Cab Calloway RIP was the Original cool Cat. He was "Prince" before Prince was Prince,.. The man had style...
@Similo
5 жыл бұрын
communistjesus I literally just realized that and read this comment 😂
@jamesbckmstro3
5 жыл бұрын
@@Similo and I did too!
@JiveDadson
5 жыл бұрын
Cab Callaway was a song and dance man. Prince was a revolutionary musician.
@RatPfink66
5 жыл бұрын
But Cab gave revolutionary musicians exposure in his band. Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie...
@intrepidpooch
4 жыл бұрын
@@joeplaneta905 You're an asshole.
@Gangstagran
4 жыл бұрын
I phoned Cab Calloway many years ago when I was a teenager to tell him how wonderful I thought he was. He was very polite although I could hear I was interrupting his TV watching. Bless him!
@meleahbeah
4 жыл бұрын
Woahhh. Was this back in the 90's?? I would love to hear more about this!
@kalypsoofthestars
4 жыл бұрын
that is amazing! i honestly wish i could’ve meet that wonderful and talented man!
@normamcmanus1139
4 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was the complete package-handsome, talented, suave and debonair. Also, a gentleman!
@last7509
4 жыл бұрын
so cool he'll steal your woman
@80sgyrl82
4 жыл бұрын
....yessssss he was Norma....dreamy 😗.
@babelyubelbarever4591
3 жыл бұрын
redundant department of redundancy
@MattyMadonna
6 жыл бұрын
Love how he uses his hair. He was so ahead of his time
@binko969
4 жыл бұрын
Fried, dyed &, layed to the side
@wrestlingconnoisseur
4 жыл бұрын
It was the vast amounts of heroin coursing through his bloodstream. If you look very carefully at 0:50, you can even make out the cold, empty "heroin stare" typical of many late-stage addicts. The "dance" is the result of a particularly heady whiff of the opiate. It's tragic, heartbreaking, really.
@emceenati1497
4 жыл бұрын
Cab was big into the Cuban look
@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588
4 жыл бұрын
wrestlingconnoisseur uhhh what?
@NikoroAya
4 жыл бұрын
@@wrestlingconnoisseur weirdly enough he lived through the 70's up to the late 80's despite this? That's interesting...
@Revelwoodie
6 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was a young girl when this came out. She was MAD for Cab Calloway. She was drafted when she was 19 (In Britain, they drafted the girls too, lol), but she did manage to see him live during the war. Cab Calloway was to the 30s and 40s what Prince was to the 80s and 90s. If you don't have a grandma in your life, you might not have known that, lol...
@MsCherade9
4 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Christ Yes, they were conscripted here in the UK during WW2. Even The Queen cheerfully took on her service in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. They weren't sent abroad to fight, but they took over all the jobs that the drafted men had done, plus all the war work necessary, the nursing, working the land, working in factories, many for the first time. Just because they weren't sent to the front lines doesn't mean they weren't obligated by law, after being called up, to do the work they were ordered to do.
@anthonyturton8091
4 жыл бұрын
@@MsCherade9 not conscripted/drafted . volunteers
@davidgreen5099
4 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyturton8091 national service act of 1941 made British women eligible legally for conscription. US women had no draft.
@binaway
4 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyturton8091 From 1941 it was compulsory for British women 18 - 60 to register for war work. If accepted they could join the services otherwise it was the land army, factory work, medical services etc.
@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick
4 жыл бұрын
Never hit your grandma with a shovel!
@samchop7494
9 жыл бұрын
From a drum and bass DJ's perspective, this shit goes hard. They must have rocked the fuck out of every show
@AlmightyNoobful
9 жыл бұрын
170bpm = tempo of life
@gaperry5472
7 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was no joke.
@dudefrombelgium
4 ай бұрын
But he did know how to act silly!
@ShannonLee1956
7 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize how good looking Cab was!
@ishathebeautiful3099
7 жыл бұрын
Shannon Lee right lol💖
@zimjun7
7 жыл бұрын
When he was a lot younger!! But that floppy hair!! On of his signatures.
@YoungBlaze
7 жыл бұрын
what about me!
@ShannonLee1956
7 жыл бұрын
Look good to me!
@YoungBlaze
7 жыл бұрын
Shannon Lee thank you
@alin81-82
3 жыл бұрын
This was so ahead of its time. Cab is one of those artists I wish was alive today!
@crcruise
6 жыл бұрын
Got to talk to Cab Calloway years ago at the Seatac Radisson Hotel. What a truly nice guy. He got out of a taxi and was walking up the front walk and I said wow it's Cab Calloway and none on the youngsters I was working with knew him. One of my best celebrity meets ever.
@steve.doubleuwagner545
5 жыл бұрын
Ratcity5 what were you talking about
@MrRighteousfish
5 жыл бұрын
@@steve.doubleuwagner545 if you get an answer tag me please. Thank you in advance
@steve.doubleuwagner545
5 жыл бұрын
MrRighteousfish of course
@shable1436
5 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Christ all kinds of ppl met him, he only died in 94, you think we all old and dont use the interweb? I played at the 96 Olympics and im only 44 bro, i met all kinds of famous ppl thats dead now. Just sayn time flies and you will find out
@yakamarezlife
5 жыл бұрын
@@shable1436 where you in that band at the opening? I play the harmonica brother so I've played some nice spots hell I'm 39 ive met and have friends who are gone I've played in venues that are gone time fly's when your having fun
@John-dk7nx
8 жыл бұрын
It's incredible yet quite sad to watch this video in this day & age, knowing that all these people have passed away, it's almost like watching ghosts!
@sirpsychosexy
7 жыл бұрын
Ijh 2002 spoopy
@jenniferrojas7024
7 жыл бұрын
how time passes.
@kyanillow
7 жыл бұрын
Exploring Abandoned Buildings u are watching ghosts..lol
@bimirabu
7 жыл бұрын
Isaiah Vlogs I look at it as a gift from the previous generation. They gave us something we could hold onto and still enjoy years later.
@subsamadhi4124
7 жыл бұрын
why is it sad to watch a video from almost a century ago? No shit they are all dead. Humans aren't immortal
@RentAnEducation
10 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was a national treasure.
@ddmcpaisley6299
4 жыл бұрын
He was quintessentially BRILLIANT.
@MoonlightArchitect
10 жыл бұрын
Still one of the coolest cats in history, Hi-de-ho and Amen.
@davef.2811
4 жыл бұрын
If memory serves, he was still going in the 80's and maybe into the early 90's. what a talented entertainer.
@edythmcnair4711
4 жыл бұрын
I saw Cab perform at the Royal George Theater in Chicago in the 1980s and loved every minute of his performance. Later I learned that my late mother in law, when she was young, snuck into one of Cab's shows (they held them in the 1930s in the South in tents) and never forgot the experience.
@patrickmulroney9452
Жыл бұрын
retired very rich!!
@calanon534
4 жыл бұрын
Cab was handsome, talented, and boy did he have a way with women. Props to the first King.
@angeliquedomini7259
4 жыл бұрын
People who do not like this older music style should not even come here to put their dislike.
@Imissingu2001
7 жыл бұрын
WOW! A 26-27 year old Cab Calloway! Doesn't get any finer than this. :-)
@johnscipio1470
10 жыл бұрын
These men were all master musicians.....and entertainers
@sabineb.5616
4 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was simply wonderful! He was truly ahead of his time! His singing and dancing is unreal.
@annburlingham4563
7 жыл бұрын
I saw this when they renovated the Shea's theater in Buffalo in 1976 - they played it, then Cab Calloway came out and performed. I was twelve, and wow, did I develop a crush!
@whups1744
4 жыл бұрын
DrSuperMonky she said "crush" and 12 years old. Learn to read moron.
@bitsnpieces11
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in Dec 1945, and I'm white but this song is something will remember at the mere sound of one bar. Cab Calloway was a tremendous person.
@nickbrough8335
4 жыл бұрын
Listening to this, you can understand why Jazz captured the world.
@caleb7612
4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a man with so much energy yet so chill
@AnointedFlow
8 жыл бұрын
Cab had the best energy
@tiffanybrazier8418
8 жыл бұрын
Yes he did
@doobeedoo2
7 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was so cute as a young person, and his singing was so incredible.
@adrianjackson2696
4 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway sung this song in the "Blues Brother" film decades later and a few years before he died. Great entertainer.
@WildBillCox13
4 жыл бұрын
Groundbreaker, trendsetter, writer of the Hip Cat's Dictionary, ace performer, bandleader, arranger, writer, and an Icon of his age. There are few talents so great that I struggle just to emerge from their shadow . . . Cab is one.
@brianschumer788
2 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@sferrell1000
9 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, Cab was very popular with the ladies.
@amiefortman7220
9 жыл бұрын
I can totally see that. He did cut quite a fine figure in a suit. :)
@sferrell1000
9 жыл бұрын
Amie Fortman True that, he also treated every woman he met like a lady.
@amiefortman7220
9 жыл бұрын
Scott Ferrell A rare occurrence these days.
@sferrell1000
9 жыл бұрын
Amie Fortman I know what you mean. I was brought up by Southern parents. When a lady approaches my table, I stand, or help with a chair, they have no idea what I am doing. As father always said, "always assume a woman is a lady until she proves you wrong."
@amiefortman7220
9 жыл бұрын
Scott Ferrell Your father was a smart man--it sounds like he raised you right. :)
@kittyfox7
8 жыл бұрын
I love how he moves, dances and gets into the music!
@andrewc.2952
7 жыл бұрын
A guy from Cab's original band here, said he was a perfectionist and he cared very much about his band's image to the point where, if a guy showed up to rehearsal with a hole in his shirt, Can would stick his finger in the hole and rip the shirt saying "Ain't that a shame. Looks like you need a new shirt." He knew the importance of image. He also held the band mates responsible and accountable for their attendance to practice and shows. He told them he didn't care where they went afterwards but they better be back on time for meetings and soforth.
@dithompson99
10 жыл бұрын
My grandpa said he was 10 when this came out and already smoking cigarettes. Wow, grandpa!
@poohbabby
5 жыл бұрын
dithompson99 😂🌹👋
@leostone4624
4 жыл бұрын
He was around 27 here. Lived til 86..died in 1994 rip.
@TaigAkseylMyAdventuresVlog
9 жыл бұрын
And now ladies and gentleman, please welcome... the king of Hi De Ho !!!
@BlueEyedCubTN
4 жыл бұрын
Minnie the Moocher is one of his most famous songs. I love it.
@b.bailey8244
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Love Cab Calloway and the musicians playing with him... timeless class! such joy this brings!
@johnjack9623
11 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was possibly the most influential artist in the music business. The way his dancing flows with the music, like he's part of it, often reminds me of Dubstep Dancing. And how specifically in this song, how his he makes up words/sounds, effectively becoming almost an instrument himself, is just like beat-boxing! Fascinating, huh!
@mrhoffame
4 жыл бұрын
Why do I feel goose bump levels of pride when watching Cab? Amazing class and what a PURE entertainer!
@darkaoru
7 жыл бұрын
Lmao at that radio product placement right in the middle. Guess they did that back then too.
@shirleypena4133
5 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was truly a National Treasure!
@bluesugar58
6 жыл бұрын
Look at Cab Calloway making music videos in 1934! This was thoroughly entertaining, great band!
@yaykaboom
7 жыл бұрын
Damn you kids and your new age music. Back in my days we had Beethoven and world war 1.
@andrewklein7997
7 жыл бұрын
yaykaboom world war 1 was something to be proud of?
@someonehuman2281
7 жыл бұрын
andrew klein issa joke man
@devin1158
6 жыл бұрын
andrew klein we have lil yachty and world war 3
@harrys.pinkter9245
6 жыл бұрын
I juzgo I Oh yeah? I have Xyggyrltil and World War 57
@KaiOrCurtt
6 жыл бұрын
I can’t stand our new music
@EarlyIdeasStudios
7 жыл бұрын
Betty Boop "Old Man of The Mountain" theme brought me here and made me a fan of Cab Calloway and his band.
@jimmybritt9537
4 жыл бұрын
Mr Calloway always flopping his hair , what a time he must've been . Every one of his dancers was drop dead gorgeous 😉👍👍🇺🇸
@psychobunny32
9 жыл бұрын
first time I ever saw Cab Calloway was on the Blues Brothers. I have been a fan ever since.
@Redfoot555
5 жыл бұрын
Missy Rabbit 🐇
@melipooh72
4 жыл бұрын
My parents made the questionable choice of taking 8 year old me with them to see the Blue Brothers.I fell madly in love with Cab Calloway and 1930's jazz. I guess I was a weird kid. I'm still a fan to this day.
@MegaFiona9
5 жыл бұрын
Great music. He was amazing and so handsome!
@XX-gy7ue
4 жыл бұрын
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX STUNNING BEAUTIFUL YOUTH WITH INCREDIBLE VIBRANT TALENT ! MAGNIFICENT !
@kathleenirish
5 жыл бұрын
I was lucky growing up in 60s and 70s, my father played all the great jazz & big bands from 20s 30s 40s every day in our house
@harryandruschak2843
8 жыл бұрын
Almost 80 years old, and still SUPERB!
@Imeraldgyrl
10 жыл бұрын
Wow, Cab and his band members were dangerously fine!!!
@ITILII
4 жыл бұрын
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd did us all a great favor, having Cab Calloway play such a prominent role in The Blues Brothers. He deserved a Best Supporting Actor award....then man was light years of coolness ahead of them all !!!
@roshondarodgers5563
6 жыл бұрын
I love the way he pays homage to his band😘
@orly5502
7 жыл бұрын
never heard of this guy in 20 years and this has brought tears to my eyes, this is magical.. music can't do this to me these days...
@misscala
7 жыл бұрын
Today, Dec 5, 2016, Turner Classic Movies is playing only Musical Shorts, including Cab
@rexcaliburn
9 жыл бұрын
luckily for me my dad grew up in the 30's and 40's so i got to learn about all the great music from back then.
@flipmode626
10 жыл бұрын
Now whom would ever dislike this???come on now!!!
@un-inkpressivevideos9541
6 жыл бұрын
i love how he calls back to other characters like smokey joe and minnie the moocher, also he one of the reasons i started listening to jazz
@SharelB1
9 жыл бұрын
This man was 27 years old at the time. I just hope I am this productive and accomplished at 27 years old in the next 4 years. Just genius!
@Bungle
8 жыл бұрын
+Dev “Sydster316” B It's been 10 months - what have you accomplished so far?
@ludwigvanbeethoven5359
8 жыл бұрын
One year.
@SharelB1
8 жыл бұрын
Ludwig van Beethoven it has been a year. 😊
@SharelB1
8 жыл бұрын
Bungle I started my own youtube channel a month ago. More new beginnings to come soon.
@stopthrm
6 жыл бұрын
Are you there yet?
@DavidStJames11
9 жыл бұрын
So amazing! I met Cab at the Bellview in Philla. Pa. I was on the 22nd floor, He was on the 18th, I went down to see him before the show and he was so gracious to me and my friend. He was a big guy with big hands.
@onedo7240
6 жыл бұрын
David St. James wow your old, and that's good
@tiaflies
4 жыл бұрын
That ending where Cab leaves with his band was legendary!
@OokySpooky1313
6 жыл бұрын
Such talent
@miketwomey4923
Жыл бұрын
I did on NYE in SF with my dad in the late 70s...
@DeLanges100
10 жыл бұрын
Elvis and Prince owe alot to him and his moves.
@mdt471
4 жыл бұрын
Not Elvis but certainly Prince, and every cat who ever thought he was cool from 1930 until today.
@kawograham
4 жыл бұрын
and what elvis didn't take from black man?
@NoaLives79
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible! A video clip from the 30', with an engaging plot, cool shooting angles, product advertisement, sex, humour, and a genius artist dancing and singing in the front. Every thing we know today has already existed 90 years ago. 😍
@dan_hitchman007
4 жыл бұрын
This was definitely filmed before the Hayes Production Code clamped down. Early code films were still fairly racy.
@updownstate
4 жыл бұрын
I saw - and met - Calloway around '79 or '80. He put on a great show, definitely an audience participation performance. The dance floor was jammed. The best recording can't surpass the energy and joy of a live show.
@chrisw353
4 жыл бұрын
I first new about Cab From The Blues Brothers , But I never knew he was as a big of a star as he was back in the day
@oupamohlahlana5496
4 жыл бұрын
Sir Cab Calloway - pure talent. pure classic man.
@tommy2chips
10 жыл бұрын
Classic Jazz, Cab Calloway had his own Language
@ZeroCitizen
10 жыл бұрын
I just saw you on the video of that old man in the nursing home... recognized your profile picture. Never heard Cab before. He's pretty good!
@tommy2chips
10 жыл бұрын
ZeroCitizen yes he was
@MARKCREEKWATER1
9 жыл бұрын
ZeroCitizen wow --- i, too, view'd the video of that old [black] man in the nursing home, and hear'd him say that CAB CALLOWAY was his favorite singer ... Calloway was from WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, where i went to high-school, but i never knew that until after he died .....
@RIXRADvidz
5 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway !! Before Little Richard, Before James Brown, Before Prince. CAB CALLOWAY paved the way for all else after. Hi De Hi
@susankennedy5739
4 жыл бұрын
The sleeping car scene kills me! The bass player in the upper bunk wearing Chinese-style PJ's, the baritone sax player and Cab having a music/dance duet, and all to the beat of the train rhythm. And the bit from 4:55-5:03 -- Who today is that cool and edgy?
@dianaa.1735
7 жыл бұрын
I'll ALWAYS love Cab Calloway!
@scottdouglas1602
4 жыл бұрын
What an awesome era of music.
@VexDeePhilosophs
6 жыл бұрын
Gosh this guy....i really wanted a dance with him, it would be so animated! He's so full of energy, i really love him, i can't stop hearing songs that old and thinking "wow....i just born in the wrong time"
@nyterpfan
9 жыл бұрын
Was there ever a "cooler cat" than Cab Calloway?!! I don't think so!!
@salvatoreperez5113
4 жыл бұрын
Mr.Sinatra then Wilson Pickett then whoever maybe me
@lcharleston2697
4 жыл бұрын
Never in the world
@nataliaorsini1899
6 жыл бұрын
Wish I could see him and the band live. Love this kinda music and energy!
@genielove91
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing ❤️❤️ I’ll take this work of art over the wack music that we have today unfortunately 💁🏽♀️
@cat_city2009
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, one of the earliest examples of product placement.
@michaelgagliano450
4 жыл бұрын
BRAVO...what a master of his craft
@JeevesReturns
4 жыл бұрын
If I could go back in time THIS is one of the things I’d like to witness. An amazing showman!
@LOVERGEIST777
6 жыл бұрын
this is one of the most incredible videos and sounds i have ever experienced... jazz hiphop scat rocknroll .... its all there in black and white
@liberte5847
5 жыл бұрын
A classical shorty, Bravo Mister Cab Calloway! We love you from France! Emmanuel from Paris
@Xxxthesquidguyxxx
6 жыл бұрын
I wish this type of music was still popular
@jamesham6
4 жыл бұрын
So gifted. I hope his music continues to make us proud and rock out to.
@KINGSOFBREIFNE
10 жыл бұрын
The king of scat, awesome
@JPLMONEY23
7 жыл бұрын
They should do a life story of Cab Calloway....this man deserves recognition.
@Rockkerle
4 жыл бұрын
Hell of a voice, hell of a show and presence and!! hell of a band!!!
@louiedufflebags7062
7 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I dream I was alive in the 20s or the 40s.
@mstrkrft08
4 жыл бұрын
Painful dreams those are...
@Deb545
10 жыл бұрын
This is great!! Love Cab Calloway! Handsome and talented!!
@Montorpedo
6 жыл бұрын
His energy is contagious wow he must of been prettu cool in the 30's
@qmcsing
9 жыл бұрын
Calloway's dancing is as good as James Brown, Prince and Michael Jackson....
@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
8 жыл бұрын
+Bruce Banner Watch 'Stormy Weather'. The Nicholas Brothers, who were the dancers in the segment with this song were the ones who gave master classes to Michael Jackson.
@homepcmacbook5996
8 жыл бұрын
+Reynaldo V True. And the best thing is you feel the hard work they have put in, all of them! Real showmanship
@RSmith1982
8 жыл бұрын
Gotta compare the opposite direction since James Brown, Prince and Michael Jackson got most of their moves from Cab Calloway, he was an old man when they got started.
@lokitheekat
7 жыл бұрын
Bruce Banner Reverse order,dear,reverse order.
@nacarreira777
6 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he was the inspiration for all of them. Outstanding.
@mpbtfragoso
12 жыл бұрын
REAL TALENT AND REAL MUSIC!!! AWESOME!!!
@CuirPhotodotNet
5 жыл бұрын
The lady with the fan....is ABOUT THAT LIFE !!!!
@Ceaddle
5 жыл бұрын
its amazing what youtube has done.. i can relive those days...and i was born 50 yrs after. thnks for the upload
@RoryVanucchi
4 жыл бұрын
Legend. No shortage of energy.
@jupena
9 жыл бұрын
This is the coolest thing I've ever thing... Can't get enough of it!!
@PrinceJes
7 жыл бұрын
It sucks to know that everyone, everyone in the film and is long gone. From the young ladies to the old men.
@luckyshow
5 жыл бұрын
History is like that. Film is like that. Why dwell on the obvious?
@mattguz55
5 жыл бұрын
@@luckyshow is it not a sobering thought? Here are people, so full of talent and life, enjoying themselves and being great at what they do. Now nothing is left of them but these videos. They are long forgotten by most, no longer doing what they love. We will be the same some day.
@AnastasiaLUVSU
4 жыл бұрын
@@luckyshow Because they want likes. i see that stupid comment everywhere on old shit.
@lindabergman3127
4 жыл бұрын
True 😜they were really talented musicians and dancers👋👋👋👋
@mindboard8203
4 жыл бұрын
I think Cab was one of the latest (in this video) to die
@BriRenee2479
11 жыл бұрын
He was so smooth!
@knottreel
4 жыл бұрын
Now that was real entertainment! Cab was such a showman.
@lynxdove
9 жыл бұрын
9:35 the whole crew smashed.
@9175rock
6 жыл бұрын
lynxdove smh
@Pablovru
5 жыл бұрын
Fucking LOL
@1stPersonStateConsciousness
5 жыл бұрын
That was the train
@weirdgamingmoon8324
5 жыл бұрын
Are you talking smashed as in drunk or.... the other one...........
@nicktinson2950
5 жыл бұрын
Alex Efstratiou most likely made their way with the lady.
@lisacotton322
5 жыл бұрын
He sure was fine.❤
@chorrellpique4057
6 жыл бұрын
This man was and still is one of the greatest entertainers ever. We simply haven't this kind of musical brilliance in this time and that is a tragedy.
@thegrays3303
7 жыл бұрын
Never heard of him until now but I love his music!
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