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...
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.
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. 🇦🇺👍
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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....
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.
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.
@@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.
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
@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.
Please don't skip ahead of time! The moonwalk DOES happen, but at the end of the video! But please watch the video! Carve out 2 or 3 minutes to see phenomenal tap dancing! I PROMISE it won't hurt!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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🙄
@@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
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
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!
@@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
@@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!
@@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 :-)
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.
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.
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"
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!
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...
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.
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"...
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.
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.
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.
@@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 🪤👶
Reminds of my years in Hoover Elementary in Oakland, CA. I remember we had a school janitor that wore tap shoes and would perform to us. Those were some good years.
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
There was a dancer "tap dancer" Bill Bailey who did the moonwalk move in 1955 in the Apollo theatre in New York. You can see it here on RUclips. Probably this move is much older than we thought.
***** 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
This was great. Damn I wish it was longer, feels way too short. I was feeling the pump and then he throws a bucket of ice cold water at me when he instantly leaves the stage. Love it!
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.
Michael never claimed to have made up or created the Moon Walk. He simply danced and shared it with us. So those upset just sit down & untie your draws...This one was not the first either. It was performed in an old movie of which the name escapes me now. But it was performed by an African American gentleman in that movie as well.
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 😂😅
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.
After watching this, I came to realise that Michael Jackson was a goddamn genius. He didn't only take the moonwalk but the head and hat movements as well and he interpreted them excellently in a whole different genre of music.
Jeff Daniels (Shalamar) is credited with creating the moon walk, first aired on BBCs Top of the Pops in 1982. The story goes, he taught it to Michael J. The real first moonwalk was performed by dancer Bill Bailey, first seen at the Apollo Theatre, NY in 1955.
I really don't think this video is here for people to compare it to MJ. This is not the same style as MJ but both are amazing. Respect our old school dance because they paved the way for MJ. Just appreciate the skill and move on.
People tend to forget that tap dancing is extremely difficult, this mans got insane talent!
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...
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.
Yes, very talented!
Am i the only one who thought that MJ invented the moonwalk ?!
@Yasuke ϟ Musa haha awesome 😵
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.
Lee John yes you are right. At least he had work so he could feed his family.
Sadly performers and entertainers are often Not happy in real life.
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.
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. 🇦🇺👍
@@jhonghost735 don’t be a complete dickhead it’s obvious he didn’t think that.
He moonwalked outta there like an absolute legend
i agree! without a doubt true man
It's not the moonwalk it's called backsliding
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
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq It doesn't matter what it was called.A man back in the 40s did it first before anybody.
You understand
But he's not the legend of the moonwalk.It was bill bailey who did it back in the forties
Moonwalk yes but let’s not forget the superior tap dancing. That man was an outstanding dancer.
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!
Well no I'm sure he didn't seeing that he got the idea from Chaplin lol.ruclips.net/video/_6mle5HRB3k/видео.html
Here WE are!
80 years?? This was like 60 something years ago
@@Don_Salieri1899 I can see math is a hard topic
@@CuriousWithOscar 1955 was 67 years ago bruh tf are you talking about no where near 80
Don't see why people are saying Michael "stole" it. He just popularized it, he never said he created it.
Tell me about it.
good point! very true!
Exactly!!
Very true
Me too
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
This deserves more likes and attention.
Well said.
There is also a story that a Motown choreographer taught it to him, too.
@@Cantaste michael jackson* the king of pop
@@Cantaste
I'm just gonna pretend you didn't say that.
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.
What a beautiful dance performance, cheerful and with humanity
Indeed!
I came here expecting something not even remotely close to the moonwalk, and left with my mind blown 🤯
Am i the only one who thought that MJ invented the moonwalk ?!
Ditto
@@SherinFunmes - MJ invented the name moonwalk for it but everyone else called it the “back slide” prior to his reinventing it.
@@WilliamPoston ok thanks... but how do you know t was called the backslide?
What MJ refined is called the 'MoonWalk'. What inspired him prior is called the 'BackSlide'.
70 years later we’re watching this video on a Phone....you would have told someone that back then , they’re heads would explode
So true. In the future you'll be watching the same video in your head, no need for a phone.
@@avi8r944 with the way were progressing I doubt it. We've been stuck in a cycle for a while now.
@@avi8r944 no that would suck
they already had small tvs, so you re wrong its 70 years not 200
@@Vrey662 ok Captain Obvious! Lol you feel better now
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.
It wasn't James Brown- do fact checks people...
Twas Jeffrey Daniel - a singer & dancer - member of R&B group Shalamar.
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
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.
*This guy deserves more respect and credit for this*
Shouldn't you be worrying about the traitors who tried to overthrow our government?
The long lost art of tap dancing. Wonderful!
2:02 Moonwalk
Thanks
Damn y'all impatient as hell. It's only a 2 min video
Check it again it's 2:04
@@FaithandNova right! I was about to say, just watch the damn video, dude had some insane tricks
Am i the only one who thought that MJ invented the moonwalk ?!
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
Actually, bill bailey was not the first. Before him was Cab Calloway. And before Calloway probably there was another.
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.
Pure GOLD! What a showman, what a performance!!!! I could only dream of moving like him. Damn……. I need to go rethink my life
Michael didn't invent the moonwalk but he made it famous all over the world
He popularized it so much that I ignorantly thought he created the dance! Wow
Sid Patankar it's not his fault
Thanks.
Yeah I will keep saying The Truth Da King Of Pop Made it famous in 1983 And it became so popular up until now
Yes
This man gave birth to the legendary and the inconic dancer we've known. Give him respect!
The Best.
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
You miss the dammit at the end of your sentence lol got damnit 😂
@@JerryDaBes 🔴 hating! 😁
He had it hard back then ... and he still showed em nothing but class and grace! From a time when real men lived.
Tap dancing is not as easy as it looks.
GREAT PERFORMANCE !!
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....
"Study the great become the greater"by michael jackson
Michael Jackson never claimed he invented the moonwalk. He just did it and after he did it, the dance move became popular.
Exactly what I was gone say lol.
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.
@@detetiveluke pretty sure he was taught by Jeffery daniel. I think that’s where he first saw it too
You do know Michael learned from James brown right?
I don't think anything about this video claimed that mj claimed he invented it
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.
@@1Andelina1 Black people have been doing the *backslide* (AKA moonwalk) for long. It predates Al Norman.
The band, the tapping, the introduction of the next tap move...ugghh beautiful!! 😢
Glad I’m not the only one looking at this in 2018
I know
I'm with you
Michael Jackson learned from history. Performers who learn from history last forever.
Learned from? You mean 'copied'
@@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.
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
@I Gladiator Music Not at all, it has been around since 1930
😂 he’s like, that’s my outro, boo (drops mike, moonwalks out) 🕺🏿
for sure. unequivocally true!!
Awesome! There are no performers like him left any more.
He does the moonwalk at 2:04 for you impaitent kids. Smh
Thanks...
A prototype of course...
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
Ah yeaah
Well he might have been the first to be film doing it but mj popularized it
Michael's moonwalk is smooth af.
@the zodiac guru he didn't copy he didn't do it the same way
I know
@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.
Yes but Michael’s was a little bit better because his was straight and Bill’s was going a bit crooked and sideways.
I agree
Please don't skip ahead of time! The moonwalk DOES happen, but at the end of the video! But please watch the video! Carve out 2 or 3 minutes to see phenomenal tap dancing! I PROMISE it won't hurt!
It hurted at first then i became interested.
You just gave me the idea of skipping 2 minutes ahead
I have a rule:
Never rush...ever.
And the slower I go, the more I get done! 🧕
yep. 100% true dude
That was great to watch and learn the earliest recorded moonwalk. And Mr. Bailley was top notch.
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.
Actually, the first moonwalk was in the 20s, when Cab Calloway called it the Backslide
@@mister_silent6 20s? Please where can I see that?
@@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.
@@mister_silent6 Thank you for this information. From a research I just made you can be right.
The Nicholas Brothers had to be from another planet. No human could dance like they could.
His sound was so clear and on point. I love tap!!
The sounds you hear is as a result of someone drumming. He was just merely dance and the drum stick sound
BACK TO THE FUTURE! "You're not ready for this but ur kids will"! That's what I felt watching this
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!
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.
Uhh... that's Sammy DAVIS Jr.
😁
@@youresoakinginit2113 Clearly a typo!
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.
Michael didn’t invent the moonwalk, he just made it better!
or he kept it alive ;-)
@@TheCuicito Both
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🙄
@@mohammadmushaq1938 WHAT THE FUCK
@@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
Some dancer have to give him credit moonwalk very good MJ definitely watched this man and made the polished up moonwalk famous
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
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!
@@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
@@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!
@@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 :-)
@@niallbyrne6474 Thank you! For a moment I thought I was not worthy!😌 lol!
This is a legitimate moonwalk not like J Brown use to do. I agree that this is the first moonwalk. Wow!
No thats not a moonwalk
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
The first moonwalk is from Resortes 1950 look it up
clovamon that was in 1959. Billy did it first
It’s the same physical formula and art form purpose of the moonwalk, except Michael perfected the illusion of it and added an attitude
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.
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Well said
He makes it look so easy, that's how talented he was
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.
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.
@@chopsueykungfu i heard it was from james brown
Actually he learned it from a guy named Jeffrey Daniels. Look it up.
He learned it from me we used to go to school together in 2010
So much Black history being rediscovered! Thank You! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
A white audience honouring and respecting these black artists, always did.
@@iansalgado9709 I don’t think so...
@@rayburton4867 Stop being divisive i don't racists would watch this video
@@trifonspartan4993 whatever....
Why does It matter if it's a black guy. Black history is Human History
Amazing. Never heard of Bill Bailey and that's clearly the moonwalk. Great video
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"
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!
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...
Kills me how this man just talks throughout the whole performance like he does this every Sunday
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Michael version is amazing but original has its unshakable respect!
Let’s just go back and appreciate these old cats and their talents instead of finding ways to compare them
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.
Wow, that really was the first moonwalk!
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"...
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I will check it out.
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Alright, I watched a video with Resortes, he was really, really great.
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.
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.
🗣️ Say it louder for the "MJ stole it" buffons.
Like what Michael said, you learn from the old and make it greater! Brilliant Bill is outstanding
Wow, Bill Bailey was an incredible dancer. This is awesome.
Most dancei started in the 20 and 30 in clubs and in the streets this is nothing new
Now I know Billie
Then I need to find Jean
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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.
2:03 is where he does it.
Okie thx.
MJ never said he was the first to do it to my knowledge, but he truly was amazing at it. And kept getting better over time.
EXACTLY!
But he wasn't as good as ANY of these guys. ruclips.net/video/35nIo8aBw-g/видео.html
What's up with these stupid comments telling Michael's was better, both are good and unique in their own ways...
Michael Jackson was actually better he made it more smooth n attractive
Michael made the perfection
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@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
@@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 🪤👶
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First moonwalk or not, this guy has amazing dancing skills!
Reminds of my years in Hoover Elementary in Oakland, CA. I remember we had a school janitor that wore tap shoes and would perform to us. Those were some good years.
I bet ants use to fear this man.
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.
amen that's #TRUTH
Love how you can see each step with the old time tap. Today they just make noise as fast as possible.
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.
Ah yes. You are young and listen to old shit. You are the best.
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 :)
Travon Chappell omg michale copywriter
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.
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.
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
David Ortiz actually everyone doesn’t know that. 😂
@@wodahs4200 Then they never did they research
@@davidortiz3094 true
Exactly
Man looks like he’s having the time of his life. Good for him.
There was a dancer "tap dancer" Bill Bailey who did the moonwalk move in 1955 in the Apollo theatre in New York. You can see it here on RUclips. Probably this move is much older than we thought.
man just moonwalked himself outta there
respect
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
The first "moonwalk" was at the Apollo, and the first ACTUAL moon walk was the APOLLO 11 mission. Interesting coincidence.
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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.
Michael Jackson said he was inspired by top performers and MJ made his mark in history. Thats life.
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.
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
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.
Briessa Cisneros well if Jermaine said it it's got to be true by the way who the fuck is Jermaine
Thomas Norton jermaine jackson, his brother. Sad that i had to tell you.
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.
This was great. Damn I wish it was longer, feels way too short. I was feeling the pump and then he throws a bucket of ice cold water at me when he instantly leaves the stage. Love it!
I think he didn't even realize what a great shit he invented
your comment is without a doubt accurate
Am I the only one who is actually more impressed with this amazing tap dance than the moonwalking? That shizz is hard to do!
True, I was expecting a moonwalk and instead got live action 1950's happy feet.
@@agetan9302 Haha, so true!
I loved the way people dressed in the old times suits & ties often. Back then they also had real talent✌that was definitely the moon walk😂
@Mariebrunette784 I'm fine & yourself
I've seen video from 1912 where young brothas were doing the moonwalk. There is nothing new under the sun, as they say.
My whole life was a lie .
I was thinking Neill Armstrong did the First moon walk ..
Muahaha *SMART* !
LOL!
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.
Bill Bailey at the Appollo😉
Its kinda like mj didnt invent the dunk ,but he perfected it ,so goes mj with the moonwalk😉
2:03 FYI, moon walk starts here. credit must go this this guy for giving the world his 1st moon walk.
OMG! IT IS the Moonwalk! Awesome! Just glidin’ on out….
I think it was King Solomon who said...there is nothing new under the sun
Bill Bailey was an incredibly talented tap dancer.
Michael never claimed to have made up or created the Moon Walk. He simply danced and shared it with us. So those upset just sit down & untie your draws...This one was not the first either. It was performed in an old movie of which the name escapes me now. But it was performed by an African American gentleman in that movie as well.
Not sure how many are upset about him “stealing” anything, and I agree it’s very inaccurate to say so. He sure did master it though!
The Cabin in the Sky is the movie I think you are talking about. It was 1943 and the guy that did it.... Bill Bailey.
Bill Bailey was awesome there is a MOON WALK for each generation ❤
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 😂😅
Respect 🫡
There is a coinsidence , the first moonwalk was in apollo theatre and 13 years later Neil Armstrong went to moon in Apollo spacecraft
didnt happen bro 👍
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
You could say that of every race. What would this world be without Jackie Chan?
Abra Naber It’s black history month for black Americans chill out💯
The salt of the earth!
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 ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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.
Insane tap. Just insane! Amazing!
fyi: moonwalk is at the end 2:03
Thank you !
After watching this, I came to realise that Michael Jackson was a goddamn genius. He didn't only take the moonwalk but the head and hat movements as well and he interpreted them excellently in a whole different genre of music.
Do you hear the noises he makes with his mouth like dam Michael made that his own
@@shanelllee7898 HEE HEE lol 😂
I kinda guess you guys aren't ready for that yet but your grandkids gonna love it
i see what you did there...Mcfly
Hahaha
@@NaughtyNed I saw it after you!
Back to the future😁
Jeff Daniels (Shalamar) is credited with creating the moon walk, first aired on BBCs Top of the Pops in 1982. The story goes, he taught it to Michael J. The real first moonwalk was performed by dancer Bill Bailey, first seen at the Apollo Theatre, NY in 1955.
I really don't think this video is here for people to compare it to MJ. This is not the same style as MJ but both are amazing. Respect our old school dance because they paved the way for MJ. Just appreciate the skill and move on.
Your logic: on point.🦉
I agree
Shoulders of giants ye
Yesss accurate