Rhythm & Blues Revue (1955) full movie
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Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) by Joseph Kohn, Ben Frye, and Studio Films Inc. (public domain).
Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City, featuring a cast of popular African-American performers:
Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Freddy & Flo, Amos Milburn, The Larks, Sarah Vaughan,
Count Basie, Joe Turner, Delta Rhythm Boys, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat King Cole, Mantan Moreland & Nipsy Russell, Cab Calloway, Ruth Brown, Paul Williams Band.
Bill Bailey appears at 11:22. He was the first person to be recorded doing the Moonwalk (at 12:53), although he referred to it as the "Backslide", in the film Cabin In the Sky (1943)
these people are so advanced i kneel and praise them ...its the truth xxxxxx
-Any singers from back then, even the bad ones could sing better than a lot of today's at their best.
I LOVE MY BLACK CULTURE
Great piece of R & B history. So glad I loved this music early as a teenager. Thanks for posting this historical gem.
Great how Bill Bailey tapped right into The Moonwalk. This is 1955 - before The Electric Boogaloo, The Pop-Lockers, or The King Of Pop!
The band accompanying Amos Milburn, The Larks, Joe Turner, dancer Lil’ Buck, and Ruth Brown is The Paul Williams Band. The Paul Williams Band was the houseband for the Apollo Theater. Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams is in the dark checkered jacket playing the baritone saxophone.
Its a shame that they still don't have music like this anymore. Charles
My preference is for 1960's rhythm and blues, but as i know very well, the beginnings started here, and further back than that. Great film. And thanks.
I was a student in 1971-76. Every morning began with the jazz hour, really good times.
This is ART!!!!
If anyone isn't moved by this music they gotta be dead!!! 👏👏👏
Yeah that's interesting too and Bojangles was great and influenced alot of tap dancers that came after him for sure.
Oh My Goodness I have NO idea just How You acquired this Piece of History. I really Don't care actually, Far more important is that You had the Courage and were generous enough to Share it among Us the listeners. What a Fantastic Trip through the annals of Superb Essential music that was the Building Platform for today's artist. This is a Treasure that We all should behold. Thank YOU from My Heart for the Posting of THIS History. Can't Thank You enough....
Thank you very mich for uploading this video, bessjazz!
Please NEVER,NEVER delete this one; it´s real cultural heritage!
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany :-)
Epic Nat King Cole! 56.10...
Musical history. I'm so glad to be able to watch this.
Sarah Vaughn - damn! That lady could sing!
Électron swing
Christmas songs
THIS. IS. GOLD!!!
Faye Adams needed a mike like I need another leg. Listening to her over my speakers, I had to turn the volume down. You just don't hear voices with that kind of power, anymore. She would drown out any of today's pop singers.
At the 43:00 min. mark is Big Joe Turner! doing the original 'Shake, Rattlr & Roll! Wicked!
Fantastic! I had a happy smile on my face during the entire show!!
Check out Lionel Hampton at 6:42
Quincy Jones is on the second row playing trumpet flanked to the left side. This took place before he embarked on his first orchestra tour in Europe 1957.
Wow. Wonderful. Thanks for turning me on to Martha Davis and Spouse. Wasn't aware of them before this. Just awesome. And holy shoot all those fabulous acts. Like Basie with his fabulous arrangements and his understated ringing from the struck-strings. Hampton flying unbelievable on the vibraphone.
very good video, please more.
A great piece of history!!
Thank you so much for posting this. This was my parents era and my dad absolutely loved Count Basie. I grew up on all his albums, He and Erroll Garner were his favorites!
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GREAT VIDEO!BEST DOCUMENTARY ON THE HEART OF BLUES, THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
THIS FILM IS GREAT JOB.
CHARISMATIC SINGERS.
GREETINGS FROM BULGARIA 🇧🇬
That's an interesting, and short-lived, Basie small band with Clark Terry on trumpet, Wardell Gray sax, and Buddy DeFranco clarinet. Wish there was a little more of that.
Who is Basie's excellent bass player here?
@@ianbeddowes5362 That is the great Jimmy Lewis, who played with everyone from Basie and Duke Ellington to King Curtis and Otis Redding and also did the original bass parts for the musical Hair. Other members of this band are Freddie Green on guitar, and Gus Johnson at the drums.
39:30 if you want to jump to it!
ICE CUBE WOULD SAY HE GOT THAT SWAGGER GOING ON THAT.S COOL.GREAT MUSIC IN THAT TIME..ALWAYS..
This was actually a "theatrical" version of the syndicated 1954-'55 TV series, "SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO", featuring highlights from the show, with new footage linking the various "acts" together...
Que fantastica epoca...que grandes maestros......!! depues de los 70..ya se acabo lo bueno !!
Dicen que el pasado fue mejor que el presente estas películas lo demuestran.
super is this i love it to look at a real show it is,
It's a time capsule piece of history! R&B Rock&Roll was about to hit that same year!
@Savadorason1 Well we had Big Joe Turner being described doing Blues and Rhythm. I think that's the same as Rhythm and Blues, no? And we have some rolling here, like he's extorting a woman to shake, rattle, and roll. I like to hear music; don't care what you name it.
drummer cracking up during cabs act... priceless !
I'm starting to think you can only get but so funky without having a cello or double bass solo. Like it's one of those unwritten rules.
Lionel Hampton was the BASIE of the mallets! My god... this ROCKS OUT!
You are Sooooooooooooooooooooooo Right
Alas I am not alone
Some of this is put together from older clips that the Snader Co. recorded for TV use. For instance the Count Basie portion was actually recorded in late 1950, and there is a longer version of it which also features the singer Helen Humes. Some of which is floating around out there on YT.
This is perfect to show to my high school general music class thanks for uploading!
wow and in one post.
bliss and i loves the age.
thank you
Here here! This is INCREDIBLE! INCREDIBLE! :)
Recently saw a film about "the Moon Walk" with pre WWII shots.... can't remember Bojangles doing it...but who knows?
Interesting how Bill Bailey shows the English Clog roots of tap that he piicked up from Bojangles.......
You made my day. Thanks.
Big Joe Turner, "The Daddy of The Blues" ! Rock it !
Yeah that's so true.I saw James Brown do it years ago too and all the other great dancing he did during his live shows and I thought Michael Jackson invented it when I was a kid and he was famous for it and then thought James Brown started it then I saw this movie about 7 years ago and I couldn't believe it started this early.
Bill Haley is "The King of Rock and Roll". Big joe Turner is "The Grandpa of Rock and Roll".
It's a treasure!!
This is a great piece of history!
I can't dance but I love to watch people who can like Bill Bailey and Snake Hips Tucker Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker
Priceless stuff including Cab at his best.
He wasn't the only one. Up here in Toronto, Canada we had an American ex-patriot rock'n roller from Tennessee named Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins. He used the dance step in the '50s in his stage show that Mikey referred to as the 'moonwalk' . He didn't start the rumour that he invented the move, but neither did he correct the mistaken notion.
This music beats anything out there today music went down the tubes around the late 60s early 70s and I hate the Beatles my feeling is on the Beatles 2 down 2 to go. And I mean it!!!!!!!!!!
drummer with Sarah Vaughn at 36ish looks excited.
great film.Love it.
an incredible piece of americana
i really enjoyed watching this thanks for posting
Excellent!Thanks!
The Blues Hall of Fame would envy this!
Thank you for posting this
Thank you!
Thank you for posting this.
50:0 Martha Davis. Great Performer... funny song !
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Amos Millbourne has captured my interest , I now place him in the league of Memphis Slim , Mercey Dee Walton , Hosea Lee Kennard & "Destruction" (of Howlin' Wolf fame) , Billy Strayhorn . What I base this on ; is his solo at the chronometer reading of 22:37 . it is so understated , that it caught me , and caused me to make this claim .
Great video!!
Ooooooh it getting the feet mooving, happy.
Wardell Gray at 0:40:55. Very simple playing but he still manages to quote himself from "Twisted" which is itself quoting "Swing On A Star".
Cab Calloway did moonwalk back in 1930s.
@PaulHucklebuckWms Awesome sax man!
43:30 I like so much Big Joe Turner!!!
I thought Michael Jackson moon walked first. Wow! This whole thing is amazing!
moonwalking has been going on since the thirties....even Fred Astaire done it. Jackson was decades outa date.
Hear ye, Hear ye!!! Very possibly the first moonwalk on film @ 13:00!!! Check it out!
Wow you could be write.
DeAndra Johnson I think Michael must have seen this film. Definitely the first "Moonwalk"
@@tacogillespie4561 Agreed. Cos I remembered him saying that he watched dances by Fred Astaire (his idol) for inspiration. Surely he could have watched other old classics too.
Oh Ruth Brown. Always great.
Russel and Moreland incompletesentence routine at 58:54 loved it ahahahaha
The Bible tells us there is nothing new under the sun. I caught that moon walk as well. lol
terrific
Basie, in touch with the times has his group paired down to 6. Almost none of this has anything to do with Rhythm and Blues.. but it is a last look at big bands, and not so cool jazz. Pretty much last gasps of 40's greats.. .
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EXELENTE
oh I thought before that Quincy Jones probably showed him clips of this guy doing it because Quincy produced "Thriller"and the "Off The Wall" album before that and he was around all of these artists in the 50's.
WOW YOU ERA TALENTED
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looks like I'm in Love
The tap dancer Bill Bailey does the moonwalk on here exactly like Micael Jackson did in the early 80's and this was in 1955.Micael copied this guy for sure and he had to have seen this guy do it in this movie or live sometime.It couldn't have been a coincidence.
Yes!
Inolvodable, imperecedero el estilo de Nat King Cole
Try these jazz dance vids while listening to Pete tong cool😎
WHAT WOULD AMERICA HAVE DONE... WITH OUT US... OUR ANCESTORS...
hi! Buddies, no thiefer, just people proud to learn from masters!
about 1:13 second of but 1955 a tap dance that had what is known as the moon walk.
Count Basie must have gotten a lot of money to show up to this.
1955 is better than 2012...
Herb Jeffries @13:38 died this year at age 100.
YES ALLEZ ON DANSE
Sorry - someone may have already picked this up in comments below - I can't believe they misspelt Sarah Vaughan's name in opening titles.
Why doesn't this classic get a legit release on DVD or Blu-ray?
I have it on dvd. I have to say that this upload here is much higher quality audio and video than my dvd version.
6:06 Wow! The guitar man in Hamp's band plays just like Jimi Hendrix!
The only sadness in this movie is that it and Rhythm & Blues at this time meant Black - musicians, singers, dancers - in the United States. At the time this movie was made it was directed purely at an ethnic, unrepresented and under- privileged racial group. Not only that it was a group that had just been exploited in the Second World War and was about to be exploited in wars in Korea and Vietnam!!
It really is no exaggeration to say that it was not until the latter time of the Vietnam War that White British musicians like the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Beatles, Eric Clapton, John Mayall and Peter Green adopted this original Black music that forced the States to look at their own musical heritage. It brought the talents of these and later Black artists to a wider and far more remunerative career outlook than they were set for but- given the death of Martin Luther King and the undisguised general resentment of Barrack Obama and his replacement by Donald T- does anyone think anything has really changed. Having said that - it was not until the Beatles and the Stones that the BBC recognised that broadcasting the Black and White Minstrels as their prime Saturday evening viewing might not be “politically correct”!!!!!!
In honesty it was these overtones that just caused me to turn this off after 15 minutes and that’s on the basis of a part of UK history that I would prefer not to be reminded of. God knows how people in the States can reconcile themselves to watching this now.
The real deal. "What happened between the Wars, Daddy?"