Cab Calloway - (HEP! HEP!) Jumpin' Jive

The Nicholas Brothers. A signature move was to leapfrog down a long, broad flight of stairs, while completing each step with a split. Fred Astaire once told the brothers that this "Jumpin' Jive" dance number from the movie Stormy Weather was the greatest movie musical sequence he had ever seen.
Boy?
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Oh, boy!
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Palomar, Shalomar, Swanee shore,
Let me dig this 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 then you 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!
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.
(Scat singing)

[@MEGHAPSEY]

There is no praise high enough for this incredible performance

[@maisie6904]

This is absolutely amazing and reminds me of my dad. My dad would sing this, doing his Cab Calloway best scat. Jeez how I miss my dad and I’m almost 68 now. Such fond memories. I can’t get enough of this. ❤️

[@davwekamel3289]

Beautiful, take care!

[@carlosrooster2008]

I'm 12 and I love this music

[@Peeltheavocadopeeltheavocado]

What dose you being 12 have to do with anything?

[@amigos20-19]

@@Peeltheavocadopeeltheavocado gonna assume that you are 8 since you misspelled does

[@donpizzle702]

@@Peeltheavocadopeeltheavocado if you had a logical thinking brain I'm sure you would understand instead of being an internet troll. he is just a kid this music is from the 40s way beyond his years but as a young man he can appreciate it.

[@NeoGee]

I don't know about you, but between watching Cab Calloway perform and the Nicholas Bros dance, I'm completely tuckered out. If I watch this a second time, I may need a nap!

[@ono147]

Could you imagine being one of those extras getting to see this? They must have gone crazy!

[@dawnk236]

First time I saw this movie, I was 16 or 17, back in NY . . . they had a place where you could go and see a classic movie once a week for a small cost, a couple of dollars, maybe . . . I loved watching Cab Calloway and when I saw the Nicholas Brothers do the leapfrog thing down the stairs, I thought it had to be some kind of trick with the cameras because I figured if it were actually possible to do that, I would have already seen someone doing it! Ha! Those guys were magnificent. I can't take my eyes off of them!

[@kordacpz]

oh damn i'm obsessed with this guy

[@Sakja]

I once took a scat singing class. Couldn't scat like Cab though. I come back to this video from time to time. It is amazing. The Nicholas Brothers were incredible dancers.

[@nsaunders83]

The splits tho

[@victoriaehale1216]

I wonder if they could have kids after that?

[@bryanjohnson918]

This is as good as it gets. Period, end of f^ckong story. Close the book, it’s done. Joyous!!!!

[@stevenleslie8557]

Let's be honest, for as amazing as this was Cab was great too!

[@logansupersonic0474]

Truly a classic

[@eddieburrelli]

Makes my year. Easily.

[@emjayee]

Absolutely incredible. My grandma used to love this

[@khc3670]

Absolutely amazing.

[@kajilfify9961]

i love the music

[@fella9921]

Oh boy! This chap sure knows what he’s doing when he steps on stage! Lovely performance by the way!

[@samsignorelli]

My God...the upper/lower body isolation...spectacular.

[@fewhite5126]

+sam signorelli I didn't know how to describe what I was seeing. You nailed it. I'm stunned and humbled.

[@nuiun0495]

I love old stuff like this

[@junebaker5775]

Hay day🥳

[@KnightDaylight]

Hey, this video took away my depression! 10/10

[@fella9921]

It helps everyone’s depression

[@kileydumas6140]

I should have been a dancer. This is frickin' awesome.

[@realtalk6987]

My Grandma used to dance with me to this

[@ineffablemars]

Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey side!!

[@DJMixomnia]

Damn son!

[@mitch4527]

The disgusting thing about this video is that these supremely talented performers couldn’t stay at the same hotels as whites, couldn’t eat at the same restaurants and couldn’t send their children to the same schools.

[@TheAlps36]

I swear Cab Callaway even styled himself to look more 'white'

[@pktdbgnzwl]

They couldn't visit the same club they perform in unless it was a black ppls club.

[@SusanEllen]

awesome!

[@Luigi-17]

I'm here from the casino cups series.

[@minutemaid5113]

I think the replay button is broken ?!?!?

[@fella9921]

I cracked my screen, I was so quick to rewind it!

[@pacificpainter7232]

Who's here from the ask cup casinos thing in tumblr to see what cuphead was singing?

[@user-df3hy6dn9h]

SAME HERE DUDE!

[@fatimajamilette3651]

The creator of "Cups Casino" Must really like Cab Calloway

[@DezDoodlezzz]

YESSSS

[@alyahri6679]

Yup! 😅😂

[@fella9921]

Same

[@pktdbgnzwl]

No equal.

[@SusanEllen]

awesome!

[@SusanEllen]

awesome!