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.
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!
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.
@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
@@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
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...
@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 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.
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!
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."
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.
John Wilson ....aawww....I was waiting for someone to comment on the pjs....LOL...GOTTA LOOK GOOD WHILE YOU ARE BEING COMFY DOING YOUR THING SO WHY NOT? BACK IN THE DAY MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN WERE WOMEN....NO CONFUSION THERE! They were true ladies n gents....still around now, but rare.🤗😉
+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.
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.
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.
@@Incathealc he's not saying he taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk the moonwalk has been a dance that's been for nearly 80 years now Calloway was just one of the first recorded in 1931 kickin the gong around. he's implying he's taken influence from Cab Calloway which James brown also has
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 .....
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.
for those who for some reason think the actress is white she isn't she is Fredi Washington the woman who played in the first "Imitation Of Life" wow! We're talking about a woman who gave up her whole acting career because execs were trying to force her to pass for white and she didn't want to deny her blackness. Goodness lol she is probably rolling over in her grave right now knowing that she gave all that up and people are calling her white.
Wow! I never knew that that there was an earlier version of Imitation of Life and I'm an old movie nut. Thanks for sharing the info I'll have to look for it.
Well I think that what the people who thought she was white were trying to point out is that they were surprised and inspired for the progressive thinking that image would have presented..in a time of such divisiveness in regards to race...it would have reaffirmed the notion that we are all the human race and such interacial divisiveness is a plague of human progression and should be eradicated. ..its great that she stood up for herself and her principles and I applaud her for that and I think most intelligent people would...but she wouldnt be rolling in her grave over the notion of human equality as she has clearly stood up for what is right...this divisive attitude however still permeates in a lot of peoples notions and there is such defensive attitudes on all sides as evident in your response
Tommy Brown I'm pretty sure she would she actually gave up her career because they were trying to make her pass as white she didn't want to be white in any way and definitely did not want to deny her blackness and gave up her stardom for it. So the equality speech is nice but let's just call it for what it is and not try to bring civil rights into this.
Tommy Brown also you are very correct I am divisive and will be as long as white people are, my race has turned the other cheek while being spat upon way to long why try to be included with people who have always despised you and from the looks of it always will? A person that keeps begging to be accepted by a people that clearly want nothing to do with them are insane. We wanted integration and equality once but whites made their position pretty clear about how they feel about us its on the news everyday in case you haven't been keeping up. Good day!
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!
cab was special. lol. we lost good wholesome entertainment like this.. this is when things made sense & said something.. now it's not like this. lol. but I love the memory.
@@ladylovesherlord Yeah, numerous songs of his were about reefers and all of them were hot jazz tunes that would make the squares and old folks jump with horror.
+Chad Dykman The Roman Coliseum during it's heyday was absolutely plastered with advertisements. It would've looked like a NASCAR track. Nothing new indeed.
***** doesnt this also seem a little sad thinking we've been in this buy/sell culture since then? Is that all we are?!!! Buyers and sellers!!? C'mon lets get going here
@@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.
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.
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. 😍
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?
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.
what's the full story of this video? i tried to understand, but because of my poor english listening skill i couldn't understand it all....anyway cab is so attractive!
Cab Calloway was the complete package-handsome, talented, suave and debonair. Also, a gentleman!
so cool he'll steal your woman
....yessssss he was Norma....dreamy 😗.
redundant department of redundancy
Cab Calloway RIP was the Original cool Cat. He was "Prince" before Prince was Prince,.. The man had style...
communistjesus I literally just realized that and read this comment 😂
@@Similo and I did too!
Cab Callaway was a song and dance man. Prince was a revolutionary musician.
But Cab gave revolutionary musicians exposure in his band. Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie...
@@joeplaneta905 You're an asshole.
Love how he uses his hair. He was so ahead of his time
Fried, dyed &, layed to the side
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.
Cab was big into the Cuban look
wrestlingconnoisseur uhhh what?
@@wrestlingconnoisseur weirdly enough he lived through the 70's up to the late 80's despite this? That's interesting...
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!
Woahhh. Was this back in the 90's?? I would love to hear more about this!
that is amazing! i honestly wish i could’ve meet that wonderful and talented man!
These men were all master musicians.....and entertainers
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.
Ratcity5 what were you talking about
@@steve.doubleuwagner545 if you get an answer tag me please. Thank you in advance
MrRighteousfish of course
@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
@@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
Still one of the coolest cats in history, Hi-de-ho and Amen.
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...
@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.
@@MsCherade9 not conscripted/drafted . volunteers
@@anthonyturton8091 national service act of 1941 made British women eligible legally for conscription. US women had no draft.
@@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.
Never hit your grandma with a shovel!
Cab Calloway was no joke.
But he did know how to act silly!
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!
Ijh 2002 spoopy
how time passes.
Exploring Abandoned Buildings u are watching ghosts..lol
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.
why is it sad to watch a video from almost a century ago? No shit they are all dead. Humans aren't immortal
From a drum and bass DJ's perspective, this shit goes hard. They must have rocked the fuck out of every show
170bpm = tempo of life
damn that was ice cold cab calloway and his band all just ran train on this dudes gf while he was literally running a train.
anthony garza smdh
Lmfao
truuuuuuuu
I am so glad someone in this comment section noticed
Hypergamy is the soul of a woman.
I didn't realize how good looking Cab was!
Shannon Lee right lol💖
When he was a lot younger!! But that floppy hair!! On of his signatures.
what about me!
Look good to me!
Shannon Lee thank you
I love how he moves, dances and gets into the music!
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!
DrSuperMonky she said "crush" and 12 years old. Learn to read moron.
From what I understand, Cab was very popular with the ladies.
I can totally see that. He did cut quite a fine figure in a suit. :)
Amie Fortman True that, he also treated every woman he met like a lady.
Scott Ferrell A rare occurrence these days.
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."
Scott Ferrell Your father was a smart man--it sounds like he raised you right. :)
My grandpa said he was 10 when this came out and already smoking cigarettes. Wow, grandpa!
dithompson99 😂🌹👋
Cab Calloway was so cute as a young person, and his singing was so incredible.
Damn you kids and your new age music. Back in my days we had Beethoven and world war 1.
yaykaboom world war 1 was something to be proud of?
andrew klein issa joke man
andrew klein we have lil yachty and world war 3
I juzgo I Oh yeah? I have Xyggyrltil and World War 57
I can’t stand our new music
tell me Micheal Jackson didn't get his spin and knee drop from Cab
Duh!!?? Ofcourse he did. HE PAID HOMAGE to greats. Cab and James...silly.
Nicholas Brothers.
@@StephenPeeplesSCV Man they could dance they make Michael Jackson look sissy in comparison
The greats borrow from the greats and add their twist. No surprise.
Michael Jackson knew Cab Callaway. Callaway didn't die until 1994.
Cab had the best energy
Yes he did
first time I ever saw Cab Calloway was on the Blues Brothers. I have been a fan ever since.
Missy Rabbit 🐇
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.
He was quintessentially BRILLIANT.
Cab Calloway was simply wonderful! He was truly ahead of his time! His singing and dancing is unreal.
Look at Cab Calloway making music videos in 1934! This was thoroughly entertaining, great band!
Cab Calloway was a national treasure.
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
_this is hilarious. @1:54 the bass player sleeps with his instrument...and those were the classiest pajamas ever!
John Wilson You know everything was better quality back then... we spend all this money on junk these days. It's tragic.
Yo duermo con mi trompeta alemana
John Wilson ....aawww....I was waiting for someone to comment on the pjs....LOL...GOTTA LOOK GOOD WHILE YOU ARE BEING COMFY DOING YOUR THING SO WHY NOT? BACK IN THE DAY MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN WERE WOMEN....NO CONFUSION THERE! They were true ladies n gents....still around now, but rare.🤗😉
Jessica B. ...i brought a pair of flannel pjs at Strawbridges in 1992, still had them in 2012.🎃
Was there ever a "cooler cat" than Cab Calloway?!! I don't think so!!
Mr.Sinatra then Wilson Pickett then whoever maybe me
Never in the world
9:35 the whole crew smashed.
lynxdove smh
Fucking LOL
That was the train
Are you talking smashed as in drunk or.... the other one...........
Alex Efstratiou most likely made their way with the lady.
Calloway's dancing is as good as James Brown, Prince and Michael Jackson....
+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.
+Reynaldo V True. And the best thing is you feel the hard work they have put in, all of them! Real showmanship
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.
Bruce Banner Reverse order,dear,reverse order.
I'm sure he was the inspiration for all of them. Outstanding.
This was so ahead of its time. Cab is one of those artists I wish was alive today!
If memory serves, he was still going in the 80's and maybe into the early 90's. what a talented entertainer.
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.
retired very rich!!
The master of it all. Michael Jackson and James Brown copied his style of dancing. This is where the moonwalk came from
Rosemarie Gray false Michael Jackson did not get the moonwalk from him
The man that taught the moon walk to Michael Jackson was a guy by the name of Jeffery who saw it originated by Bill Bailey
@@Incathealc he's not saying he taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk the moonwalk has been a dance that's been for nearly 80 years now Calloway was just one of the first recorded in 1931 kickin the gong around. he's implying he's taken influence from Cab Calloway which James brown also has
@@vergilmaurice5883 but he sais Michael Jacksom copied his style of dancing which is not true. I just dropped some history that's all
@@Incathealc they copied his moves and flair but made it theirs
And now ladies and gentleman, please welcome... the king of Hi De Ho !!!
Classic Jazz, Cab Calloway had his own Language
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!
ZeroCitizen yes he was
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 .....
Betty Boop cartoons brought me here
De Jota me too lol
I learnt it for that too!!😘
CAB had a cameo in THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN & MINNIE THE MOOCHER starring cartoon icon BETTY BOOP.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Fleischer Studio cartoons.
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.
Sometimes I dream I was alive in the 20s or the 40s.
Painful dreams those are...
Pretty naughty for the 30's!
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
Amazing ❤️❤️ I’ll take this work of art over the wack music that we have today unfortunately 💁🏽♀️
The porter's wife looks like Fredi Washington to me, but I wasn't sure. I looked it up and it is her...wow
She was a BEAUTY!!!
WOW! A 26-27 year old Cab Calloway! Doesn't get any finer than this. :-)
Why do I feel goose bump levels of pride when watching Cab? Amazing class and what a PURE entertainer!
I've never seen a man with so much energy yet so chill
Listening to this, you can understand why Jazz captured the world.
4:39 Michael Jackson Begins
Almost 80 years old, and still SUPERB!
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.
David St. James wow your old, and that's good
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!
+Dev “Sydster316” B It's been 10 months - what have you accomplished so far?
One year.
Ludwig van Beethoven it has been a year. 😊
Bungle I started my own youtube channel a month ago. More new beginnings to come soon.
Are you there yet?
The king of scat, awesome
I love the way he pays homage to his band😘
I don't know if this is advertisement for a radio, or for that guys' wife. I mean she did cab calloway, and his whole band.
Radio bringing womens fantasies to life for decades...there's your tag line.
What a vulgar comment
Elvis and Prince owe alot to him and his moves.
Not Elvis but certainly Prince, and every cat who ever thought he was cool from 1930 until today.
and what elvis didn't take from black man?
proof that product placement has existed just as long as music videos have
Is this what music videos were?
I get the feeling this is somehow also an advertisement for those Radios.
They had filmed musical numbers and short films ever since talkies in the late 20's. MTV just modernized the same form of advertisement.
for those who for some reason think the actress is white she isn't she is Fredi Washington the woman who played in the first "Imitation Of Life" wow! We're talking about a woman who gave up her whole acting career because execs were trying to force her to pass for white and she didn't want to deny her blackness. Goodness lol she is probably rolling over in her grave right now knowing that she gave all that up and people are calling her white.
THX for putting that out Lady
Wow! I never knew that that there was an earlier version of Imitation of Life and I'm an old movie nut. Thanks for sharing the info I'll have to look for it.
Well I think that what the people who thought she was white were trying to point out is that they were surprised and inspired for the progressive thinking that image would have presented..in a time of such divisiveness in regards to race...it would have reaffirmed the notion that we are all the human race and such interacial divisiveness is a plague of human progression and should be eradicated. ..its great that she stood up for herself and her principles and I applaud her for that and I think most intelligent people would...but she wouldnt be rolling in her grave over the notion of human equality as she has clearly stood up for what is right...this divisive attitude however still permeates in a lot of peoples notions and there is such defensive attitudes on all sides as evident in your response
Tommy Brown I'm pretty sure she would she actually gave up her career because they were trying to make her pass as white she didn't want to be white in any way and definitely did not want to deny her blackness and gave up her stardom for it. So the equality speech is nice but let's just call it for what it is and not try to bring civil rights into this.
Tommy Brown also you are very correct I am divisive and will be as long as white people are, my race has turned the other cheek while being spat upon way to long why try to be included with people who have always despised you and from the looks of it always will? A person that keeps begging to be accepted by a people that clearly want nothing to do with them are insane. We wanted integration and equality once but whites made their position pretty clear about how they feel about us its on the news everyday in case you haven't been keeping up. Good day!
I'll ALWAYS love Cab Calloway!
He was hep before it was hip.
Wow, one of the earliest examples of product placement.
This is the coolest thing I've ever thing... Can't get enough of it!!
Lmao at that radio product placement right in the middle. Guess they did that back then too.
1:10 is what is sampled in TI's "24s" I'm convinced I don't know if I'm right but I'm convinced
Yes that's the correct sample
What you call an icon livin?
Zeven start a record label misfits just did it
Baller_ Diamond_8 nylon cover five minutes
Zeven we are too hard in the business!!
DrMikeOrtho Need new trucks, independent
tt the turtle 😂😂
They were even singing about ho's back in the 1930s!
We've been singing about the ladies since we all swung out of the trees millennia ago. It's the ol' story of the birds and the bees.
An Alzheimer patient brought me here.
DothanFanatixTV same
me too
Same here Dothan...
lol same here
hahah same here! good stuff though!!
Cab was handsome, talented, and boy did he have a way with women. Props to the first King.
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!
*YA LIKE JAZZ?!?!*
cab was special. lol. we lost good wholesome entertainment like this.. this is when things made sense & said something.. now it's not like this. lol. but I love the memory.
There was nothing wholesome about Cab Calloway. Love him though.
@@ladylovesherlord Yeah, numerous songs of his were about reefers and all of them were hot jazz tunes that would make the squares and old folks jump with horror.
Lol he wasn't wholesome for his time
Wholesome.......😁😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Looks like they knew about product placement back in the dirty 30's. Nothing new under the sun.
+Chad Dykman The Roman Coliseum during it's heyday was absolutely plastered with advertisements. It would've looked like a NASCAR track.
Nothing new indeed.
***** Very interesting. I wonder what was the leader for sales based on advertising back then? sandals?
The sweat of the Gladiators were big sellers.
BlackWing mmm yea i can taste that now
***** doesnt this also seem a little sad thinking we've been in this buy/sell culture since then? Is that all we are?!!! Buyers and sellers!!? C'mon lets get going here
Wow no wonder she was smiling at the end ;)
Minnie the Moocher is one of his most famous songs. I love it.
Cab was quite handsome
It sucks to know that everyone, everyone in the film and is long gone. From the young ladies to the old men.
History is like that. Film is like that. Why dwell on the obvious?
@@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.
@@luckyshow Because they want likes. i see that stupid comment everywhere on old shit.
True 😜they were really talented musicians and dancers👋👋👋👋
I think Cab was one of the latest (in this video) to die
A five star video for golden music! Phenomenal work, Tim!!! Truly inspiring. And how you can pick 'um!!!
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.
back when music was SOMETHIN!
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. 😍
This was definitely filmed before the Hayes Production Code clamped down. Early code films were still fairly racy.
Just realized these comments are ancient, 2020 vibes
L
He was so big in his days that even Daffy duck played him.
Cab, may he rest in peace, was COOL before COOL was COOL...
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.
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?
Great music. He was amazing and so handsome!
He sure was fine.❤
Brilliant! Love Cab Calloway and the musicians playing with him... timeless class! such joy this brings!
He was around 27 here. Lived til 86..died in 1994 rip.
This is great!! Love Cab Calloway! Handsome and talented!!
Cab was the michael Jackson of the day 😂
That kissing scene got me all fluttery and flitzy. 💖
Excellent. Really a perfect classic of the day.
if he had an ancestor that looked and acted JUST like him today, he would play a VERY good joker or two face.
Yeaa his smile is so wide i love his facial expressions. :)
You sound confused about what "ancestor" means.
Guillaume Perez - Descendant... You knew what she meant, smart ass.
@@ddoubleu170 Smart ass? No for a woman her age she should be embarrassed to even fuck up the 2 words in first place. Ancestor? Are you kidding me?
i mean with modern technology it's possible to just have cab calloway as those characters, but with the magic of computer-generated imagery.
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.
Well said!
Cab Calloway sung this song in the "Blues Brother" film decades later and a few years before he died. Great entertainer.
ok, that ending was great :D
what's the full story of this video? i tried to understand, but because of my poor english listening skill i couldn't understand it all....anyway cab is so attractive!
That was a great ending lmao
Cab’s hair was, “fried, dyed and, payed to the side” Fred G. Sanford would say.
No it was not. Cab's hair was naturally straight, no processing.