1930's Break Dancing (Mills Brothers - Caravan)
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2012
- The earliest known recorded footage of break dancing from the late 1930's. The music i added to the dancing is: Koke by Tribe.
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(2018 update. I did NOT use any kind of advance editing software such as Abode after effects/Photoshop etc i simply overlaid the track by Tribe to the original mills brother video using windows media maker. A synchronicity in the universe i happened to find. No special editing needed!)
P.S. Much love for all the wonderful comments and feedback!
- Malik
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THANK YOU SO MUCH for the all the wonderful comments folks! Can't believe we got 1 milli hits! :D
DJMixzaa This was SOOO TOTALLY AWESOME! I HAD to post it to FB! I LOVE DANCE! Thank for such an AWESOME VIDEO! GREAT POST! 😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💗👍🏼💐
AWESOME dancers,music and just all round good fun,,Nay..Great fun is the word,,and these dancers do make it look so so easy..fan tactic...totally..👍👍😁😁😎
It was terrific, but I thought we were going to hear the Mills Brothers sing... 😳
DJMixzaa so dope
Connie Francis songs
The Mills Brothers were break dancers long before it showed up on the streets of New York!
I agree with most of what you said but what people don't understand is that these dances move were practice not just in New York, and Los Angeles, but in most major cities with large black populations. Some places just never got credit because their was no hip hop cultural movement in those days. It didn't exist...
@afroawarenesschannel7485..Right..And these dances also were in latin America and the Caribbean islands....Many Afro Latins and Afro Caribbeans had similar dances as ours back then and they didn't copy from us its just that we share the same DNA 🧬
'Breakdancing' is an African thing. The Mills Brothers kept the culture alive!!!!
Curly of the Three Stooges was the first.
Um, the Mills Bros. were singers. Not dancers. No idea who the dancers were in this clip.
That little walk off he did at the end...the birth of the cool face, like "something light" after he knows he just killed it! xD
Except whites did this earlier
I seen it 😊
I was born & raised in the South Bronx. I keep telling people Hip Hop is older than you think. It didn't start in the 70's.
This isn't no darn hip hop! People had their own thing back then and they hated hip hop as they became older. Especially RAP!
@@themajicman745 Everything is built on the shoulder of what went on before. Hip Hop didn't just happen in the 70's don't get it twisted.
Hip hop in its form started in the 70's it just incorporated things before its birth.But this isn't hip hop neither bboying
@@themajicman745 He's saying the seeds of Hip Hop were planted long before the 70s as you can see the dances in this 1930s clip resemble break dancing. Hip Hop is more than just rap fool.
Rapping exist in 1920s like this dance, dj, graffiti too
but hip hop started in 1970s.
I can't help but wish that all these folks were still alive and well. This video is a reminder that life is Short.
The Mills Brothers had the smoothest sibling harmony!!!
NOW THIS IS OLD SCHOOL !!! They were rapping, break dancing ,free styling and to think it started in1930's. WOW!!! As African /American's, facts are to have added so much to black history, touching in so many area's of life in this country that makes living better and all this history is apart of a huge picture and this picture of facts is here in the United States.
It started way hefore that. I am certain of this.
@Jay Aleem facts
Obviously is old school rare rapping break dancing freestyling to watch that we have so much history to learn bout, Gosh ! Me ask a black man we have so much discover that our ancestors was entertainer since we came hear with these instructor songs.
Way before the 30. Most breaking moves are african martial arts moves. Brazil and most of the carribean kept it alive.
Brown Americans been in America for 1 thousands years as Native Nations, don’t be fooled by that YT washed events ✌🏾
No matter what, Africa-Americans created all genres music and also they created the steps, or dance for every genre. They were and still are genius nowadays 👌👍✌️
Thank You!!!
More like the 1930s version of the Soul Train line. Just awesome.
💥🎯💯💥🎯💯💥🎯💯💥🎯💯💥🎯💯💥
Exactly right !
We can clearly see the elements of hip hop dancing, boogalooing, break dancing/b-boying. There’s nothing new under the sun. U.S. southern roots!!
The Emperor Jones, with Paul Robeson, shows brothers in the 1930s wearing fade haircut and break dancing!
It’s has nothing to do with southern. It’s a African American thing!! We are talented, no matter what part of the country!
@@silverskyscraper1179
“African American”? You been listening to Jesse Jackson too long. I can go back 7 generations in my family with my 5th paternal grandfather James Dickerson who was born in 1772 before America became an independent or sovereign country and NOT one African comes up. We’re foundational to this soil and we built what is now America. FACT CHECK!
@@cooper482011 Thanks for proving me right. We are creative, intelligent and talented people “all over” America! North, west, East & South. I will never say one spot, we all over America.
The moment you realize afro-americans did all the stuff you enjoy the most in the world. Can we think of a world without blues, jazz, r&b, soul, funk, hip hop, breakdance? It's the very foundation of our world. Big love to you all from Romania.
Your candor is much appreciated. I have realized that it's when I go abroad that I see people being more realistic about how society moves and culture in a general sense. It's when I'm home in the states that I see (now more than ever) a consistent and concerted effort to remove Black Americans from the annals of history. It brings me joy that 'SOME' good people like you out there are honest and can weed out the propaganda to see the good that we've brought forth to the world 🌎. Love, Peace and Soul.
"afro-Americans"? Nope!!! nor are we "African" Americans, that is racist and it must be removed. We're NOT Africans. We are..
-American native born Blacks
-Foundational Black Americans
-Freedmen
-Descendants of American chattel slavery
Please refrain from addressing my people as African or Afro, we're neither.
Don’t forget rock n’ roll
Thank you so much for the absolute truth.
I don’t enjoy any of the things you listed
This proves it, nothing new under the sun as the old saying goes. Amazing dance skills back in the day. Wow!
Everything old is new again
This video by the Mills Brothers is an example of how the elements used in Hip Hop existed in u.s- black culture before Hip Hop culture existed. Hip Hop culture is truly founded and rooted in the u.s black communities of east coast New York, and west coast in Los Angeles. It eventually spread state to state and worldwide. If the Mills Brothers would have been born and raised in our time they most definitely would have been part of the Hip Hop culture.
Roots came from the South and spread.
Well, now you have people like Fat Joe and PR saying they created Hip Hop 🤣
Wym there wasn't that many black people in California back then
And they definitely weren't doing music like black people in the south or north east
@@learner5090 These dances were done in Puerto Rico also as well as other islands. Do you think that black people in America just sprung up out of the ground? Black people in America weren't even allowed to dance at one point. That wasn't the case for the rest of the Americas, where these dances were happening then. People from the Caribbean have always been coming to America whether it was through force or free black people that came on their own. They were the ones reintroducing forgotten cultural habits to us here. It's obvious how effective whites were in erasing the memories of your ancestors, they have you out here thinking that black folks in America invented all of these old cultural cues. As well as some of you lying about always having been here when there's paperwork showing when you were brought and sold.
Can someone please send this video to Fat Joe and Busta Rhymes. Ask them to point out the Hispanics and Jamaicans that "helped" Black Americans create hip hop and break dancing!
Can you imagine this was over 75 years ago, blew me away.
Just proves...the Soul Train Line really wasn't nothing new! Get DOWN, Grandpa and Grandma!
King Bee :-) You mean, #TheOldTrain!?!?
HAAAA! HAAAAAA! HA! HA! HA! 😆
King Bee And people think Michael Jackson could dance!! No way was he as slick as them.
Ignorance because family didn't teach them anything about their own...old school appreciation
King Bee that's great, great, great grandpa and grandma, son! 👍
We always come through with the freshest dances
This just blew my mind! I never knew break dancing has been around since the 30s!
As a Gen Xr, this is truly amazing to me! I grew up watching American Bandstand n Soul Train as a fan of music n dance. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone!
Blessings 🙏🏼🕊️💛✨
Actually it has been found in hieroglyphics that date back to around 5000BC in Egypt and also they found some scrolls in China with break dancing that appear to date back over 10,000 years.
@@danroberts9050
Now that's, mind blowing!🤯
@@arlenethomas1167 Get this, they found a computer hard drive that dates back to the early 12th century with numerous videos of break dancing performed for the king.
Coming on here to show respect to one of the Creators of break dancing and soul dance.
There is nothing new under the sun. Everything that is, has been, and everything that has been, will be again! 😊❤
It's all on a wheel. It keeps on turning along.
I loved this video!!! I am a dance teacher and I have never seen this before. Kind of a combination of tap, swing, and break dancing. I would enjoy seeing more!
Who just came here from all times 5 music Mandela affects video
Can you link the video plz? Sounds interesting lol
Me lol
Here you go ruclips.net/video/COJeigoljzE/видео.html
@@Thatperson20005 Thanks so much! Im beyond shocked and honored my video mix is inspiring other channels to take a 2nd look into the history of African American and Hop Hip dance! Not sure if its a Mandela affect or just people properly educating themselves on history but im glad the video is creating such a discussion!
@@DJMixzaa Your welcome👍
...really would have wanted to hear the original music though..
The original video available on RUclips as well..
*gasp* What do I search to find it? Sorry for the urgency, I study Jazz Vocal at York and I need to get as much music from these times as I can. THANKS!!
emmelyu me 2
emmelyu me too
Wow! The fun our Great Grand Parents had minus the bells whistles and high tech gadgets we can barely move off on!
I remember when I first saw break dancing. I was absolutely mesmerized and wished I could do it.
This reminds me of the scripture…there ain’t nothing new under the sun ( Eccl. 1:9 ).
Thank you for sharing this video of these talented folks.
I look forward to the day when there will be peace and harmony the world over and everyone will be valued as the unique star that they are. 💗
We created many things, that's what we do...break dancing it's just one.
This should never be taken down 💕💕
During the Great Depression we pumped it up and had style. This was beyond dope. I can't stop watching this.
Increíble, demasiado talento para la época las raíces originales 😁👍
The Mills Brothers also influenced other musicians like Dean Martin. But if you want to see a pair of dancers from the thirties that could smoke many of modern-day dancer you guys need to check out the Nicholas Brothers.
Yesssssssssss The NICHOLAS BROTHERS!!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Who the hell doesn’t know the Nicholas brothers did you just find out who those guys were? They were insanely famous
@@byHexted Not that it matters, but no, I just didn't just discover who the Nicholas Brothers were. I don't know if you just woke up from a deep sleep in a time capsule but I've got sad news for you! I beg to differ and would wager that the "average" person you pull off the street, especially younger than Gen-X, wouldn't know sh*t from shinola about the Nicholas Brothers or anyone from thier time. Heck, they would probably think your talking about English noblemen if you mention the names, Duke Elington or Count Basie to them then say to you, "Okay Boomer", if you showed them the same level of concern as to me knowing of the level the Nicholas Brothers' historical celebrity status.
@@byHexted shows how Brown People are always being surprised and cover up
Goats
Wow this almost 100 years! I guess we always had SOUL! That was AWESOME!
The human body was made to dance with joy!! Thank you for this.
Yes, for the Creator of the Universe. 🙏🏼
So this is where MJ got a lot of his moves from. Wowwwwww!!! What a talented Man!!!
And Puerto Rican’s claim to be the originators of break dancing and PIG MEAT MARKHAM was rapping not Jamaicans
Nobody ever said that stop it..Rican’s added to break dancing that was all..but to say created, that’s a lie
@IcedOutReek yes they do and Jamaicans started the rap. And we black americans learned it from the carribeans (pr n Jamaica) ask Busta rhymes he says it not me and others like him say it
@@IcedOutReek
Dr. Colon's been saying Puerto Ricans started hip hop and break dancing. Nobody knows where dude came from.
@hydroblast2209
Hip Hop, Rock n Roll, Country, Blues and Jazz is all FBA music. Nobody helped us create anything. I get what you're saying though.
@@hydroblast2209he lying
Good point to show how this dancing influenced break dancing, especially with the modern music! To see much more of the Mills Brothers' (and others') acrobatic rhythm tap dancing and original music, watch the movies "Stormy Weather" and "That's Dancing".
Some fresh looking swipes, and his exit from the dancefloor is debonaire du jour.
They were jamming. Love ❤️ the music. 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽❤️❤️👍🏽👍🏽🔥🔥
I wish it was LONGER!! I love this, thanks for sharing this amazing piece of history.
I cant believe many never heard of "The roaring twenties". Acrobatic dancing, boozing, dope, gangs and fun. This after that decade. If they had cameras everywhere like now you would be shocked.
Bro...Just because knowledge is everywhere doesn't mean people are any smarter.
D. Pinkston Didnt think they would be smarter.
mostmost1 , Breakdance is not a black American invention. It has been brought here by captive Africans enslaved in the Americas. The ancient Boloye dance ruclips.net/video/z66wtLDvdxY/видео.html) among the Senoufo people of Ivory Coast is older Breakdance yet you can see breakdance moves in Boloye
@@lgnawa
Your overt fetish for anything African has become a chronic condition.
history always repeats itself....proof that black folks always had soul and rhythm.
exactly sister one love!😍
iEncourge T Always had soul and taste
iEncourge T What is the name of the band that plays this song?
iEncourge T. We are trend leaders.
iEncourge T White America will try and fool you into believing Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were the greatest dancers back in the day (poor Michael Jackson fell for it) but the truth is black dancers ran circles around those guys. Many white artist would go to the Apollo theater and black nightclubs to learn the latest dances and then go back and imitate what they saw.
I've just watched a 1930's film called "Saturday Night Revue". Best described as "Now that's what I call music - 1930's edition" Guy dances for a load of diners at a London venue, then busts some proper great break-dance moves. Everyone clapped and went back to their sherry.
Now this is what I call soul!!!😎
Omg this is brilliant sorry all folks but the African Americans always had it ... these ppl are born to dance n sing they have the feet n they have the voice 💕💕
Жуй кокосы, ешь бананы. Акуна матата!
@@alexvirus905
Stop trolling, tether!
This is wild how they mixed this music in a 1930 vid..... and its convincing, they're jamming
Alecia Knighten What is the name of the band that plays this song?
@Marta Caballero look for Mills Brothers caravan
@@halconsalvaje Thank you my dear, it's been a year since I've been waiting for someone to respond, and you're an angel of God who came to give me the information I needed.
OMG!!! Wow!!!! Unbelievable! I thought this kind of dancing came out in the 80s???! Thanks for this upload! 👍👍☀️
SOUL POWERFUL!!! 👀💕YOU SURE AINT LYING!!!💕 THEM MOVES ARE SMOOTH AND DEFINITELY SAYING SOMETHING!!!💕Blessings😇🙏🏽💕
The crazy stuff I search for while waiting to grocery shopping. Thank you
For a moment I thought this video was edited, but after reading the comments, I realized these people actually danced like this back in the 30's! when I thought that kind of dancing was created in the 70's. Cool to learn new stuff every day. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Looks like it could be after effects... be nice if it wasn't...
Ivan Tapia I loved this video and the others old, who of you knows the band name instrumental that is playing in this video.
There are films out there of this sort of dancing(and more "extreme") going back into the 20s... which probably means that it actually goes back into the 1910s.... whilst I enjoyed the music in this video I'd have preferred to hear the Mills Brothers (often referred to as Four boys and a Guitar) original sound track.
Another thing the Milss used to do was make all the instrumental sounds except the guitar>> Listen here, especially from about 56 seconds on...
ruclips.net/video/iXuPA0eYAto/видео.html
If you don’t pay attention, you’ll be old soon enough
All im gonna say is bless the African influence in my culture because damn would it suck without it.
we are not african, africans are hamites. we are shemtites. you've been miseducated.
marroon rider . yes u don't teach African how to sing or dance .its just in the blood. ...
marroon rider don't speak for me I'm AFRICAN and proud. .. foh with that stupid ass Isrealite bullshit
I have a work mate from Cote d`Ivoire...He can´t dance at all!
Anastasia Beaverhausen Thank you! I roll my eyes every time one of these delusional Hebrew Israelites try to deny the clear West/Central African ancestry of black people in the Americas. It's in the food, the music, the dance, the language (creoles), and the spiritual traditions.
Africans: always bringing culture and innovation to the world 🙏🏽
This makes me proud of black people… we’re so creative and talented ❤️😍
This thing is in our DNA. Its in our spirit.We brought it with us from Africa.
kevseb66 Yep
hell yeah. Because when Im dancing the music and dancing takes me over and Ioose control.
Well take it back please lol jk
kevseb66 this is indigenous dancing from right here in America. Tribal dancing at its best
100%
you are right
There was a little bit of the soul train line too.
At first I wasn't buying it but then after I seen certain routines I would agree these are some of the first break dance moves
Wow....my people....moving to the rhythms of nature....the water 💧....the wind...the world 🌎....1.PEOPLE....1 MIND...1 LOVE ❤️....1 NATION....1
Everything old is new again, take note claimers.......
Charlotte Vick there's nothing new about the human body just the material shit arround us from a new born baby to a old senior citizen the human body remains the same
Nothing new under the sun, just recycled and looking fresh with a younger face.
Holy. Shit. I had NO idea...thank you for the upload, this is flat out awesome :)
To express oneself using whatever you got is truly art at its finest. Keep on that lovely, lovely jive...
Mestre dos magos da dança!
Parabéns!
B.H. presente!
those outfits are cute
beautiful women too. so hot!
Gotta hide those male hips
Elizabeth m You are jealous because they look better than you. Jealous is a disease get well soon❤️
@@femcel444 i am comfortable with who i am.
Beautiful job, and amazing dance. That was happening, eh!!!
No I want to see some Puerto Ricans dancing like this back around this time
Our ancestors❤❤❤❤
This is absolutely amazing!
Thank you!
wow, that is what u call talent and having a good time
Squee I love u james :3
I love the music you put to this old film, fit perfectly. I have heard of the Mills Brothers and there music is vintage. Break dance has been around longer then people know
This just makes me smile, what talent!
wow!!! the world(history) repeats itself..lol..they were jamming..getting down just like soul train dancers..the song was a perfect fit
Hey young ones. Look at this. Break dancing 100 years ago. Never knew. Guess all of us baby boomers up to milineals have something to learn Skip around from teens to 1960's are What you can learn.
I really want to see it with the original soundtrack. It is a package!
I knew it !!! ...people were way to high in the 70's to invent something !
this goes to show you, a lot of dance moves are not new, we just did not know about them-the first moon walk was done at the Apollo in 1955 by Bill Bailey
Actually 1943 cabin in the sky with bill Bailey
Black people exclusively Invented breakdancing...not Latinos or anyone else!
Exactly that’s why it’s very important to gate keep
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are people doing it before FBA!
Google the titles
Thomas Edison recorded an Arab street dancer performing acrobatic headspins in 1898.
From the film '"Wild Boys on the Road" 1933. Directed by William A. Wellman
The first ever breakdance move recorded on film.
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@@ev8318Sir bye. 😂
No wonder Gramma was always light on her feet and staying active. She had the groove and the Mills Brothers was her favorite. I now understand the love .
I love the way you pull this clip and made it work great job. Yes the Rhythm has always been in our blood and still is thank you very much💯😘💕
Wow! Either you've got or you dont! Im impressed. They could rock it even now in 2017!!
Hello Virginia, how are you doing?
Amazing talent ! ❤❤❤
That is some fantastic editing with that music. Fits dance routine. 👍🏿🎶🎶🎶
Beautiful documentary. Shows the TRUTH
Beautiful! That's my people.
These are the real hard working ,appreciative, respectful, black folk. Not these gangster, thugs, wanna be the shit, lazy ass mo fo's we see today.
Are you really family?
I know right?!...what happened to us.
How do you know that's your people? For all you know they come from a tribe that was at war with "your people".
Some people are so sour and miss the point .We have a great respect for the past and we see how it influences other generations .You should be proud that its bridging the gap and allowing people the opportunity to see how alike we are .God bless all of you step out of your rage and see the real truth .
THE LOST ART LEGACY
Where is the rage?
It's always been learning from the past.. some will become famous.. word of art in the same world .. fabulous.. good recalling important memories..
This is so amazing I started a playlist!! Just watched it twice, absolutely buzzing after watching this!!
They did not need any expensive ballet classes.
delirous8 What is the name of the band that plays this song?
delirous8 right
The reason our world is great is because of the variety in culture and music and dance etc. Why can we just pay compliments without putting down something else. Ballet is great too. It's different. This is great too. Stop comparing apples and oranges.
alexandra berz...
your name is too long ; try a shorter one .
...anyway it sounded to me like the long version of Papa Was a Rolling Stone ... the instrumental part ..but I could be wrong.
if you've never heard it you should listen to it it's a great song from when I was a little kid
I am blown away by this video!! I guess history really does repeat itself! And it was just wonderful 😎❤️
There's an old saying, "History doesn't necessarily repeats, but it often rhymes"
Well we got the rhyming part down that's for sure!!!
My mind was blown!!!! I can't believe what my eyes are seeing. I can't think of anything else to say. I'm shook!!!
yesssss!!! lol.... the way he walked off afta shuttin it dowwwnnnn!!!!!
They were 50 years ahead of their time
They are the originators of dancing be it breakdancing or whatever name you chose to call it. They did it with much passion, gusto and panache joyfully. Simply incomparable. 🔥💪👏😀
Loved it. Total pleasure to watch!
Wonderful!
Ésto es lo MÁXIMO!
Everything gets recycled!
Dances, clothes, hairstyles, everything comes, goes and comes around again. All were amazing dancers.
Just amazing any dance move here could be in any music videos today and look cool
Fun to watch ! I love the 1930's . Amazing video
Man that was KOOL
I saw this in a compilation video YEARS ago, and have been searching for it ever since. I wishni could hesr the original music. Thanks for uploading. The Bessie Smith 'Saint Louis Blues' video from 1927 sees her co-star "Jimmy" performing something similar-ish to the last move in the breakdown.
Absolutely love it.... thanks much for sharing.
Im wondering if Crazy Legs is watching this video saying oh crap!!!!!!
Que maravilha. Amei.
A most innovative people's, the science, mental brilliance and ingenuity of it all has defined and improved humanity immensely.
Nice. Some good proto Breaking moves. Can definitely see the evolution of dance.