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Cab was the first black artist to sell over a million records. The Nicholas Brothers were incredible. Anyone who doesn't think so has never tried to stand up from the splits without using their arms.
Cab Calloway and the Nicolas brothers were not only some of the greatest talent the world has ever seen, but they were class personified! True gentlemen. We’ll never see the likes of them again!
They were running out of time and money, so they had one rehearsal and did All of this in One Take! Fred Astaire said this was the Best dance number Ever put on film.
First of all thank you for your reaction. Cab Calloway was a giant in the entertainment industry of that time. He had his own band in his 20's. they all wore colorful Tuxedos, always very professional and was the house band of the famous Cotton Club. The Nicholas Brothers were one of a kind athletic dance team, very famous even as youngsters, they had their own Chauffeur driven Limo, there is a documentary on their life on You Tube.
The Nicholas Brothers brought gymnastics in their routines. They were self taught. Watch Gal from Kalamazoo,Down Argentine Way, Lucky Number(when they were young). Fabulous!! I liked the fact you mentioned the energy and joy, with Cab, the orchestra and the dancing.
I love it, i was speechless too when i first saw this. I had never seen anything like it! Skill 1000, Energy 1000, Entertainment 10000000000, its just so good, all of it.
The Nicholas Brothers began as street dancers as children. So by the time this was filmed they'd been at it for decades. There are other videos of them dancing. I recall seeing them a few times on TV when I was a kid.
This was at the height of the Harlem renaissance, also notice how people were dressed. Everybody was dressed up in their best clothes, men with suits, women with dresses and hats and probably gloves too. People back then also dressed up when they went to baseball games, they didn't look like they were on their way to a beach or like they thrown out of a homeless shelter for not passing a dress code. People had pride in their appearance, sadly times have changed, and gotten worse. A lot of people out in public today, don't even look human.
I hope you don't take offense at what I am about to say, but be assured it is out of love. I am 80 years old and have been playing jazz since 1949 when I was 6. I played in many venues where I was not only the only white guy in the band, but the only white guy in the building. In the 40's (I was born in 1943) nobody had a TV, very, very few people even had a radio, so the only opportunity they had for entertainment was to dress up "to the nines" as they used to say, and go to a dinner theatre where they could have a meal and dance the night away to music performed by people of this calibre. The people who played this music had begged, borrowed or stolen, an instrument and practiced their asses off until they could play at a level to join a band such as this. Yes, unfortunately it is true that the clubs were strictly segregated. I was never given a hard time being the only white guy there, but I am sad to say that a "colored" musician at the time would NEVER be allowed to play in a white band. In 1961 I enlisted in the US Navy as a musician and was assigned to the Naval School of Music in Washington DC, and one day I was called to the commandants' office. I reported, scared s---less wondering what I had done wrong only to be informed by him that a band playing at a local theatre had a trombonist fall ill and would I be willing to fill in, I said yes, and to my great delight the said band was the Count Basie Band.. Different times, different criteria, but by no means different abilities. I wished you would have commented on the skill of the musicians playing with no auto-tune, or electronic enhancement, but that was expected from those of us in the trenches. Glad you enjoyed this and congratulations on giving a great review. P.S. at 80 years old I am STILL performing.
This is truly a cornerstone of american entertainment. I'm enthralled every time I watch it. I think I read somewhere that this was all done in one take too! Outstanding music, outstanding dancing, titans of talent all around. And no, sadly, there's not much call for this stuff these days, but wouldn't it be wonderful if it came back?? Great reaction BYB! and congrats on 1K!!!
There is a RU-vid channel called Nicholas Brothers Official Videos. Check it out. There, you will find a 1964 performance of the brothers dancing and doing splits down a staircase much like in they did in the movie you posted here. Remember, this was 21 years later. Fayard was 49 and Harold was 43!
Entertainers back then especially black entertainers showed excellence ❤. The Nicholas brothers are my favorite entertainers and I am only 21 years old. You need to check out down argentine way by the Nicholas brothers, you won't be disappointed ❤
While Cab Calloway did do jazz and blues, he also did swing/big band, and I think 'Jumpin' Jive' fits more in the latter category. Some of the slang terms used here, such as 'gators', have gone out of fashion, but some are still in use. The use of rapid-fire nonsense syllables is known as 'scat-singing'. Louis Armstrong, Scatman Crothers, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sammy Davis, Jr. were among the proponents of the form. I suggest you watch the live-action version of 'Friend Like Me'. At the end, Aladdin and the Genie do jump-splits down the stairs in homage to the Nicholas Brothers. I like watching young people view this for the first time. At each point that someone gets impressed, I'm thinking 'You ain't seen nothing yet!' I'm glad you enjoyed this so much! By the way, here are the lyrics in case to want to read along with Cab: Boy? Oh, boy! Panama, Shanama, Swanee shore, Let me dig that jive some more; Boy? Oh boy! The jim-jam-jump with the jumpin' jive Makes you get your kicks on the mellow side. Hep! Hep! Hep! Hep! The jim-jam-jump with the solid jive, Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five, Hep! hep! Hep! Hep! Don't be that ickeroo, Get hep and follow through, And get your steady foo Make the joint jump like the gators do, The jim-jam-jump with the jumpin' jive, Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side, Hep! Hep! Hep! Hep! The jim-jam-jump with the jumpin' jive, Makes you hep! hep! hep! on the mellow side!
I know today everyone is bigger etc etc. But why have i never seen anyone try this epic performance that the NICHOLAS BROTHERS pulled off on the big screen several decades ago.
@@lindalightfoot9837first time I saw a film with the Nicholas Brothers was I was 9 years old and I was watching TV with my Dad an old film and he explained what we were about to see. Special.
I always joke that the Nicholas Brothers make Michael Jackson look like a punk. Fred Astaire, famous dancer of the era and one of the best said this is the finest dance duo ever put on film in this movie "Stormy Weather."
It’s great that you mentioned the video for Alright by Janet Jackson and that Cab Calloway was in it, because THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS WERE ALSO IN THAT VIDEO! They were the tap dancing brothers also in that video. Keep in mind that that video came out almost 50 years after Stormy Weather, so you’re definitely seeing history here. All of the Jacksons were influenced by the Nicholas Brothers. Also, if you ever saw the movie The Five Heartbeats, the instructors teach g them to dance were the Nicholas Brothers.
Billie Holiday lived in the 30's to the 60's, watch the whole movie:Stormy Weather: full of great entertainers and music The Nicholas Brothers:Lucky Numbers "
(new subscriber) What Calloway did which were not lyrics is called "scat" -- Ella Fitzgerald, for one, was an excellent scatter. This is from the film "Stormy Weather" but it is how it was "back then" -- nightclubs for dinner, a show similar to this, & dancing afterwards -- a real fun evening out. Unfortunately that seems to be all lost & young people don't know how good it was to have that -- looking on a phone screen, or even at a video, just doesn't cut it - it ain't the same. If we weren't doing this in a club, we saw it on the big screen in the theater. We also lost all of those great instruments that were always a part of our music -- the great saxophone, the horns, a real piano, etc. that was part of the Big Band era, '50's doo-wop. Suggestions if you're interested for happy bouncy dancing musicals from 2 very enjoyable movies w-the great Gene Kelly: Gene dancing w-cartoon character Jerry Mouse (yes they paired Gene w-a cartoon character - ingenious) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LZKNX1iKaMY.html called "The Worry Song" 1945; & Gene dancing on roller skates ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-th1PfgT09-g.html in 1955. Professional dancers are always dancing, practicing, it keeps you limber w-strong muscle tone. Some famous people who were not known as dancers but were very good were Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (taught by Gene Kelly), famous actress Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth (great dancer/actress) & of course Patrick Swayze & John Travolta. Thanks for your reaction, it was enjoyable to watch you.
Thanks BYB! Cab was a huge talent (singer, dancer and musical director) ... and influence ... the Nicholas Brothers were just... DAMN! (Harold and Fayard.. they started as children.. and have been lauded by many famous dancers.. including Fred Astaire, and others) Appreciate your reaction.. (yes, it is "tap" but so much more... check them out in another film.. 1940! they not only dance, but SING.. and in Spanish.. they boys had it all!) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I9kiqd38kvQ.html (notice the moves that later became called "break dancing".. lol)
I loved your reaction to this! Even when you were silent, your facial expressions said it all. lol Since you liked this, I'd suggest Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in Hellzapoppin' when you have time - if you haven't seen it already. It's from the same era and I think it might leave you awestruck, as well. Like this, there are versions in black and white and color. Again, great reaction!
Oh yes the nicholas brothers! One of the best of all time. Some people actually compare nicholas brothers with the les twins. Thise are some good groups
One of the best, if not the best, dance scenes ever filmed. It was done in one take in 1943 during World War 2. They didn't have enough film for a second take.
@@jnagarya519 obviously 🙄 but a take is when the camera is on and film is being used. It was filmed on one take. Not enough FILM for a second take . Film was being used in large amounts for war purposes. Little was available.
@@davidfryer9218 I doubt you have a source for that. And it means very little as some sort of "boast" because the routine was planned out and rehearsed in advance of being filmed. Regardless period, most films are rehearsed before filming; it costs less.
One thing I noticed about these reaction clips. They seem to not wanna Google or do any research on their subject. She doesn't know what year that was?
