The First Moonwalk - Bill Bailey - The Apollo Theatre - New York - 1955

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • This is one of the first ever moonwalks on film
    Bill Bailey tapping to a rather quiet instrumental version of the Larks' hit "The World is Waiting for Sunrise" performed by the Paul Williams Quartet.
    He's the brother of singer Pearl Bailey, but he has nothing to do with her signature song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" which is a very old standard dating back to 1902.
    Bill's frequently credited with "inventing" the "moonwalk" because of a tapdancing move called "backslide" which he does in this filmed performance.

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  • @Marcus-gx4yk
    @Marcus-gx4yk 3 года назад +3668

    People tend to forget that tap dancing is extremely difficult, this mans got insane talent!

    • @davidacevedo8620
      @davidacevedo8620 3 года назад +26

      That was what I meant in part, neither JB or MJ made their livelihood, their shows, their life by tap dancing, to Caesar what's Caesar, BB was a great show on those days. You are very right, tap is incredibly demanding and the new public now wanted to see something broader in terms of the dancing...

    • @hughgevainey3181
      @hughgevainey3181 3 года назад +28

      I was thinking about how technology like RUclips has killed talent such as this. What's crazier than almost killing talent by making people lazy is how RUclips somehow keeps it alive like life support allowing the lazy folk a chance to see that Bill, was very talented at his craft.

    • @joannabmarketing
      @joannabmarketing 3 года назад +10

      Yes, very talented!

    • @SherinFunmes
      @SherinFunmes 3 года назад +20

      Am i the only one who thought that MJ invented the moonwalk ?!

    • @daspoohmunich7235
      @daspoohmunich7235 3 года назад +1

      @Yasuke ϟ Musa haha awesome 😵

  • @manicmasterofmetal2620
    @manicmasterofmetal2620 3 года назад +453

    Man that guy looked like he was really enjoying himself. I hope he was as happy in real life as he appeared on stage. He really had the moves.

    • @manicmasterofmetal2620
      @manicmasterofmetal2620 3 года назад +21

      Lee John yes you are right. At least he had work so he could feed his family.

    • @dougfredricks2017
      @dougfredricks2017 3 года назад +10

      Sadly performers and entertainers are often Not happy in real life.

    • @jhonghost735
      @jhonghost735 3 года назад +1

      what do you mean "hope he was happy"..?
      you must think he wasn't happy, don't you,
      you must think he was slave back then, don't you.

    • @manicmasterofmetal2620
      @manicmasterofmetal2620 3 года назад +15

      Jhon Ghost ha ha no friend, I was just saying that he looked really happy and that I hoped that in real life he was just as happy as he appeared on stage. There is no need to read any more into it. He obviously wasn't a slave because he was so very talented. i bet he got paid peanuts to perform but he had a job and kept food on the table for his family. I respect him because he made something of himself. You shouldnt be so quick to misinterpret what people write because not everyone has hate for people of different races. I hope you become happy soon Mate, from A fair dinkum Aussie bloke. 🇦🇺👍

    • @steriskyline4470
      @steriskyline4470 3 года назад +5

      @@jhonghost735 don’t be a complete dickhead it’s obvious he didn’t think that.

  • @CuriousWithOscar
    @CuriousWithOscar 2 года назад +85

    I bet this man didn't think he'd still be relevant nearly 80 years later.
    Yet I'm here watching this legend perform! Amazing!

    • @2ingrams
      @2ingrams 2 года назад +1

      Well no I'm sure he didn't seeing that he got the idea from Chaplin lol.ruclips.net/video/_6mle5HRB3k/видео.html

    • @JA-gu2ro
      @JA-gu2ro Год назад

      Here WE are!

    • @Don_Salieri1899
      @Don_Salieri1899 Год назад +2

      80 years?? This was like 60 something years ago

    • @CuriousWithOscar
      @CuriousWithOscar Год назад

      @@Don_Salieri1899 I can see math is a hard topic

    • @Don_Salieri1899
      @Don_Salieri1899 Год назад +5

      @@CuriousWithOscar 1955 was 67 years ago bruh tf are you talking about no where near 80

  • @zzzut
    @zzzut Год назад +29

    Moonwalk yes but let’s not forget the superior tap dancing. That man was an outstanding dancer.

  • @jirai_pup
    @jirai_pup 4 года назад +493

    Don't see why people are saying Michael "stole" it. He just popularized it, he never said he created it.

  • @davida1810
    @davida1810 2 года назад +230

    He moonwalked outta there like an absolute legend

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 2 года назад +4

      i agree! without a doubt true man

    • @AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq
      @AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's not the moonwalk it's called backsliding

    • @LeonGreen-uf2nc
      @LeonGreen-uf2nc 3 месяца назад

      Everybody saw that moves all over the world with when they dated on solo train. Solo train was televised all over the world. Everybody saw the movementhey they was just excited when they saw him do it, but people had already been doing it anyway because of his name and his music. That's the only thing.
      Because he was a Jackson 5. Before.
      But the dance has been all over the world and it depends on solar training.Was when it made it famous?Jeffrey daniels showed him how to do it when he didn't even know how to do it

    • @LeonGreen-uf2nc
      @LeonGreen-uf2nc 3 месяца назад

      @@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq It doesn't matter what it was called.A man back in the 40s did it first before anybody.
      You understand

    • @LeonGreen-uf2nc
      @LeonGreen-uf2nc 3 месяца назад

      But he's not the legend of the moonwalk.It was bill bailey who did it back in the forties

  • @davonte_bailey
    @davonte_bailey 3 года назад +349

    I came here expecting something not even remotely close to the moonwalk, and left with my mind blown 🤯

    • @SherinFunmes
      @SherinFunmes 3 года назад +15

      Am i the only one who thought that MJ invented the moonwalk ?!

    • @loveheals582
      @loveheals582 3 года назад +1

      Ditto

    • @WilliamPoston
      @WilliamPoston 3 года назад +9

      @@SherinFunmes - MJ invented the name moonwalk for it but everyone else called it the “back slide” prior to his reinventing it.

    • @SherinFunmes
      @SherinFunmes 3 года назад

      @@WilliamPoston ok thanks... but how do you know t was called the backslide?

    • @crmznize
      @crmznize 3 года назад +3

      What MJ refined is called the 'MoonWalk'. What inspired him prior is called the 'BackSlide'.

  • @jakesnake6842
    @jakesnake6842 11 месяцев назад +18

    Michael Jackson never said those dance moves were his. He always thanked others for them. Especially James brown. It’s just that Michael made those moves look so good. He practically perfected them.

  • @digitalxtremetelevision7724
    @digitalxtremetelevision7724 Год назад +1700

    Michael Jackson never claimed he invented the moonwalk. He just did it and after he did it, the dance move became popular.

    • @desomusicinc
      @desomusicinc Год назад +48

      Exactly what I was gone say lol.

    • @detetiveluke
      @detetiveluke Год назад +112

      True, MJ told in an interview that he saw some kids doing the moonwalk on the street when he was kid, then he praticed the step because it would be cool to use it.

    • @solcohen9042
      @solcohen9042 Год назад +53

      @@detetiveluke pretty sure he was taught by Jeffery daniel. I think that’s where he first saw it too

    • @scottypimpin9002
      @scottypimpin9002 Год назад +27

      You do know Michael learned from James brown right?

    • @jchooie
      @jchooie Год назад +29

      I don't think anything about this video claimed that mj claimed he invented it

  • @gabrielvalerianomanalang
    @gabrielvalerianomanalang 3 года назад +634

    Michael Jackson only learned it from streetdancers which MJ give credits to his book saying that they teach him how to do that, then he enhanced the dance to add more illusion to it. And of course this video shows the origin of where the moonwalk came from.
    "Study the greats and become greater. "
    "The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work."
    -Michael Jackson

    • @MomoKanjaki
      @MomoKanjaki 3 года назад +9

      This deserves more likes and attention.

    • @MarkDarnell
      @MarkDarnell 3 года назад +1

      Well said.

    • @DCMarvelMultiverse
      @DCMarvelMultiverse 3 года назад +1

      There is also a story that a Motown choreographer taught it to him, too.

    • @amygali3823
      @amygali3823 3 года назад +11

      @@Cantaste michael jackson* the king of pop

    • @sacredsapphire
      @sacredsapphire 3 года назад +10

      @@Cantaste
      I'm just gonna pretend you didn't say that.

  • @thejudge7737
    @thejudge7737 3 года назад +137

    70 years later we’re watching this video on a Phone....you would have told someone that back then , they’re heads would explode

    • @avi8r944
      @avi8r944 3 года назад +8

      So true. In the future you'll be watching the same video in your head, no need for a phone.

    • @NunYaBiz1313
      @NunYaBiz1313 3 года назад

      @@avi8r944 with the way were progressing I doubt it. We've been stuck in a cycle for a while now.

    • @joshdaboss2365
      @joshdaboss2365 3 года назад

      @@avi8r944 no that would suck

    • @Vrey662
      @Vrey662 3 года назад

      they already had small tvs, so you re wrong its 70 years not 200

    • @thejudge7737
      @thejudge7737 3 года назад

      @@Vrey662 ok Captain Obvious! Lol you feel better now

  • @MusicMike747
    @MusicMike747 2 месяца назад +12

    Let’s just go back and appreciate these old cats and their talents instead of finding ways to compare them

    • @TomSpeaks-vw1zp
      @TomSpeaks-vw1zp 2 месяца назад +1

      I’m with you. Everyone has their favorite. And each entertainer had their own unique style. In my opinion back in the day there wasn’t a good, better, or best. They were all great.

  • @F.B.I.gov.
    @F.B.I.gov. 2 года назад +55

    *This guy deserves more respect and credit for this*

    • @alkh3myst
      @alkh3myst Год назад +1

      Shouldn't you be worrying about the traitors who tried to overthrow our government?

  • @matrix2297
    @matrix2297 2 года назад +47

    I love that Michael took black art and put it on the world stage and made sure people knew where it came from...people don't understand the magnitude of what he set out to do and achieve. God rest his suave soul, no one did it like him.

    • @teeade
      @teeade 2 года назад +2

      @@1Andelina1 Black people have been doing the *backslide* (AKA moonwalk) for long. It predates Al Norman.

  • @Varig0270
    @Varig0270 Год назад +29

    This is Bill Bailey, through all research he is believed to be the first performer of the Moonwalk. He performed it for 30+ years starting the early 1940s when he would exit the stage, he referred to it as his “Backslide”
    He’s also considered one of the greatest tap dancers of all time

    • @joulebryantorresdonayres3168
      @joulebryantorresdonayres3168 Год назад

      Actually, bill bailey was not the first. Before him was Cab Calloway. And before Calloway probably there was another.

  • @gusgus420
    @gusgus420 19 дней назад +7

    He makes it look so easy, that's how talented he was

  • @thejazzman210
    @thejazzman210 3 года назад +78

    People have to know the difference between what's original and what's popular. Michael Jackson never said he originated the moonwalk. He just made it popular.

  • @kellycassidynorman5156
    @kellycassidynorman5156 4 года назад +419

    Michael didn't invent the moonwalk but he made it famous all over the world

    • @amymdez
      @amymdez 4 года назад +24

      He popularized it so much that I ignorantly thought he created the dance! Wow

    • @taraone7335
      @taraone7335 4 года назад +12

      Sid Patankar it's not his fault

    • @lindascott1152
      @lindascott1152 4 года назад +1

      Thanks.

    • @kellycassidynorman5156
      @kellycassidynorman5156 4 года назад +5

      Yeah I will keep saying The Truth Da King Of Pop Made it famous in 1983 And it became so popular up until now

    • @xt5867
      @xt5867 4 года назад +2

      Yes

  • @stephaniekendrick358
    @stephaniekendrick358 6 лет назад +26

    Glad I’m not the only one looking at this in 2018

  • @davidadausuel4537
    @davidadausuel4537 10 месяцев назад +13

    To be able to perform a dance such as this art form, one has to be in excellent physical shape. There is no doubt about his strength! He was or is an excellent dancer to behold.

  • @Michele49
    @Michele49 2 года назад +38

    What a beautiful dance performance, cheerful and with humanity

  • @aaardvarkkk
    @aaardvarkkk 9 лет назад +97

    The first "moonwalk" was at the Apollo, and the first ACTUAL moon walk was the APOLLO 11 mission. Interesting coincidence.

    • @SamLemont
      @SamLemont 9 лет назад +10

      +aaardvarkkk Illuminati confirmed?

    • @SamLemont
      @SamLemont 9 лет назад

      *****
      You have nice lips. :I

    • @SamLemont
      @SamLemont 9 лет назад

      *****
      Very illuminati-esq.

    • @SamLemont
      @SamLemont 9 лет назад

      ***** They must not have liked the fact that you're part Illuminati.

    • @aaardvarkkk
      @aaardvarkkk 9 лет назад

      *****
      It's too bad you two have virtual kids together. I was going to invite you to live at my house. Then again, they are VIRTUAL kids, so you're still invited. Oh, it might interest you to know I threw my Illuminati book away.

  • @Bezirksverwaltung
    @Bezirksverwaltung 3 года назад +559

    2:02 Moonwalk

    • @ShyamUHS
      @ShyamUHS 3 года назад +18

      Thanks

    • @FaithandNova
      @FaithandNova 3 года назад +15

      Damn y'all impatient as hell. It's only a 2 min video

    • @jorgeismaelgarcia291
      @jorgeismaelgarcia291 3 года назад +3

      Check it again it's 2:04

    • @TerraCrisis
      @TerraCrisis 3 года назад +10

      @@FaithandNova right! I was about to say, just watch the damn video, dude had some insane tricks

    • @SherinFunmes
      @SherinFunmes 3 года назад +3

      Am i the only one who thought that MJ invented the moonwalk ?!

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 4 месяца назад +14

    Tap dancing is not as easy as it looks.
    GREAT PERFORMANCE !!

  • @gonzo2.0
    @gonzo2.0 4 года назад +31

    MJ was a very rare talent, but he never said he invented the moonwalk. He studied what others had done and took most of it to a higher level. Its just like Neil Peart duplicating the patterns from his favorite old time drummers and adding his own touch so younger people could appreciate it.

  • @tamaramontgomery631
    @tamaramontgomery631 Год назад +57

    Michael Jackson learned from history. Performers who learn from history last forever.

    • @chrisbelli445
      @chrisbelli445 Год назад

      Learned from? You mean 'copied'

    • @XavTheCombustivve
      @XavTheCombustivve Год назад +7

      @@chrisbelli445 He didnt really copy. Looking at the feet, MJ's formatting is similar, but not a direct copy. He possibly saw this and attempted to reuse it in his shows adding a bit of his own magic into it.

  • @TT-th4fu
    @TT-th4fu 5 лет назад +334

    Michael's moonwalk is smooth af.

    • @toneytorado5520
      @toneytorado5520 4 года назад +20

      @the zodiac guru he didn't copy he didn't do it the same way

    • @Torsdagskvallsmys
      @Torsdagskvallsmys 4 года назад

      I know

    • @briansanchez5864
      @briansanchez5864 4 года назад +33

      @the zodiac guru He didn't "copy" anyone. Jeffrey Daniel personally taught Michael how to moonwalk and he ended up practicing it so much he did it better than the pioneers.

    • @HinckleyBranchRailfan
      @HinckleyBranchRailfan 4 года назад +2

      Yes but Michael’s was a little bit better because his was straight and Bill’s was going a bit crooked and sideways.

    • @delondrickwilliams2046
      @delondrickwilliams2046 4 года назад +1

      I agree

  • @rayburton4867
    @rayburton4867 3 года назад +68

    So much Black history being rediscovered! Thank You! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

    • @iansalgado9709
      @iansalgado9709 3 года назад +4

      A white audience honouring and respecting these black artists, always did.

    • @rayburton4867
      @rayburton4867 3 года назад

      @@iansalgado9709 I don’t think so...

    • @trifonspartan4993
      @trifonspartan4993 3 года назад +3

      @@rayburton4867 Stop being divisive i don't racists would watch this video

    • @rayburton4867
      @rayburton4867 3 года назад

      @@trifonspartan4993 whatever....

    • @rowen42069
      @rowen42069 3 года назад +4

      Why does It matter if it's a black guy. Black history is Human History

  • @salvadorianboy100
    @salvadorianboy100 3 года назад +94

    Just imagine this , this guy is so insanely good at dancing that he using the moonwalk (mj’s Main attraction) as his walk off. This man is a legend

    • @spacecat942
      @spacecat942 3 года назад +6

      @I Gladiator Music Not at all, it has been around since 1930

    • @sevengodsstark7966
      @sevengodsstark7966 3 года назад +3

      😂 he’s like, that’s my outro, boo (drops mike, moonwalks out) 🕺🏿

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 2 года назад +1

      for sure. unequivocally true!!

  • @Lees212
    @Lees212 3 года назад +33

    Low pay, low appreciation of his gift, and yet his smile would light up the night. He enjoyed sharing his gift, regardless of others ignorance. That is true strength and joy

  • @ibleebinU
    @ibleebinU Год назад +9

    The long lost art of tap dancing. Wonderful!

  • @Nattaferg
    @Nattaferg 4 года назад +42

    MJ never said he invented the Moonwalk. In fact, he said in a speech that many dances today originated from black people way back like the Jive etc. He has always given credit to the masters that he said he learned from like Sammy David Jr, Fred Astaire, Jackie Robinson etc. He simply popularized it and perfected it!

    • @chucknola484
      @chucknola484 3 года назад +5

      true but people forget the facts after many years. In a way Michael was like the Christopher Columbus of the moonwalk. He reinvented it for the modern music culture but obviously he wasn't the first one to do it.

    • @youresoakinginit2113
      @youresoakinginit2113 3 года назад

      Uhh... that's Sammy DAVIS Jr.
      😁

    • @Nattaferg
      @Nattaferg 3 года назад

      @@youresoakinginit2113 Clearly a typo!

  • @niallbyrne6474
    @niallbyrne6474 4 года назад +33

    Michael never claimed the Moonwalk as his. He had learn it like every one who wanted to do it :-) He always publicly said he learned it from the "kids on the streets" HOWEVER no one MoonWalked like him. I've no doubt he watched Bill Bailey like he did with anyone who performed at the Apollo. Michael is the KING

    • @a.c.6475
      @a.c.6475 4 года назад

      Hmm!....where are you from? Although Michael exposed the so-called "moonwalk" to the masses, he was in no way the best! Smooth but not the best. He explains that! There were quite a few "poppers "(street dancers) who had perfected the backslide! I realize you are not from the Cali streets therefore relying soley on Google for your information!

    • @niallbyrne6474
      @niallbyrne6474 4 года назад +1

      @@a.c.6475 I'm from Dublin. We don't have many poppers over here :-) I lived in Boston for 16 yrs and Phoenix for 3yrs. You are talking to a MJ fan and we think Michael is the best dancer and singer on the face of the earth and to persuade us otherwise is a loosing battle :-) Good try though

    • @a.c.6475
      @a.c.6475 4 года назад

      @@niallbyrne6474 Hold on there potna!....I didn't say M.J. was not a great entertainer, I too am a "rabid" Jackson Five fan! But you see....I grew up in San Diego where I and many others were poppers back in late 70's to mid 80's! I have witnessed first hand the buttery-smooth backsliding style of my fellow dancers! Michael Jackson is the greatest entertainer on earth no doubt! But if he was with us even he would agree that he wasn't the greatest in street dancing! I cannot help if you sir have not seen otherwise, I have!

    • @niallbyrne6474
      @niallbyrne6474 4 года назад

      @@a.c.6475 I've been to San Diego and loved it. I'll forgive you for not thinking Michael is not the best Moonwalker in the world since you said he was the greatest entertainer on earth :-)

    • @a.c.6475
      @a.c.6475 4 года назад

      @@niallbyrne6474 Thank you! For a moment I thought I was not worthy!😌 lol!

  • @mypfpisyourdad422
    @mypfpisyourdad422 3 года назад +515

    He does the moonwalk at 2:04 for you impaitent kids. Smh

    • @eduardomartinez-br3oz
      @eduardomartinez-br3oz 3 года назад +18

      Thanks...

    • @FabianoMaiaFranco
      @FabianoMaiaFranco 3 года назад +5

      A prototype of course...

    • @laurahoke503
      @laurahoke503 3 года назад +1

      Long occurrence told short is thank you for the information; I gotta go explore the usage of 'got' to get back to my work towards speaking more accurately and honestly to myself for myself first so that I may share more with others someday. And that includes my love of tap dancing too, I want to tap and speak, sing with a fraction of the same infectious good he has. (Orange heart cause where in the heck is the emoji button) Laura Lora not warwa Lora

    • @hiimnorm3553
      @hiimnorm3553 3 года назад

      Ah yeaah

    • @stephengregory9272
      @stephengregory9272 3 года назад +1

      Well he might have been the first to be film doing it but mj popularized it

  • @jasoncummings7052
    @jasoncummings7052 2 месяца назад +9

    Michael Jackson said he was inspired by top performers and MJ made his mark in history. Thats life.

  • @lealandstewart8890
    @lealandstewart8890 4 года назад +51

    This is a legitimate moonwalk not like J Brown use to do. I agree that this is the first moonwalk. Wow!

    • @ramonrazor5220
      @ramonrazor5220 4 года назад

      No thats not a moonwalk

    • @josenpol77
      @josenpol77 4 года назад +1

      Sorry the first moonwalk was done in Mexico by an actor named Resortes and that was in 1950 ruclips.net/video/C-26Xy0PS_Y/видео.html

    • @dinonunez9141
      @dinonunez9141 4 года назад

      The first moonwalk is from Resortes 1950 look it up

    • @xmoney-pb5uo
      @xmoney-pb5uo 4 года назад

      clovamon that was in 1959. Billy did it first

    • @notsunnydaysahead
      @notsunnydaysahead 4 года назад

      It’s the same physical formula and art form purpose of the moonwalk, except Michael perfected the illusion of it and added an attitude

  • @geetraldinha
    @geetraldinha 3 года назад +45

    This man gave birth to the legendary and the inconic dancer we've known. Give him respect!

    • @itzjtv4936
      @itzjtv4936 3 года назад +1

      The Best.

    • @JerryDaBes
      @JerryDaBes 3 года назад

      So you're telling me no one has ever thought about walking backwards before this?
      There was a Mexican dancer that was recorded doing the moonwalk a yew years before this was recorded
      And im sure someone from 400BC thought about walking backwards too

    • @B504-x5u
      @B504-x5u 3 года назад +1

      You miss the dammit at the end of your sentence lol got damnit 😂

    • @stiemestyles6091
      @stiemestyles6091 3 года назад +2

      @@JerryDaBes 🔴 hating! 😁

  • @misslady0075
    @misslady0075 4 года назад +29

    Michael Jackson, he LEARNED from the best in his field and was never ashamed to admit it.
    R. I. P. To both men, they worked their talent and it paid by leaving us with some beautiful moves....

  • @c.c.1070
    @c.c.1070 11 месяцев назад +26

    Actually the first “backslide” (tap dancing) was done by Leon James in 1933. MJ was taught how to “moonwalk” (breakin) by Jeffrey Daniels of Shalamar. MJ never credited himself with creating the moonwalk, he just about perfected it. The backslide and moonwalk are actually two different types of moves, in two different styles of dancing. The backslide is so much easier to do. I have a Masters in break dancing of the 80’s, both as a study then as a cardboard street corner performer 😂😅

  • @kate_numberz
    @kate_numberz 4 года назад +27

    To anyone saying MJ invented the moonwalk: he did NOT. He grew up watching these performances and made it his own. Literally anyone can moonwalk. But MJ stood out because of his overall excellence.

    • @chopsueykungfu
      @chopsueykungfu 4 года назад

      MJ got it from David Bowie, after attending one of his 'Diamond Dogs' shows. Bowie was from a background in mime, which is where he got it.

    • @chickenflinger5002
      @chickenflinger5002 4 года назад

      @@chopsueykungfu i heard it was from james brown

    • @DJArladdin
      @DJArladdin 4 года назад

      Actually he learned it from a guy named Jeffrey Daniels. Look it up.

    • @alter112
      @alter112 Год назад

      He learned it from me we used to go to school together in 2010

  • @DexQuin
    @DexQuin 3 года назад +295

    Michael didn’t invent the moonwalk, he just made it better!

    • @TheCuicito
      @TheCuicito 3 года назад +31

      or he kept it alive ;-)

    • @moonwalkerkop4479
      @moonwalkerkop4479 3 года назад +10

      @@TheCuicito Both

    • @mohammadmushaq1938
      @mohammadmushaq1938 3 года назад +3

      I mean he didn't invent it there is other people who did it better just cuz somone who did the moon walk doesn't mean they did it better he did like a dog walking backwards Smh🙄

    • @moonwalkerkop4479
      @moonwalkerkop4479 3 года назад +6

      @@mohammadmushaq1938 WHAT THE FUCK

    • @moonwalkerkop4479
      @moonwalkerkop4479 3 года назад +12

      @@mohammadmushaq1938 MICHAEL JACKSON WAS THE BEST AT MOONWALKING AND THAT'S A FACT!! SRSLY A DOG WALKING BACKWARDS?! JUST TRY MOONWALKING YOURSELF AS SMOOTH AS HE DID

  • @flintstone208
    @flintstone208 4 года назад +25

    The caption never said Billy Bailey did it the best. It simply pointed out that he was the first person recorded doing it. If there was not a first, there would not be something else for someone else to build on and perfect it (i.e. Michael Jackson).
    SO RELAX! No one's taking anything away from the late great Michael Jackson.
    Nor should anyone take anything away from what the late great Billy Bailey did.
    Both can be celebrated respectively.

    • @jeanniebikini4709
      @jeanniebikini4709 4 года назад +1

      🗣️ Say it louder for the "MJ stole it" buffons.

  • @mcclainboy1601
    @mcclainboy1601 3 года назад +297

    Anybody just come from that fire Noah’s Ark rap

  • @Elijahdrixon
    @Elijahdrixon 5 лет назад +41

    2:03 is where he does it.

  • @kathrynmolesa1641
    @kathrynmolesa1641 4 года назад +18

    The Nicholas Brothers had to be from another planet. No human could dance like they could.

  • @aliciaaa2004
    @aliciaaa2004 10 месяцев назад +7

    BACK TO THE FUTURE! "You're not ready for this but ur kids will"! That's what I felt watching this

  • @docjohnson3980
    @docjohnson3980 4 года назад +70

    I bet ants use to fear this man.

  • @angelinajoanie
    @angelinajoanie 10 лет назад +22

    Wow, that really was the first moonwalk!

    • @erickg1811
      @erickg1811 10 лет назад

      noup, sorry was a mexican dancer called "resortes", him was dancer on 50's dance 1000 times much better, if you wanna see search " resortes michael jackson"...

    • @angelinajoanie
      @angelinajoanie 10 лет назад

      Erick erick g
      I will check it out.

    • @angelinajoanie
      @angelinajoanie 10 лет назад +1

      Erick erick g
      Alright, I watched a video with Resortes, he was really, really great.

    • @furdaki
      @furdaki 10 лет назад +1

      Erick erick g There were so many before resortes who did the moonwalk its not even funny. I'm talkin 40s, 30s, early 1900s. Even this example is before resortes who did it in 1959. This video is from 1955. Although, I do give resortes credit for doing it really well.

  • @iamkadafii968
    @iamkadafii968 5 лет назад +60

    Now I know Billie
    Then I need to find Jean

  • @TheWorld-of7dd
    @TheWorld-of7dd 9 месяцев назад +13

    Micheal didn't invent the moonwalk, but he perfected it

    • @mjeezey9871
      @mjeezey9871 2 месяца назад

      @@TheWorld-of7dd He popularized it. Many others before him could do it as well, if not better.

  • @anuncolonizedmind6296
    @anuncolonizedmind6296 4 года назад +19

    Why the f@ck are ppl.. hating on this man for dancing???
    It's not his fault , that he did the "moonwalk" before MJ.. he was born first!
    Y'all act like he's talking smack about MJ or something.. damn! 😔

    • @nikoflow_fm9541
      @nikoflow_fm9541 4 года назад +2

      fr! he just did a backslide and people wanna smack him up for "hating" on mj? damn people are crazy

    • @anuncolonizedmind6296
      @anuncolonizedmind6296 4 года назад

      @@nikoflow_fm9541they really are! 😂

    • @heavenanaiah
      @heavenanaiah 4 года назад +1

      But mj did it better 💀✌🏾🙄

    • @nikoflow_fm9541
      @nikoflow_fm9541 4 года назад

      Heaven TV no one is saying MJ did it worse

    • @heavenanaiah
      @heavenanaiah 4 года назад +1

      ezrek 4you bitch shut the fuck up

  • @davidortiz3094
    @davidortiz3094 5 лет назад +33

    Everyone knows Michael Jackson didn't create it. He perfected it to the point nobody did it better than him & he took it to a whole other level

    • @wodahs4200
      @wodahs4200 5 лет назад +2

      David Ortiz actually everyone doesn’t know that. 😂

    • @davidortiz3094
      @davidortiz3094 5 лет назад +2

      @@wodahs4200 Then they never did they research

    • @kookysis2741
      @kookysis2741 5 лет назад +2

      @@davidortiz3094 true

    • @irenedontoh3539
      @irenedontoh3539 5 лет назад +2

      Exactly

  • @FrankStein1
    @FrankStein1 3 года назад +59

    He had it hard back then ... and he still showed em nothing but class and grace! From a time when real men lived.

  • @472Papa
    @472Papa 4 месяца назад +11

    From what I have seen Michael Jackson simply just perfected the moonwalk and did it better than anyone else ever did.

    • @472Papa
      @472Papa 4 месяца назад

      @Mariebrunette784 Hello, I'm doing good thanks. How are you doing?

    • @gaffle-411
      @gaffle-411 4 месяца назад +1

      Not better than anyone else... Turbo from the movie "Breaking" use to glide even better than Michael. MJ learned it from him and his partner Poppin' Taco in the 80s. Taco was even in the Smooth Criminal video.

  • @seanthompson1980
    @seanthompson1980 2 года назад +29

    Moonwalk Starts at 2:03

  • @floridayankee812
    @floridayankee812 2 года назад +29

    Excellent performance. I doubt that it is the first moonwalk ( backslide ). My 92 year old mother who grew up in New York city remembers see street performers dancing like this during the 1930s and 1940s. Tap dancing is a lost art that we rarely see nowadays.

  • @MrNoUsername
    @MrNoUsername 2 года назад +54

    2:03 What you came for

  • @pcon1473
    @pcon1473 Год назад +13

    Some dancer have to give him credit moonwalk very good MJ definitely watched this man and made the polished up moonwalk famous

  • @fornlike
    @fornlike 2 года назад +26

    I can't believe it. The moonwalk in 1955? Wow! By the way the dancing abilities of this man are really impressive. He made those strange moves with such ease. It's mesmerising.

    • @mister_silent6
      @mister_silent6 Год назад

      Actually, the first moonwalk was in the 20s, when Cab Calloway called it the Backslide

    • @fornlike
      @fornlike Год назад

      @@mister_silent6 20s? Please where can I see that?

    • @mister_silent6
      @mister_silent6 Год назад

      @@fornlike I don't know I saw a video from that time and I cant find it. BUt I also did some research and yes, it was first called the backslide.

    • @fornlike
      @fornlike Год назад

      @@mister_silent6 Thank you for this information. From a research I just made you can be right.

  • @karlitosway7474
    @karlitosway7474 9 лет назад +134

    he created it but michael jackson perfected that shit

    • @RichSpiri86
      @RichSpiri86 9 лет назад +10

      Cab Calloway was doing that back in the 30's way before Bailey in 1955. They called it the buzz.

    • @TheRgordon16
      @TheRgordon16 9 лет назад +10

      It was perfected before Michael Jackson in the late 70's. Check out the history

    • @porflepopnecker4376
      @porflepopnecker4376 9 лет назад +5

      Michael Jackson copied that shit

    • @jameshayden2538
      @jameshayden2538 9 лет назад +1

      Jeffrey daniels From The Group Shalamar Taught Michael The steps That embodied The MoonWalk Step....Also His Move Were Influenced By The Dancers Of Soul Train,The Almighty Lockers Of Los Angeles And James Brown. Just Watch His Peformances From The Dancing Machine Era Until The End.....Just A Brief Lesson.

    • @JUSTREADMYBOOK1
      @JUSTREADMYBOOK1 9 лет назад +1

      james hayden True. Teach the youngin's. And let me add to this lesson. The BEST MOONWALK EVER DONE, [I hate to hurt folks feelings] was not by Michael Jackson, but Basil Fearrington, the bass player from MTUME. He glided like a puck on an air hockey machine ... UNBELIEVABLE !

  • @nc8414
    @nc8414 2 года назад +35

    2:03 it starts

  • @kindell1
    @kindell1 Год назад +12

    See, there's nothing new under the sun. Unfortunately, it's not always about who did what first. It's about who takes it to another level with their charisma and magic and OWNS it. The pioneers should always be respected though

  • @SirSealandLister
    @SirSealandLister 3 года назад +35

    Kills me how this man just talks throughout the whole performance like he does this every Sunday

  • @robint9803
    @robint9803 4 года назад +50

    What's up with these stupid comments telling Michael's was better, both are good and unique in their own ways...

    • @narendrasomawat5978
      @narendrasomawat5978 4 года назад +9

      Michael Jackson was actually better he made it more smooth n attractive

    • @ramonrazor5220
      @ramonrazor5220 4 года назад +3

      Michael made the perfection

    • @ramonrazor5220
      @ramonrazor5220 4 года назад +1

      @Bossmane5150 IDIOT # 3

    • @vanipriyadarshinimallige5164
      @vanipriyadarshinimallige5164 3 года назад +1

      @Bossmane5150 idiot #4 n last on universe how can u say Mike his name is Michael Jackson if not King of pop if not the legend if not THE eternity ok

    • @daspoohmunich7235
      @daspoohmunich7235 3 года назад +1

      @@vanipriyadarshinimallige5164 ya a legend in music but a failure as a father brother lover & did many strange things with kids you can't overlook all the perversions weirdness so fine lets listen to his music but he was a predator when it came to male children 🪤👶

  • @sibutler9497
    @sibutler9497 4 года назад +13

    His sound was so clear and on point. I love tap!!

    • @Joshflemin
      @Joshflemin 4 года назад

      The sounds you hear is as a result of someone drumming. He was just merely dance and the drum stick sound

  • @nicholasorthodox
    @nicholasorthodox Год назад +9

    All the haters here are the ones that missed it. Michael jackson didn't miss it. He's a genius for Putting together the ultimate show and performance

  • @Godfirst986
    @Godfirst986 4 года назад +28

    I mean Michael never said he created the moonwalk. He just made it famous. Michael said himself that he got the moonwalk from some kids off the street

  • @briessacisneros1435
    @briessacisneros1435 6 лет назад +20

    You guys are funny. Michael didnt create the moonwalk. He was taught it, He just blew it up and made it famous. Quit hating and saying he stole it smh. He has said many times that he watches old films and videos of people dancing and thats where he gets his inspiration, to learn and to perfect.

    • @thomasnorton2655
      @thomasnorton2655 6 лет назад

      Briessa Cisneros I never heard him give credit to the man either he let everybody believe he did this wow the only thing Michael did that was his own flat was put on lipstick and mascara

    • @briessacisneros1435
      @briessacisneros1435 6 лет назад +1

      Thomas Norton jermaine said that growing up they didnt think that move was very special because thats what they saw all the time. Im sure at the time they didnt even know exactly where it came from.

    • @thomasnorton2655
      @thomasnorton2655 6 лет назад

      Briessa Cisneros well if Jermaine said it it's got to be true by the way who the fuck is Jermaine

    • @briessacisneros1435
      @briessacisneros1435 6 лет назад +3

      Thomas Norton jermaine jackson, his brother. Sad that i had to tell you.

    • @briessacisneros1435
      @briessacisneros1435 6 лет назад +3

      Thomas Norton nope. Neither of them are. There is another thing you can learn today yay! There is actually this video i could recommend if you would like. Its all up to you if you watch it or not. But michael jackson was NOT a pedophile.

  • @Chiranjeev785
    @Chiranjeev785 5 лет назад +171

    My whole life was a lie .
    I was thinking Neill Armstrong did the First moon walk ..

    • @leticiamartinez5151
      @leticiamartinez5151 5 лет назад +3

      Muahaha *SMART* !

    • @trr7128
      @trr7128 4 года назад

      LOL!

    • @trr7128
      @trr7128 4 года назад +2

      Lately,, I learned that Jeffrey wasn't the first....some guy who used to do Tap Dance, then would "slide back". Sorry, I can't remember his name. Anyway, he deserves all the credit!!!
      "There is nothing new under The Sun". As the saying goes.

    • @jeromekell8569
      @jeromekell8569 4 года назад +1

      Bill Bailey at the Appollo😉

    • @jeromekell8569
      @jeromekell8569 4 года назад +6

      Its kinda like mj didnt invent the dunk ,but he perfected it ,so goes mj with the moonwalk😉

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 2 месяца назад +5

    Incredible! Not just the moonwalk, but he does a kind of "flip" up motion with the toe that looks like an airplane taking off, while at the same time, maintaining footwork with the other foot. He made it look easy!

  • @metalscholar5681
    @metalscholar5681 4 года назад +36

    2:03 You're Welcome

    • @KAMProductions
      @KAMProductions 4 года назад +1

      Some capes don't wear heroes.

    • @jdubya7
      @jdubya7 4 года назад

      @@KAMProductions couldn't have said it better myself

  • @yuzer6430
    @yuzer6430 3 года назад +36

    man just moonwalked himself outta there
    respect

  • @ValerieBrowncheers
    @ValerieBrowncheers 9 лет назад +16

    Michael Jackson and Shalamar did their homework! Do you ever wonder where some of the artists, authors, writers, etc. go and follow their mentors, or those they look up to? This is where the research comes in to play! This is where I firmly believe classic and history will never leave us and it is for us to do our research and homework to give honor to our late great legends who paved the way for us to keep them alive for generations to come to remember. ~ Amen.

    • @namafarm
      @namafarm 9 лет назад

      amen that's #TRUTH

  • @fatstacks89
    @fatstacks89 22 дня назад +7

    Who cares about the moonwalk this guy's talent is amazing

  • @ele5648
    @ele5648 3 года назад +28

    OMG This man was Awesome! I've never heard of him!

  • @ammarabraham
    @ammarabraham 6 лет назад +27

    Michael version is amazing but original has its unshakable respect!

  • @bxmedia7280
    @bxmedia7280 4 года назад +16

    Amazing. Never heard of Bill Bailey and that's clearly the moonwalk. Great video

    • @sorglesorgle9447
      @sorglesorgle9447 3 года назад

      Never heard of Bill Bailey?!?! .....All you had to do was click your heels together 3 times and say "won't you please come home, won't you please come home, won't you please come home"

  • @runner2008
    @runner2008 6 месяцев назад +5

    Wow, Bill Bailey was an incredible dancer. This is awesome.

    • @AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq
      @AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq 6 месяцев назад

      Most dancei started in the 20 and 30 in clubs and in the streets this is nothing new

  • @Joop.23-2-63
    @Joop.23-2-63 7 лет назад +16

    Marty McFly, A.K.A. Clint Eastwood, was first, he did it in the old west back in 1885...........

  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds 4 года назад +15

    2:03 FYI, moon walk starts here. credit must go this this guy for giving the world his 1st moon walk.

  • @meequalsmc2
    @meequalsmc2 5 лет назад +16

    its been called "the buzz" then "backslide" and finally "moonwalk" and yes been there since 40's or may be earlier but really came alive with MJ , no one had ever done it as smooth and as cool as him...

  • @JazzyJ5G
    @JazzyJ5G Год назад +14

    I've seen video from 1912 where young brothas were doing the moonwalk. There is nothing new under the sun, as they say.

  • @RashadTyrique
    @RashadTyrique Год назад +15

    Fun Fact: It was called the Moon Slide back in 1949

  • @spookyboi3139
    @spookyboi3139 6 лет назад +16

    Like many have already said, this is the backslide.
    There's a difference in illusion between the two, this move here doesn't carry the same illusion Michael does with his moonwalk.
    The moonwalk is simply a much perfected version of the backslide, and to those that are saying Michael stole or copied this move, he never said he created it.
    In fact it's been stated before that he learned it from outside sources, both by him and other people.

  • @TrayC94
    @TrayC94 6 лет назад +17

    I love videos like this that I’m able to look back in to history and see how things came to be. Am I the only one who gets mind blown by things like this? Here I am 23 in 2018 and I feel like everything that humans have to offer has already been done. Now we’re stuck with Lil Pump.

    • @Diepvries11
      @Diepvries11 6 лет назад +2

      Ah yes. You are young and listen to old shit. You are the best.

    • @fernandorechia1635
      @fernandorechia1635 6 лет назад

      Man, I also love to find out very good things existed in past times. But humans are far from doing everything there is to be done. Take the upcoming Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite, for example. It is expected to discover a lot of potentially habitable planets beyond the solar system. Add to that some promising spaceship technologies in development such as the Star Chip which is a nano space probe propelled by light sail principle,. If successfully completed, it could reach the nearest earth-like exoplanet - Proxima b in Alpha Centauri system - in 20 years of travel time, and send back to us the first images of an earth-like exoplanet (the data would take another 4 years to reach back to earth). Of course, it all could turn out to only become real in a future beyond our lifetime. But the knowledge about the universe is continuously expanding, and so is technology, and we can be as excited about the future as we are about the past :)

    • @snappa513_thewriter4
      @snappa513_thewriter4 6 лет назад

      Travon Chappell omg michale copywriter

    • @Diepvries11
      @Diepvries11 6 лет назад

      Fernando, you obviously read some stuff but haven't did any research. These sails you speak of work, theoretically. In practice, once you get further and further from our sun there are less and less photons reaching the sail. It is impossible to reach the nearest star that way. Unless we can somehow make a controlled wormhole to an exoplanet like earth, we won't get there within the next 500 years.

    • @fernandorechia1635
      @fernandorechia1635 6 лет назад

      Diepvries11 actually, it would "involve a multi-kilometer phased array of beam-steerable lasers with a combined coherent power output of up to 100 GW" (earth-based). Theoretically, it would be enough to accelerate the fleet of nano probes to 30% of the speed of light.
      I don't know if it would need 500 years to work but I agree that our generation may not live to see it.

  • @mikel4888
    @mikel4888 10 месяцев назад +9

    The band, the tapping, the introduction of the next tap move...ugghh beautiful!! 😢

  • @alerey4363
    @alerey4363 3 года назад +26

    I kinda guess you guys aren't ready for that yet but your grandkids gonna love it

  • @keymonieresse1443
    @keymonieresse1443 4 года назад +17

    Lord my black people are so amazing and add so much creativity and flavor to this world 🗺 it would be a dual place with out it

    • @woman6663
      @woman6663 4 года назад +1

      You could say that of every race. What would this world be without Jackie Chan?

    • @jazboolin
      @jazboolin 4 года назад +3

      Abra Naber It’s black history month for black Americans chill out💯

    • @cesar5478
      @cesar5478 4 года назад

      The salt of the earth!

    • @eminitos503
      @eminitos503 4 года назад +1

      Respect to all the races we have on our planet and of course the biggest to the blacks, in my opinion they went through the most ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 4 года назад +1

      Plumbello, your post demonstrates that you have little knowledge of history. One example will suffice for now --what the Jews went through during the Holocaust.

  • @garyfagan2105
    @garyfagan2105 3 года назад +96

    Michael Jackson was the great performer he was by studying the moves from all the greats who came before him. For those who are criticizing this man's moon walk, remember this man was wearing tap shoes...and that's insane.

  • @jasonmariani1258
    @jasonmariani1258 Год назад +10

    Pure GOLD! What a showman, what a performance!!!! I could only dream of moving like him. Damn……. I need to go rethink my life

  • @ScottParisi
    @ScottParisi Год назад +25

    You're here for 2:03.

  • @mGmgG10
    @mGmgG10 Год назад +14

    Bro we are literally watching an 90 year old video…that’s crazy to me

    • @hlcepeda
      @hlcepeda Год назад +5

      68 years old. We are watching a film made in 1955. The dancer in the film, Bill Baily, also performed this 'moonwalk' (called 'The Buzz', back then) in the 1943 film, _The Cabin in the Sky,_ and 'The Buzz' goes back to the 1930s.

  • @phajeb001
    @phajeb001 2 года назад +36

    2:05 you're welcome

    • @x2.MOST1TED.3x
      @x2.MOST1TED.3x 2 года назад +2

      In Germany we say Ehrenmann!

    • @realityhits3022
      @realityhits3022 2 года назад

      Thank you but i recommend everyone to watching the whole video since it was too good to be skipped

    • @breachsa_joy
      @breachsa_joy 2 года назад

      Thank you! I was tired of trying to find it!

  • @equinox2419
    @equinox2419 3 года назад +17

    This video was made 10 years ago and I still see fresh comments in the comment section

  • @cawiltu
    @cawiltu Год назад +8

    Love how you can see each step with the old time tap. Today they just make noise as fast as possible.

  • @azirmandias4191
    @azirmandias4191 3 года назад +15

    if only he knew he had just created the most iconic dance move ever..

    • @2ingrams
      @2ingrams 2 года назад

      He didn't charlie Chapman did

  • @oceanpacific886
    @oceanpacific886 4 года назад +23

    it’s obvious MJ got inspiration from the whole routine....pretty awesome

    • @plzsubscribefornoreson19ye98
      @plzsubscribefornoreson19ye98 4 года назад +4

      RIP Michael Jackson

    • @Baldphace
      @Baldphace 4 года назад +2

      No Michael didn't. Michael saw street dancers perform what was called the backslide. After he learned it he called it the Moonwalk

    • @jawayne224
      @jawayne224 4 года назад +1

      @@Baldphace facts! It was Jeffrey Daniels that first taught him and then Michael Chambers aka Turbo from Breakin that he really evolved his style from

  • @GrandMasterBruh
    @GrandMasterBruh 3 года назад +24

    Man looks like he’s having the time of his life. Good for him.

  • @jameshotchkiss9199
    @jameshotchkiss9199 6 месяцев назад +5

    Awesome! There are no performers like him left any more.

  • @m1co294
    @m1co294 6 лет назад +21

    he invented the Moonwalk, the King of Pop perfected it and popularized it