kizzyjrjunior652010 ай бұрын
The Best there ever was❤❤
@patriciamoore6492 Жыл бұрын
These guys had to have legs of pure muscle! And the endurance. Wow! Maybe an Olympian comes close? Nahh
@jaykaufman978211 ай бұрын
When Fayard and Harold leapt from the band section at 5:00, I realized they way the Nicholas Brothers landed was the "superhero landing" from recent movies -- a three-point landing with one leg out, the other leg bent and land on one knee, and land with one hand on the floor. I can't help but wonder if this is a bit of lore that survived for decades and was revived for the first "Iron Man" film or whichever superhero movie or comic book reintroduced this to the world.
@davidw.hulbertiv521110 ай бұрын
Love your reaction...
@MikeAndDawnGineseMusic Жыл бұрын
That’s what you call “In Shape”! Bring on the ice packs please. 😮🎵💜 Dawn(Mike too) PS Just an idea, maybe you can line up the video you share with your computer 💻 in your background. 😉
@RossM383811 ай бұрын
Note that the Nicholas brothers are shown full figure through out. Their heads hand and feet are always visible. Modern dance movies have many cuts to coverup takes and weaknesses
@dianamitchell28634 ай бұрын
This dance routine was a one take for the movie, that's how good they were.
@shereserobinson6535 Жыл бұрын
No invisible ropes, baby. And, you see who Michael loved besides James Brown, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Nicholas Brothers, and Jackie Wilson.
@greggross885611 ай бұрын
Tap dance still exists, sort of, but nobody -- then or now -- did it better than the Nicholas Brothers. They were on their own level, and nobody else came close.
@yvonneplant94348 ай бұрын
Funny how no one here has mentioned Savion Glover who is probably the greatest hoofer alive right now.
@yvonneplant94348 ай бұрын
The brothers grew up in Philly. There is still an active community of hoofers in Philadelphia.
@Glittersword6 ай бұрын
If you look closely when they are coming down the stairs. Their fist hits first while coming down in between the legs. Not directly but i believe that is their shock absorber and gow rhey prevented serious pain in the groin area. Their timing though is impeccable.
@armadillotoe10 ай бұрын
Cab Calloway appeared in the Blues Brothers movie in the 1980s.
@chrismadden1329 ай бұрын
I remember seeing them in person years ago
@charlesflager197010 ай бұрын
And they did it all in one take
@lisazaccardimeunier8378 Жыл бұрын
Making men cringe since 1943! 😂
@baskervillebee609710 ай бұрын
Cab Calloway's career lasted all the way to the Blues Brother's movie.
@Teenytinymia6 ай бұрын
Harold Nicolas (the shorter brother) was in the Five Heartbeats. He was their choreographer. The one that basically told Dresser his moves was wack lol.
@cspaikido11 ай бұрын
Cab Calloway was more a singer than anything else.
@miconis123 Жыл бұрын
I'd break my neck just trying to tap dance
@marcieharreld2863 ай бұрын
There's a colorized version....and no need to fade it. Play it as is!!🎵🎼🎶🥁🎧🎸🎤🎹🔥🔥🔥🔥
@sheltonmackey64499 ай бұрын
This generation was call the BE BOP
@victoriapowell631811 ай бұрын
I know Cab Calloway from The Blue Brothers movie. He was on stage stalling for the Blues Brothers and he did Minnie the Moocher at the end. I think he was known for "scatting" - isn't that what it's called?
@jeancoppin635311 ай бұрын
You might like "lucky number" from when the Nicholas Brothers were very young
@CPACK1Ай бұрын
The Nicholas Brothers were in a few movies.
@torigodbey383 Жыл бұрын
Disappointed that the video was was poorly visible. This was filmed in one take! Fred Astaire called this the best tap number ever!
@larplus Жыл бұрын
That was back when they had REAL talent
@jgmartin3079 ай бұрын
I don't know how true it is but I heard the dance sequence was done in one take using multiple cameras.
@DoroteoVilla Жыл бұрын
If no Cab Calloway, no Little Richard, no Chuck Berry, no Michael Jackson, no Prince and believe it or not, no Hip Hop
@hock2212ify10 ай бұрын
Done in 1 take 🔥🔥🔥
@Ira888816 ай бұрын
Congratulations on finally discovering the greatest dancers of all time. Of all time! And remember something: Back in the day, blacks couldn’t aspire to become leading men and solo dancers like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, etc. They didn’t write screen scripts for them. And Michael Jackson, who got his dance inspiration from both white and black famous dancers from days of old… Still couldn’t do splits like this!!!
@ChrisLawton6611 ай бұрын
It was always so hard to hear the music on silent films LOL Just kidding great reaction
@tawanaellsworth853412 күн бұрын
Cab is scatting!
@ninalabelle200511 ай бұрын
@ThatSingerReactions The Nicholas Brothers filmed this in one shot! No retake/restart nothing.
@Lovebug06901 Жыл бұрын
Reportly this was shot in ONE TAKE.
@cherylkurucz885211 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@tiffersworld3808 ай бұрын
Fred Astaire said the Nicholas Brothers were the best dancers. And to believe this was one take
@georgiapeach0 Жыл бұрын
They think they are dancers today but, the real dancers were way back then!!!
@reginastogner9535 Жыл бұрын
😎👍❤❤❤
@renee8437 Жыл бұрын
Ive seen the movie. Fred Astaire said it was the greatest dance routine he'd ever seen. That's saying something. Legendary.