Aw yes indeed the CABB

From the back of by head I saw him they baddd baddd bro

Very sad to say when I attend live musicals I get very emotional. It is truly a mark of how amazing the human race can be. Artistry in this form gives me hope for humanity. I always say, "If an alien were to be among us, would musicals be the only thing from keeping us from being invaded?"

@@patrickvanrinsvelt4466 I can feel you on dat bro like they say music calms da beast

Great!

Live in vegas ?

Id give my left leg to see this live.

Imagine that... I'd be there !!!

I would hate to get that bill at the end of the night.

@@cesargracia5275 If you can afford it, than it's definitely worth every penny.

I agree 100%

Fred Astaire said the same thing. archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/03/26/reviews/000326.26alofft.html www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/06/tap-dancing-fred-astaire-fabulous-nicholas-brothers

@@saudade2100 great article thanks for sharing

Hellzapoppin

Absolutely no doubt 😎

Me too! I've watched this sooo many times; it's spectacular!

That's so great. My dear friend of 25 years has just died, and I thought she was taking the 'P' when she told me about the old blues guys she knew, but then I went to US, was in hospital and she gave me her old phone. The contacts had almost half of my record collection on it!! Then as I recovered before come back to UK, she pointed out Stevie Ray Vaughan's house across the road - I almost died again.. Austin Texas, you lost a legend in my dear friend MJ..

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Fli-City 🫡

Lucky you. He looks like he’s having a ball playing those drums!

Now THIS is music. Compare it to todays trash, Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Beyoncé, and all the other garbage.

Yeah, I’m not usually a fan or colourised black and white pictures but this did give it something extra.

You're not wrong. Seen this many times B&W...this really makes it pop.

@@johnwheatley5641 are u British per chance?

johnny v I am indeed. My spelling of “colourised” give me away?

@@johnwheatley5641 it indeed did give you away, but your original point stands firm. The frontmen and dancers have a suit different to the musicians in this colorized video

He did, indeed! And remember Fred Astaire was the ultimate perfectionist! So, this was the highest noteworthy event in these guys world in my opinion!

Fred Astaire should have just retired.

He was right!!!😍

And they also said "When it was time to do the jumps over each other's heads into splits in the routine, we never rehearsed it. It came nice and easy. Nick Castle [the choreographer] said not to rehearse it, that we knew what to do. So we did it like a rehearsal. And in one take!"

@@Yggdrasil1844 They are amazing! I love watching them and I have read up on them some too. My favorite . But i didn't know they didn't even rehearsed it!! Thanks for the info!

That ole agender not wanting us to be the great we were...

Also one of the greatest scat singer.

Hi-dee-hi!!

Yes such a legend

@@nancydemoss8421 hee dee hee dee heedie heee

And let's not forget all the amazing musicians the entire performance is breathtaking

Lmao the one side-eyeing them at 2:05 might agree with you. Far right front row

@@ButchBirdie HA! i noticed him too. i’d be the same way, the way he was dodging. “kick me, i dare you.”

That one guy on the right kept leaning. 😂

I concur!!! A million times over!

Not to mention nailing/sustaining that high note. Mind blown!

Savion Glover said that if this scene was reshot today, it'd have to be CGI, because there's no one in the world who can do this.

I believe it!

It's so sad seeing and knowing just how talented, loving and all around great they were as a whole, yet have turned into monsters in this day and age ☹️😞🤬 their "music", robbing and such. Ehat an absolute shame.

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@@cateatfood6634remember this world is ruled by the lowercase God satan understand that he’s really behind the the horrible rap artists. More people need to boycott the trash and instead push and promote Godly artist

Terence Trent D'Arby could also do that.

@@Pashasmom1 I can also do it. Everything is just irreversibly torn up and destroyed afterwards.

Yep

SOME PEOPLE DONT KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO EVEN DO A SPLIT AS A BOY - My brother

Let alone jumping into a split every other step!!!!

Exactly. Not even Fred Astaire.

Check out the Berry Brothers on KZfaq.

The Berry Brothers as well

I always think about how many talents were kept away from great musicals of the past due to their race. like the Nicholas Brothers should've been major leads! Love Gene Kelly and Astaire and Fosse, but they could not do what these two could.

@@Udontkno7 in the big picture every great work will be revealed and all injustices will be corrected that's why one can be happy knowing that those injustices will be reversed because what you said is true as I see it that nobody could do what they did and the funny thing is who does racist hurt the most? racist because they missed out on all the beauty that they could have gotten from the Nicholas Brothers as well as in other fields of life

Thank you for mentioning that. I didn't know and now I want to plan a trip to see that These gentlemen were second to none Their talent is sooo rare and the world misses them

😂so what??

I gotta visit one day.

That's good. What's not good is theae brothers' descendants being useless, thugs or "rappers". What a tragedy their culture and people have become. They used to be miles ahead of whites in terms of just marriage; now they're dead last at 24% of fayhers in the home, JUST a father being around, for cripes sake!

Fwiw there is still a very active tap community in Philadelphia which is where the brothers grew up.

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I agree. I looked again to see if the piano top appeared to be reinforced.

@@mrmeach1967I have a feeling it probably was. Impressive stuff

Absolutely. It looked like they performed on two different sets. I wonder. No matter. This routine is incredible.

Right

I think they missed dancing on the ceiling.

The look on his face, too! It's like, 'oooooh, let me get out of their way.'

I love all of them. They knew how to compliment each other.

and shaking his jive finger

This should be Part of Music History

@@tamaramadison7563 it is music history.. in the mid 80s Gap stores came out with a commercial ..for khakis... kids were dancing swing.. I believe to this song... ..but definitely was Cab Calloway.

Well said Bro

You got it!

Mind boggling is an understatement. I would have passed out long before they ended, AND needed oxygen!!! They are out of this world.❤

Rockettes??? Wow, no flavor, no spice, just white ladies dancing and kicking in sync. Not even worth being in a conversation of tap dancing.

Same. I can't watch one without watching the other.

They never skipped leg day for sure.

Right

What is the name of the dance?

@@Aethelhadas it’s called tap dancing

@@alexjackson5693 thank you Alex!!

Not true. One take for the final splits - usual filming for everything else.

@@kuklafranandollie - But probably didn't need as many takes as other performers. (I heard the splits down the steps were improvised?)

I don’t know how anybody would have the energy for multiple takes. I’m exhausted just watching!

@@julietfischer5056 I suppose it's possible the splits weren't planned, but the music matched them...

I'm willing to believe they danced a tight set, but I can't bring myself to believe any (or even the entire thing, as I've seen said in some places) of this was improvised. At the least they would've had a thorough listen-through of the song and choreographed beforehand. If they really improvised it, it would've been almost impossible to sync every footfall so perfectly, or predict every transition, for instance the "duet" with the piano at 2:49. The whole thing just looks too clean.

That's how I feel as well

Ohh come on, really? You grew up in the right generation to enjoy all types of music with the tap of your fingers.

I absolutely agree with you 100%😎!!!

Same 😊

77 years ago, but yeah crazy!

I stand corrected.. 77 years ago 🤣 my maths were clearly disabled when I typed this haha!

I'm not gonna let it go. Its always go be new to me. It's Incredible!

@@the_bearded_wonder No, you're math is good. 2020-1943=77.

@@Lexilove2016 I edited the post a while back 🤪🤣

I’m sure they did, they just smiled their way through it. Ouch indeed.

It was painful for them. In later interviews they talked about how they didn't rehearse the part where they jumped down the stairs, as they had in their minds what they were going to do and also knew how painful it was going to be so they only did it once. Still a major achievement. In order to reduce the wear and tear on their bodies the director elected to shoot the entire song and dance sequence in one take, using multiple cameras for complete coverage. Fred Astaire, who was in the sound stage during filming, told the Nicholas Brothers that the "Jumpin' Jive" dance sequence was "the greatest movie musical number he had ever seen".

and they do that staircase bit at the END of the routine when they were the most tired, after already doing so many split jumps and standing back up (with no hands). It's just mind boggling. I wonder if they had hip problems in old age.

@@lestranged The oldest brother had two hip surgeries and also a lot of knee pain. During their later performances, he couldn't do the splits anymore.

@@sk_lxr2920 That makes sense. Doing extraordinary things with your body takes a toll. Lots of pro athletes become disabled in old age after pushing their bodies to the limits. 😥

No bottom shaking, no "rapping" about ending lives, getting sith girls in the nastiest of ways, nor taking substances and acquiring money. It's so painful to see and know just how great they were, only to be degraded to what they are now.

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​@@cateatfood6634Yeah never get sith pregnant. We could end up with Darth maul and go back to 1999.

​@@FreedomFighter2112It's amusing. They're ignorant as they are stupid. A bushel of narcissists.

80 years....amazing when you think about it!

@@damelos4039 yup definitely

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It's a shame that more people doesn't know about to brothers, but it's not their fault....I guaranteed you if they had been caucasian, a lot more people would know about the nicholas brothers the same they know about fred astaire.

@@jameswinston5512 It sucks. Well, hey, that sure as hell doesn't erase their incredible legacies!

Cab Calloway is not as well know as he deserves to be. It’s a shame this era of music is fading from public conciseness

@@metelicgunz146 it's a shame that the black talent in those days wasn't getting the same respect as the white entertainers 😥

@@jameswinston5512 I mean idk about that performers like Louis Armstrong are some of the most recognizable artists who ever lived. But it is a tragedy that most were payed less for their performances.

Ikr! I kept rewinding it lol

This era completely demolishes the talent of today.

Cab was just too......COOL

Same fr I thought it was smooth

Yes! As much as Cab likes to be center of attention -he not only runs one of the best big bands of the era, he is also its featured vocalist. But even the great Cab Calloway side steps out to let the Nicholas Brothers make their magic! :) OMFW! I can die happy just because i was able to see this piece of cinema history! :)

Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were talented dancers, but, they COULDN''T BEGIN TO TOUCH THIS, even in their best days!!!

The Brothers were both acrobatic and elegant. Unbeatable!❤❤

AMEN 🙌

Ah, but take Mr. Astaire’s own opinion, as he was on the sound stage during its filming (entirely shot on one take, BTW). He said it was the greatest dance routine he had ever seen.

And now YOU GUYS have TWERKING..... congratulations I guess....😉

Deadass

@one Sof Asael nothing I agreed

Well no, you would not like it back there in the daily grind. What you see here is the illusion of style and sophistication. Not like that in reality!

Me too

🤔🤩

So true, Ted!

Dopo una esibizione del genere ben vengano menischi rotti e slogature a profusione . Sono dei giganti 👏👏👏

This is the greatest dance act ever put on film.

@@candyladyson Absolutely! It was!

The Nicholas Brothers got this dance move done in ONE TAKE for this movie. Perfect doesn't need to be redone.

And we pioneered every music, dance, art and drama in the entertainment industry

No they said in an interview it was more than one take

Not true watch very closely there were many breaks in this clip. Clever editing made it appear as though this was done in one take. Some of the breaks were done at 2:03, 2:27, 2:50, 3:12, etc. They were brilliant dancers nonetheless.

Don’t be absurd.

Everyone in this film is " the consummate professional artist and performer "- because they had to be!

@@calisongbird you and your actual facts are not pleasing to the crowd that wants to believe everything was better in 1940, And nobody has ever made a good movie since the godfather.

Hehe it’s funny because your a banana

@@cakeboy7782 lol

@CMsSweetCherryMusic🍒 😂😂😂😂😂😄😄😄😄😄😅😅😅😅😅 Too funny!!

@CMsSweetCherryMusic🍒 oh my goodness you absolutely right 😹😹😹

🤣

Spot on

How lucky to have met these supreme performers. Wow!

Truly, my friend.

I'm grateful.

Wow. You are so lucky to have met them.

I'm deeply grateful!

This was part of the 1943 movie Stormy Weather so it wasn't really a "performance" that people could go and see as such

@@MBM1117727 they did actual performances as well though

@@mats7492 true. But they might not have been quite as elaborate.

Me too

May they continue to RIHP!! Extraordinary & unlimited God-given talent!! 💘 💃 👡 🌈 🎶 😍 🎥 📷

I love it!! ❤❤❤

My parents did too. same reaction even though I was about 7 years old

This is American heritage, nothing African American about it. Old movies are a proof that back in the day people were a lot more unified in their culture than they are now! This is the same type of dance number that you could see everywhere across the English speaking world. Danced by white people, Black people, and everything in-between. I don't understand this modern need to segregate yourself from all things "white". Your grandparents fought for the right to integrate and you're spitting on their graves!

@@Muxxyy BS. I was going to explain how wrong your comment is but decided to erase it. Do the research your damned self. You need to study the history of this country if you think ANYTHING you just wrote is factual. One thing I will tell you is that our grandparents had pride in their Blackness, in their African American-ness and would be proud that were recognizing the works of our ancestors and labeling it as such. You know nothing about our ancestors or their history in this country or you wouldn't have even thought to write your comment. Good day!

@@Muxxyy tap dancing’s origins are incredibly rooted in African American culture. It started as a combination of Irish jig and African rhythm dance, but developed into what was called juba (mostly performed in the south by African Americans until white performers used this style for minstrel shows). The black dancers popularized and perfected this craft, so yes, it is 100% apart of the African American culture. This has nothing to do with segregation, but rather taking pride in how the African American community was able to help form one of America’s most beloved art forms! And, by the way, this is a white tap dancer writing this!

It would add class to our sloppy clothes society.

We get Taylor swift and Bieber.

​@@jacquelinedavis6607Our world is collapsing and it couldn't be better. We start a new like many many many times before.

@@atedinahalf6288 I understand what you are saying. Nothing is new under the sun. Every generation says the youth are ruining our society, not taking education seriously, and have poor morals. After 30 years of teaching , I saw a decline in respect for the teachers. My county was a fine county with high test scores. There were still too many parents giving teachers grief. Home discipline was neglected and we had kindergartners going to the principal's office for crawling on the floor, refusing to work, and basic entitlement. Where am I going with this? It is sad that 6 grandparents are raising the grandchildren because parents are in jail. My grandchildren have 6 grandparents because I divorced my emotional and psychologically narcissistic husband. By the grace of God, my grandchildren are wonderful, very loved, and 3 out of 4 are baptized. That's not a must or priority in many many homes. Everyone has a belief or love to help their family grow. My only hope is that parents be the leader of the house. Not the other way around.

That talent no longer exists.

And class.

I'm out of breath just watching lol

I always laugh at the one who keeps leaning left for fear of getting kicked!

@@misterbonzoid5623 Yeah, the guy on the sax is like, NOPE.

Cab Calloway’s singing was dubbed in many of the musicals but that doesn’t detract from his presence or the fact he could really hold a tune. The Nicholas Brothers beat Fred Estaire and Ginger Rogers into a cocked hat.

Nicolas Brothers were the pioneers of modern pop/jazz dancers, they were the coolest 😎 brothers on the big movie 🎬 screen.

Fred Astaire was a dancers dancer. He was extremely good. Just a different style.

Yes Cab is the coolest cat I've ever seen! This has got to be the greatest performance ever!

well, the sequence was put together from a number of shots ;-)

@Sandpills there are several cuts and different angles - but yes maybe it was filmed on multiple cameras simultaneously... obvious I need to dig into this and learn more ... what a nice project to have :-) learning more about Nicholas Bros.

Woah...

They definitely rehearsed it, you can see shoe marks at around 3:18. They just did it in one take.

Yeah... no, I 'm not buying that. Though it did look like a single take. Which is probably for the best, as doing this even once probably knackers you out for a while

Sheena: then let's do it! We don't need any rehearsel just starbucks!

@@terrytari1891 , 🤣🤣🤣😂

funny, but it wasn't my knees that were hurting when they did those split/jumps coming down the stairs!! lol

My booty's hurting. Although that's always been the case.

They are awesome dancers but every move all I can think of is my knees and hip joints 😂

Me too🤣🤣🤣 My knees are killing me. Hahaha

My ankles!

Send it to your friends and see what they think.

@@timcunningham136 Tut. Don't make himself get rejected and sidelined...

@@renderizer01 Not sure what you mean. Why would anyone get rejected or sidelined by sending a video with phenomenal dancers?

@@timcunningham136 I was - rather tongue in cheek - referring to the still not sooo distant possibility that his friends might think that this is utter crap when he shows it to them. But then they might love it, too. A lot of my friends back in the day thought me a bit of a nutcase for some of my tastes in music (I happen to love a lot of traditional forms of music from a lot of different countries). I didn't exactly get sidelined but there was always someone paying attention that I didn't get my hands on the hifi (it's been some time)... 😉

@@renderizer01 If you’re friends want to judge you for your music tastes the fuck em. This isn’t even weird or fringe. Sure it’s outdated but it’s genuinely good shit, like enjoying classical music

The amount of trust those orchestra players had as well.

I’ve seen this clip a million times and I was always so busy looking at the dancing that I never noticed the poor saxophonist. Stellar performers all around. True professionals.

he also smiles a bit at the end :D

Its the ¨hep¨ that does it.

Manlets rise up "no pun intended"

Great lyric

There pro is talent like this out there. You just don’t see it.

@@garyfrancis6193 That’s why the comment was that you don’t see talent like this anymore, not that it’s non existent. Talent like this goes unnoticed because trendy dances that have 15 minutes of fame are out at the forefront, rather than natural talent that derives from the heart and soul.

Actually the last time you've seen this dancing was back in the mid 80s

Justin Timberlake didn't play this super bowl, are you right in the head?

Don’t put J.Timberlake and the Nicholas brothers in the same sentence. It’s sounds like comparing a worm with a star. Blasphemous.

Justin who?

@@paulgatunopaulgatuno6490 exactly my point!😂 nobody knows.

Justin who?

You and me both. In a full body cast.

Simply trying to scat like Cab Calloway would be enough to do me in :D

@cinematic nerd. At least you'd be in ICU, I'd be in total traction😂. Beyond words how gifted and incredible these two gentlemen were!!❤️

They were the best in the entertainment world - singers, dancers, and musicians. I love to watch them all.

Very true, black culture has given both America and the world some great things.

@@cringyalienguy9787 as amazing as this is and those dancers were, this style of dancing doesn’t come at all from “African American inheritance”

@@thomateish Look up the origins of tap dance. You will be pleasantly surprised.

@@Pashasmom1 thank you. I appreciated your response and looking into it yes I am amazed.

Are you kidding ? That leg work is unrealistic.

Must be computer graphics fakery. I can't dance like that.....no body can.

@@georgehunter2813 this was film in 1943

The Nicolas Brothers are yet to be duplicated. Absolutely! And Cab Calloway was his own fresh independent big band composer. Fresh and bold. Both of them's. Calloway and Nicolas.

The GOATS

Astaire always gave Black performers their due, from Bill Robinson (Mr. Bojangles) to Michael Jackson.

Sure did. BTW the staircase is a FAMOUS moment.

If you watch Astaire or Kelly, you see disciplined control. You can't possibly call this "graceful" by comparison. The footwork is all over the place. This is controlled, wild abandon! Just a different, fun kinda swing.

@@zsedcftglkjhWe’ll just have to agree to disagree. 😒

@@zsedcftglkjh As someone who dances, this takes more bodily control, discipline, and hard work to do than a lot of what Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly do. There is discipline in the seeming chaos that makes this experience as good as it is.

If Fred thought it was the best, that's enough for me.

@@Greyareas27 exactly. Can’t argue with that!

Yes!! The sign of a great dancer they are unique on to themselves even when they dance in chorus

Yeeeesssss!

Did you notice how slick the floor is? They are like ice skaters and football athletes all rolled up in one - perfect control, manage to synchronize at all the steps. They are so talented, I don't know if we will ever see the likes of them in these modern times.

@@BlackSeranna I didn’t but WOW. As someone who has tapped on slick floors it’s an incredibly huge feat that they aren’t flopping everywhere.

So true!

It is I didn't know about this movie or The Nicholas Brothers but I had to watch this scene like ten times that's how amazing their dancing is.

Busta Rhymes.

Twista

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🎩I read that too. I agree with Astaire's comment concerning the talented Nicholas Brothers. 🎩Cab Calloway was also very handsome as well as talented.My mother enjoyed his music when she went to the movies.🎞️🎬🎥📽️

he did say that, it is true

Man these guys danced circles around Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Arthur Murray. Hollywood was too racist to give them their proper due and put them behind the previously named dancers. Fred Astaire later admitted much of his influence on dance steps came from what he saw performed by black dancers like the Nicholas Brothers when he would visit Harlem nightclubs.

He did indeed!

Ol’ Cab Calloway! I remember him growing up watching Sesame Street. I always loved the segment they had of him. So much talent in this film finale. Thanks for sharing!

Is this what inspired that part in Aladdin? They do that same thing during friend like me

agreed Ouch !!!

How does one even rehearse such a thing?! I am a woman and if you could ever get me to attempt this ONCE, you'd better have a camera rolling.😂

@@eternalmiasma5586 yes I was looking for a comment that said this

@@eternalmiasma5586 Really? I never watched Aladdin, not all the way through. Now I want to.

Oh, what I would give for that to be true.

We need a Time Machine 🙂

this story is true! i was the “lyft as uber” which is totally a thing

AJ LMAO

"Whippersnappers"! ...😂

ill snap your whip

Well any music sounds good to intoxicated ppl

Not anymore unfortunately, now when you see a black musician they're most often rappers. Though I'm sure there are still a lot of great jazz and blues groups out there, they're just not in the pop scene though.

@@donder91 its all Black music - rap isn't any better or worse, its a completely different playing field, there's no comparison. There's Anderson Paak. but there's also a lot of good hiphop and even 'mumble rap' artists that people slag off but they actually make decent music

ADOS musical heritage.

@@donder91 Listen to Samm Henshaw’s Still Broke, the colors performances (most of the black performances are amazing, and not all rap related, no cursing, etc) and Leon Bridges - Lisa Sawyer. They still exist, the public just won’t make them famous because they like vulgar. It’s what sells, but they aren’t gone. Even the “hood” rapper Mo3 could sing gospel. Labrinth the artist is great too!

And now you have cardi b and Meg thee stallion! It’s gotten better

Bad bunny generation

Prolly racists

Jealous cause they fell downstairs trying to dance like this

You already know who that person might be, easily someone who does not look like them

Probably decendants of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly 😀. Did I just say that 🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️

I Wonder What It would have been like to see this in actual THEATERS.

When the Messiah arrives, hopefully this video becomes the second most magnificent thing you've ever seen.

Fred Astaire, not a bad hoofer himself, called this the best dance scene ever filmed, bar none

Passion, dedication,devotion and talent perfectly measured 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

@@liz6cats280 ? Uhm ok

@@frankhoffman6825 Mikhail Baryshnikov said they were “the most amazing dancers I have ever seen in my life - ever,” and “Those guys are perfect examples of pure genius.” [You can't get higher praise than this.]

My dad also

You were privileged for having an amazing FATHER. GOD bless. 🙏🏻

@@careca6547 God Bless you

Lucky you. You of course know this is once in a lifetime happening.

Wonderful!!! 💜💜 I wonder what your father would think about what these people have become of today. It's so sad seeing and knowing just how talented, loving and all around great they were as a whole, yet have turned into monsters in this day and age ☹️😞🤬