I hope you guys enjoy! So apparently I was way off this was from the 40s and 50s lol my apologies for the mistake as I’m learning on this new music journey. Def appreciate everyone who corrected me. Stay on me 👌
This is the 1940s. The Nicholas brothers started dancing in 1932 as kids. Cab Calloway had his own band in 1928. Je was on the Blues Brothers movie in 1980. I like it when younger generations connect to the past. These guys are before my time but my grandparents were in that era. I, always loved old movies. This viseo is from the movie Stormy Weather made in 1943.
This is from a movie in the 1940’s Cab Calloway born 1907 is my grandmother’s cousin on my dad’s side. Big bandleader, dancer, singer, actor. The style of singing is scatting. They all played Vaudville and The Chittlin Circut. He and the Nicholas Brothers performed at the famous Cotton Club in New York and depicted in the movie Cotton Club 1984 and other films about that era. They opened doors for everyone that came after them. I’m 63 and a 27 year history teacher and music, movie buff. Live your reactions.
The Nicholas Brothers are two of the best that ever were--they taught both Michael and Janet Jackson. They did this number in one take without much rehearsal, that's how good they were. The movie is Stormy Weather from 1943, and is full of great numbers like this. You might want to watch the beautiful Lena Horne sing the title song.
Another great video featuring the Nicholas bros is "Down Argentine Way" - they also SANG -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KNrI7XF-pII.html (I have read that even Fred Astaire said that this was "'the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film")
"They did this number in one take " I know a lot of people claim that, but it's just not possible. Not that they couldn't have done the routine straight through without stopping, but there are multiple different camera angles, including long shots, mids, and tight shots. If they'd done this in a single take, they'd have had to use several cameras and you'd see one camera in a shot from another.
What you saw Cab Calloway - sing, play, and direct the band behind him is what my Grandpa did for a living. He was what's called a "Big Band Leader" in the 40's & early 50's. That's where he started my music education - back with the greats. I even learned to tap dance. 🤣 Great reaction Karlton. I'm so glad you saw this!
@@dubzer0649 This is from the movie Stormy Weather 1943...Cab and his band were performing at the Cotton Club in Harlem from 1929 to the mid 1930s..THE GREAT CAB CALLOOWAY
The Nicholas Brothers "Moonwalked" before Michael Jackson's daddy was a twinkle in his daddy's eye...........these guys were the origins of so much modern choreography!
This is from the film, 'Stormy Weather', 1943. They were running out of film and money, had One rehearsal and shot this all in One Take, and Nailed it! Fred Astaire said this was the greatest dance number ever put on film!
I have been loving them since I was a little girl... I adored 30s and 40s the best... I could watch this all day long... I LOVED BIG BAND MUSIC... tap dancing
This entire sequence was done in one take. The sound is recorded live; they could not coordinated the tapping sound with the Nicholas Brothers' feet. Check out the lighting!
That was crazy. My father was a tap dancer and knew the Nicolas Brothers, and this performance was done in 1943 for the famous movie "Stormy Weather." Incredibly, this complex Nicolas Brothers performance was completed in an impossible ONE take according to the Movie Director. This performance is legendary and never repeated by any dancer in the 78 years since that movie to this day -- it was too difficult if not also dangerous. The Nicolas Brothers are legends for their various performances.
Dude, lm an old man in his 60s and it pleases me so much to be able to see you younger generations find the old school music and appreciat it like this guy has. BTW this wasn't the 60s, it was the early 30s and IMO he was more hip than Elvis 20+ years before rock and roll was invented. I was lucky enough to have seen him perform live on NYE in SF with my dad and I will never forget it. The shout back part of the songs were so iconic,I will never forget how much fun and and enthusiasm that we shared that night. I realize that I have probably sent you this video so many times but it makes me feel so happy when I get to see younger people get excited when seeing them for the first time.
Now, THATS DANCIN'!!And the young ones think they came up with all those moves, especially the splits!! Love these videos from back in the day!!🎵🎶🎵🎶 Please do Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars, its a mashup of this type of dancing...its brilliant!!🎶
Tap dance was big back in the 1920s-30s-40s-50s. There were some brilliant tap dancers back in the day. But nobody, NOBODY, was better than the Nicholas Brothers.
Love these guys! They were great. I was born in '42, my parents listened to the radio, so I heard them a lot. Thanks for this, haven't seen them in decades!
Gregory Hines once said that if there was a biopic of the Nicholas Brothers you would need CGI for the dance numbers because no one could duplicate them.
If you like the dancing talent, someone has added this type of dance from the era to Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars. Lots of famous dancers/actors on there. It's a great watch 👍😁
The Nicholas Brothers 🚬🔥 dance the "Jumpin' Jive" in the 1943 musical . Fred Astaire said it was "the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film." I've been a vintage movie 🎥 buff since I was a teenager. Real talent/true stars. 👏👏👏⭐🌟
Yes this was def different for me to watch but I truly enjoyed it especially how different it was from today’s videos. Thanks for watching this one Janice I always appreciate you
Now that you've seen that, and just to show you their influence, react to the official video for "Alright", by Janet Jackson. That came out in 1990. Not only is that inspired by Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers, but Janet FEATURED them in the video. 47 years later since Stormy Weather, the Nicholas Brothers were still dancing.
Harold and Fayard Nicholas started their dancing careers early. The first film I've seen of them was when Harold was 9 and Fayard was 15, called Lucky Number. There's another clip of them, I've Got a Gal from Kalamazoo where Fayard literally runs up a pillar and does a flip. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t521jxF8tyc.html Well worth watching. They were IT! Class personified. Harold was married to Dorothy Dandridge, a very popular actress of the time. Harold had several good acting roles. One was as Sarge in the film The Five Heartbeats. They were still dancing in the 60s and beyond.
I think this is a lot earlier then the 60's. Probably in the 40's. It looks really old. But them boys can jump. But how did they not hurt certain parts of their bodies.????
These guys were amazing! I love these old dance scenes. When I was a child I was a big fan of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Used to hop around in front of the TV trying to dance like them. 🤣 As a teenager I took a tap dance class at school. We had a lot of fun. I would love to see you react to Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor or any of those dancers/singers. I only know the artists that had been on TV back then.
Iam always amazed when I come across people who haven't seen this. In the 50 s and 60s most of early tv during the day was old musical , and B movies Sunday afternoon was all old movie classics and from 11to3 in the morning was the late show , late late show and late late late show was old B movies. Then you had Sunday night and Saturday night at the movies more current stuff. Check out Turner classic movies
The Brothers, yeah, that dance was improvised. I mean of course they went over what they had in mind, but they were just that in tune with each other. You should check out Chatanooga Choo choo. They sing with a lady that one was dating or married to at the time. It was significant in that they were portraying black sexuality in media, something taboo at the time.
Hep-hep! De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki! Hep-hep! Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dah, Hep-hep! Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin' jive, Hep-hep! Jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive; Hep-hep! Cats gonna beat out this mellow jive; Hep-hep! Beat it out on the mellow side. Boy? Whatcha gonna say there, gate? Oh, boy! Whatcha gonna say there, gate? Palomar, shalomar, Swanee shore, Let me dig that jive once more, Boy! Lay it right on down to the gator. Oh, boy! Lay it flat as a gator. Now, can't you hear those hepcats call, Yeah! Come on, boys, let's have a ball! The jim, jam, jump on the jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side, Hep-hep! Hep-hep! The jim, jam, jump is the solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five, Hep-hep! Hep-hep! Now, don't you be that ickeroo, Get hep, come on and follow through, Then you get your steady foo, You make the joint jump like the gators do, The jim, jam, jump on the jumpin' jive Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side, Hep-hep! Hep-hep! The jim, jam, jumpin' jive Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side! Hep-hep! Hep-hep! Hep-hep! Hep-hep! The jim, jam, jump on the jumpin' jive, Will make you dig your jive on the mellow side, Hep-hep! Hep-hep! The jim, jam, jump, the solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five, Hep-hep! Hep-hep! Now, don't you be that ickeroo, Get hep, come on and follow through, Then you get your steady foo, You make the joint jump like the gators do, The jim, jam, jump on the jumpin' jive Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side, Hep-hep! Hep-hep! The jim, jam, jumpin' jive, Makes you hep-hep on the mellow side; Hep-hep! Hep-hep! [Scating] Now, I've told you 'bout the jumpin' jive, The jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive, I know you dug this mellow jive, Oh, you dig it on the mellow side. Another Version 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!
Hon, this Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers routine is from the 1943 African Amerjcan movie called Stormy Weather with Lena Horne and Jackie Robinson not the 1960's.
If you enjoyed the incredible talents and gifts of Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers then you will also love this routine from Tip Tap and Toe dancing to the rhythm of the Ink Spots in the movie Pardon My Sarong. Here is a link. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZoP0ovWJKmE.html
Another AMAZING Dance Video is "Hellzapoppin". I don't know how they did all the dancing and acrobatics. I got tired just watching them! The dance is called the "Lindy Hop". PLEASE watch you'll be amazed.
Yes this is definitely the 1940's. The Nicholas Brothers were hot stuff talent back in the day, and no one even today can really replicate their talent or bravery at their dance skill level. Or even their energy. Also the type of scatting that Cab is doing in his singing is also a giveaway of the era. Big in the 30's and 40's, but I'd say gone completely by the 60's when The Righteous Brothers were popular. The music styles change every decade
The music was great. Big band and swing. The dance routine may have been the best ever recorded on film. Feed Astair thought so. One thing I really like about these old movies from the 40s and earlier, is how sharp people dressed. People had class and respect back then. The idea of going out to a nice club in anything other than a tux for guys and evening dress for the ladies would have been unthinkable. The way people dress today, you would not even be allowed in a side street diner back then. And the Nicholas brothers did their routine dressed in TAILS!
If you ever decide that you want to get more familiar with the best dancing in films, I think that would be a fun thing to start reacting to. There are So Many awesome dance videos on youtube, some from the golden era of the Hollywood musical movies, and some from the golden era of pop music videos. Younger folks have missed out on so much amazing dancing from the past; it's really exciting to see them discover it.
Hi! You were asking for some real oldies in black and white. Please react to the Queen of Soul ARETHA FRANKLIN singing"It Won't Be Long" (Live on the Steve Allen Show 1964) Thanks!
You know sooner or later all you reaction people end up doing the same reactions. I really like you because you take our suggestions seriously and always comment back to us. So I came up with an idea to put you up a cut of above the rest. Do something they are not. React to metal bands with front women. I did the legwork, here's the list I complied of some of my favorites: The Pretty Reckless (Taylor Momsen), In This Moment ( Maria Brink), Halestorm (Lzzy Hale), Sirenia (Emmanuelle Zoldan), Epica (Simone Simons), Arch Enemy (Angela Gossow), Nightwish (Tarja Turunen), Within Temptation (Sharon del Adel), Lacuna Coil (Cristina Scabbia), Otep (Otep Shamaya), Flyleaf (Lacey Strum), Vixen (Janet Gardner), Kittie (Fallon Bowman), Cradle Of Filth (Sarah Jezebel Deva), Butcher Babies (Carla Harvey), Wicked Wisdom (Jada Pinkett Smith), Doro (Doro Pesch).
This is talent. I think 'Artists' now a days don't have it. I'm pretty sure ALL artists lost the actual talent in the late 90s. Now it's all auto tune or a group of dancers behind them making them look good. SPEAKING of Talent, these brothers were SELF TAUGHT. And all this was done in ONE TAKE.
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.
OMG. How do my black human family not fucking know this??? I am white, but I was raised learbing all this from my mom. Like...Fred Astaire was amazing, but he had nothing on the Nicholas Brothers. Why do I, white girl, know this and you do not??? Cab is like, beyond rap😀😀😀
You sound pretty ignorant can’t lie lol cause your white and I’m black I should know every black artist lol 😂 ok That’s what’s wrong with society today
Bro, you think this clip is from the '60s??? Ya need to open up a history book, yo--it's from 1943. Anyway, the drummer seen at the beginning is J. C. Heard. I spoke to him a few times on the telephone back in the mid-1980s when I was an announcer at a jazz radio station in Trenton, NJ. He was a really nice guy and was excited that my station was playing his records. (He was leading his own big band out of Detroit at this point.) I first saw this dance clip when I was taking swing dance lessons in the mid-1990s. The Nicholas Brothers aren't only incredible dancers but outstanding athletes as well. They knew how to both control their muscles and take care of them, too. Nobody does stuff like that without getting injured unless they knew proper stretching, warm-ups, etc. This dance is a marker by which all other dances need to be measured.
So, Dub, that was 1943. The amazing fact here is that this was all done IN ONE TAKE. That's right! One take was all they had... and that was all they needed. That's how good they were. This came from the movie STORMY WEATHER, starring the whole Cotton Club crew. What a crew that was! Lena HORNE is there. So is Cab Calloway, Bill Richardson, Fats Waller... Segregated times, unfortunately... Black movie for black audiences... The singing and the dancing, however, is FAR SUPERIOR to anything done at the time (and the future).
I've seen a number of reaction videos to this Nicholas Brothers performance where the person watching thinks this is in the '60s. You young whippersnappers can't tell the difference between the '60s and the '40s! I grew up in the '60s. Very weird to me someone thinking that the '40s looked like the '60s. They were so different!
Why is this music NOT popular today? Want more Nicholas Brothers? Check this one out when they were kids. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7IBteauWsHA.html
I do believe you were impressed with the Nicholas Brothers. You mentioned "twerking" or what I call "hanging out with your dog with drool flying off your tongue"!! I hope you see the entertainment value here versus what someone like Miley Cyrus offers. If you are interested you might look up Bill Robinson with Shirley Temple.
Are you familiar with scat singing? It is a form of singing without actual language/words. It's typically associated with jazz. It's hard to do, and not many people are good at it. Those who do it, often do it in short spurts, because it's so challenging. You have to improvise both the notes you sing, as well as the non-word sounds you make. Probably the best scat singer EVER was Ella Fitzgerald. In your journey to expose yourself to many genres and to the history of popular music, this is really something you shouldn't miss. Here are 2 different videos: a 1957 live performance that doesn't have any video to speak of (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rN0ww1OzEoY.html); and another 1961 live performance that does have video (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4qD6-OoIBlU.html). I personally prefer the first one, but if you want to see her as well as hear her, then you might like the second one better.
nothing like this ever again---wish the black community (any community ) but really the black community would give this more attention --talent ---tap --jazz. these guys had no formal training --did this in one take . they didn't have youtube or internet --and look at them go. no one these days can hold a candle to this kind of talent and respect. imagine what they would think if they saw what disrespect that goes on with award shows now.
