Blues Brothers - Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway)

'Minnie the Moocher' from the film Blues Brothers. I do NOT own the video. I highly recommend you watch both the Blues Brothers films. Links to other Blues Brothers songs:
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[@ExhaustedElox]

You might be cool, but you will never be Cab Calloway in a white suit covering his own song with the Blues Brothers Band cool.

[@maryannjensen5806]

I'm 88kiijioooo op poplooooo

[@happyperson1851]

Don't forget changing into a white tux in a second!

[@e3erockstar08]

EVER.

[@ajward9112]

Exhausted Elox we can try, but we’ll never succeed

[@williuscaesar1654]

Exhausted Elox not to mention the fact he was in his 70s when he performed this too

[@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841]

this man was born in 1907...and look how this guy was still moving in the 80s!!!!! wow!!!!!!

[@TD-il6ju]

lalaboo grey he died ,so sad

[@aaronestes3905]

I married a black woman and my grandmother who served in WWII with the navy told me "I was in love with Cab Calloway when I was a teenager, I could never tell anyone". lmao, isnt that sad? or is it awesome? he was one of the first sex symbols in music.

[@TD-il6ju]

Aaron Estes well I'm 26..but I have a kids with a black woman and the reason I'm here is because my 6 year old son was listening to this and I had no other choice but to be amazed lol

[@kingofthecommentsection8056]

Borris Müller what if you and the other guy married the same black woman?

[@TD-il6ju]

King of the Comment section so haha funny -_- idk you tell me

[@captain_hat6247]

I always found this scene very heart-warming. Cab Calloway, one of the all-time great entertainers from a bygone era, was given the chance to perform his most iconic song in his classic attire w/ a classic big band setup in front of a gigantic sold-out crowd at the age of 73 and he *KILLED IT*

[@TPTGopher]

@Greg Eichert Quite possibly the only time in Hollywood/music history that the producers overruling the artist was a good thing.

[@owenjohnson469]

@Greg Elchert he knew Disco was relevant, but the producers were like “no we want CAB. The real Cab. Deep down you know Cab thought the old version was better. What a cool guy.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Of course he did, IT’S CAB! 🖖

[@jamespfitz]

John Landis is a genius

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

The opening second of this clip is simply magical. Old Man Curtis shouts "Hit it!" to the band, turns around, and half a century simply _disappears_ as the legend Cab Calloway, the Hi-De-Ho Man himself, takes to the stage in his full splendour without dropping a note.

[@KingGhidorah5464]

Not even a crowd of people half his age could keep up with Cab Calloway’s scatting. What a legend.

[@FaizCaliph]

🔥☝️🙏🏽

[@phillsflychannel]

LMAO

[@jotarogaming4626]

Scatman john could

[@KeliOConnor]

We have an arts school named after Cab in Delaware and this is the school song, so we all learned how to keep up lol

[@codeine_ninja]

fax

[@MinorCirrus]

Covering his own song fifty years later and CRUSHING the original version. This is absolute gold. Long live Cab and the Blues Brothers Band.

[@brotherlove9374]

Gold? I say Platinum! Somebody ring the fuzz, Mini been murdered . . . . .

[@spiritsplice]

@Chi Ezike The original is trash compared to this.

[@BonkBro]

Both of them are equally good and there is no better version....

[@spiritsplice]

100% false

[@florjanbrudar692]

49 years, not 50

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Let's face it, Cab completely upstaged the Blues Brothers at their own concert.

[@alexhicks7266]

I think it was the point, to distract the police and get away

[@MrDCMiami]

He would upstage ANYBODY. That was fuckin awesome - a scene for the ages.

[@sandrabell9673]

Bullshit. Where was your head? Your bedroom at MA'S house.

[@sandrabell9673]

I'm so sorry that most of these jackasses can't pay for this entertainment. Our clubs. Real clubs! Not a bunch of weave, podunk, queens! Not a damn one of you had the money to go go to a show like this! Stop the fucked up yakkin!

[@OriYow]

@@sandrabell9673 chill out💀💀💀

[@rh449]

What makes this performance even more incredible is that Cab Calloway did it under protest. He wanted to perform a more modern version of the song, and was very unhappy when he was told that it had to be the original. He allegedly even had a stand up argument on the set about it. However, when they started recording he threw himself into an impeccable performance, which has turned into a classic.

[@Extremelidangerostos]

It’s funny. This is a brilliant insight to this performance and no soul aside from the 60 people who liked it gave a damn… anyway, thanks mate.

[@gezzarandom]

Yes, he said he didn’t want to do the old fogie version as he called it 😂. Glad John Landis overruled him.

[@daelen.cclark]

Was he proud of it after he saw the movie?

[@MC_QbanMissile]

Peter’s breath can kill when he is singing this

[@rumbleroses-xx]

Blue Brothers and Family Guy to me are in the same universe ;)

[@mlynarmo3059]

Poor meg

[@android_______7137]

@@mlynarmo3059 Who cares about Meg?

[@elg4192]

@@android_______7137 Meg who let you back in the house

[@shirokumaotaku]

I don't know about you but the way she cries in that scene fitted in perfectly well with the music

[@helpimarock66]

Holy Crap, this film had EVERYBODY! Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, it's just a huge spectacle! one of my all-time favourites!

[@alexts94]

Same here

[@Daddy0os]

Don't forget Hooker's awesome cameo. "Boom boom boom..."

[@alexts94]

.

[@danielappleton153]

hambone31000 We need legends.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Ladies and gentlemen , bow down in respect to some of the greatest musical talent to walk the earth

[@JHaru777]

Holy crap, so this is the REAL Cab Calloway performing? At like, age 72 when this film came out? That guy STILL had it! XD

[@JustAnotherGuy151]

There's another video somewhere here on KZbin of him performing it just a few years before he died; he was about 84 at the time and he STILL had it then, too. This man was a marvel.

[@MicheleMinetti]

I was thinking the same, I just looked a 1958 performance...phenomenon!

[@danielappleton153]

At 1st I thought " Hey, it's colorized ", then I learn " Nope that was Cab the Legend himself. ". Staying power !

[@streetbikerer-572]

I turns out that they all real musicians, I though they were just actors and apparently they actually played all of it. No pre recording.

[@technicalerr0r]

EVERYONE in Blues Brothers is "Real" thats the entire point of it! Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn And many many more.

[@helpimarock66]

Every time I see this while watching the film, I just grin ear-to-ear. There's something so heartwarming seeing this icon from the 1920's/1930's still being appreciated in the 1980's. It's so cool seeing that he wasn't just asked to be in this film, but to also perform his hit song.

[@InchonDM]

Cab actually wanted to perform a recent disco remix of the song in the film--he didn't think that anyone in the modern day would be interested in hearing the version from the 30's. He was talked out of it, however, and you can tell it's the right decision--not only is the audience obviously thrilled to be singing along, but the band is besides themselves! And who wouldn't be, to be performing alongside CAB CALLOWAY?

[@sish6]

Peter griffin got me here ,can’t get enough of this song man !!!

[@Charli3HM21]

One of the coolest things about Cab Calloway is that he performed personally for Al Capone

[@mosesberkowitz3298]

Jesus Christ; can anyone confirm this?

[@michaelkawas5940]

Wait he did?!?!?!?!??!?!

[@erickfernandez8485]

Thats what they said he said it in an interview

[@philipn.8456]

The mobsters apparently kidnapped him so he‘d sing for him. I think he only found out later who he actually performed for

[@yashisawsome]

@@philipn.8456 I think you're mistaken, that was Fats Waller

[@kizunadragon9]

This is my favorite version of Minnie the Moocher, Cab was an old man but motherfucker still had swag

[@Bmanritchie]

AMDfreak27 No need to demean his talent - he had class AND style!

[@amiefortman7220]

Bmanritchie Class,style, and a hell of a great singing voice--a deadly combination! :)

[@joelwilliams5835]

You got that right!!!

[@mauricerodriguez2138]

AMDfreak27 You're goddamn right !

[@michelrpg]

AMDfreak27 excuse you, he had "style". There's a difference.

[@Mihoyminoy124]

His voice is insane he was.on his 80s and still sounded amazing and moved super well

[@RemyKBartels]

He wasn't in his 80s he was 73

[@Mihoyminoy124]

@@RemyKBartels oh Still really impressive though Also I am pretty sure he died fairly shortly after the movie

[@RemyKBartels]

@@Mihoyminoy124 about 10 years

[@AEMoreira81]

He was 71 at the time (movie filmed in mid-1979).

[@MaliaP702]

Who still watching this in 2021, never gets old. Still can’t get the vocals right when he gets going, tried so hard to no avail.

[@radomguy665]

"Peter has bad breath"

[@jamespfitz]

I got it down from repeated viewing in the theater when it came out, and but long thereafter, on Beta tapes. Takes a while. It can be done

[@2fortress4you]

Only Cab Calloway can dress himself and 5 other people in smokings and build an entire stage piece in half a second.

[@darwincity]

+The steamy Spy Behold: Awesomeness.

[@OwenMcCarthyoolster]

+The steamy Spy Chuck Norris can do it in half the time.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

+The steamy Spy He's on a mission from God.

[@TylerBlackfan]

+Owen McCarthy Funny How Chuck Norris is treated like a Marital Arts god but isnt it ironic Bruce Lee kicked his ass 3 out of 4 fights Bruce 3 Chuck 1 , Chuck norris pfffft Gung FU Over American Martial arts spoken as a real former martial artists , Screw Chuck Norris

[@Klarth117]

+Owen McCarthy your joke is getting old

[@bradmundo]

The look on Matt Guitar Murphy’s face is pure joy. They must have known they were a part of history when making this. That or they were all so coked up they couldn’t stop smiling.

[@rjc7289]

For a split second, I thought that was jazz legend George Benson on guitar. Thanks for clearing that up!

[@BenjaminMankowski]

Or both.

[@michaelallen2971]

It was both dude. I know you ain't but don't judge them. This was one of Mr Callaways last performances and everybody was on one

[@oisinmaccumhaill7037]

Cab was 73 years old when this movie was made. He truly was a legend we didn’t deserve. RIP

[@payalsrazdan4408]

Not only did this man still have it 50 years later...his hair still had it! No matter what he did with it, it always had a way of falling right back into the right place. All class and magic.

[@mikehowell5513]

I totally noticed that magic hair!!!

[@KidsWithGuns1992]

Man I just love how this music makes you think of big city, small alleys, large puffs of smoke and shared drinks. Makes you feel drunk just hearing it.

[@Orion_138]

Why is this so accurate

[@Ambipie]

It was the 20s. He sang in the opening credits of the jazz scene.

[@ghill628]

I can't thank John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and John Landis enough for kicking open the doors to my musical horizons and introducing me to the insanely talented performers in this movie. My life has been forever enriched by that exposure back in 1980.

[@swift7360]

Damn, i wish music was like this now. I feel like i’ve missed my time.

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

I JUST HOPE YOU YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHING THIS WILL DIG UP MORE CAB CALLOWAY VIDEOS AND SEE WHAT A TRULY GREAT ENTERTAINER HE ACTUALLY WAS.

[@Fabio-ov6gu]

Im 15 and listen to it every day

[@sevinatenine4444]

@@Fabio-ov6gu KEEP LISTENING NO

[@syourke3]

Cab Calloway was born in 1907 - so he was 73 years old when he appeared in this film! Pretty amazing! He was great! Cab and Betty Boop were definitely an item.

[@cinnamonnoob2977]

yeh apparently the character king dice in cuphead is a reference of him and when u loss to king dice it says hi de ho

[@txgunguy2766]

Mae Questel, Aunt Bethany from 'Christmas Vacation', was the original voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.

[@LittleMissDeath]

Me, 10 years old, watching Blues Brothers with my dad a week before Christmas. This was the moment I fell in love with Cab Calloway. He's been one of my favorite singers ever since.

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

IAmDeath You should check out the video that Cab Calloway did with Al Jolson. They were singing "I Wanna Singa" and it's excellent.

[@OmegasteinOmegastein]

IAmDeath I'm 14 haha

[@bobbyjaja9855]

Omegastein and?

[@camelotproductions3026]

Anyone can enjoy this.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Truly one of the best scenes ever. Cab absolutely smashed it

[@joshuasolis4192]

1:09 me trying to go back to my room in 3:00 am

[@florjanbrudar692]

Please don't, you're not even funny

[@florjanbrudar692]

​@Tyrone Biggums Look, if I knew that, the number of dislikes would actually show on my comment. But Joshua made an unfunny joke on a *40 year old* movie!

[@thatadhdman3842]

Florjan Brudar You must be fun at parties, don’t be such a serious prick

[@Kitkat.hvbbbb]

@@florjanbrudar692 nobody asked if it was funny or not. If you don’t think it’s funny then it’s better to just keep your own opinion. And if you want to say your opinion then say it nicer.Jesus Christ.

[@lorensushe8871]

Hahahahah..same 🤫

[@SugarfreeYT]

Is no one else here just because they FREAKIN LOVE THE BLUES BROTHERS??!!

[@americangaming5023]

I Do

[@frostbite-ci4zu]

I am here

[@StermaPerma]

I'm here cuz I remember how great this song was.

[@Lia-ll3ou]

🙋🏽

[@JaxDagger]

+Arthur Nichols well, no but the movie was amazing none the less, but cab calloway is a legend, anyone coming to see it due to that alone has my complete respect

[@bcharles1009]

This is glue; strong stuff.

[@thymeleaves3369]

Charles E, I feel like that will become a popular meme.

[@latishaheemskerk9060]

yes, just yes

[@Mr.Riddler420]

One of the best !

[@TrapPrison]

@Akat 19145 unfortunately :(

[@jozinek876]

They also should've said "This is Blues, strong stuff".

[@Eazy-ERyder]

This one just MESMERIZES me. What a cool cat.

[@djoblivion]

This performance still gives me the chills. Blues Brothers was a masterpiece.

[@AsTheSeasonsGray]

I'm a big metalhead, but this song just does something for me. It's got such a raw, grungy swagger that you can't help but love it.

[@77rosato]

I'm an old punk but feel the same!

[@DenDaGamer]

don't sing this if you got bad breath

[@originalviprr]

LMFAO xD

[@ayeeejacob]

Family guy right?

[@osmani666death]

Haha

[@charlesgrant6917]

ha ha family guy

[@Nonii-92]

I think you meant DAD breath

[@Kollin011]

I knew of his songs as a kid but didnt know who sang it. I can't believe this guy was performing in the 30s and 80s! He went from carriages to mobile phones. What an era to live in.

[@christianeschaefer81]

I just adore that "movie" shows how wide the "canyon" between Merl Haggard country soup and the Chicago Blues is since 1975: more than a 1000 miles

[@ssurfcity]

This movie gets 5 stars JUST for the music ALONE, not to mention anything else. Long live Jake and Elwood!

[@Divadfilm]

+ssurfcity They will live forever :)

[@ssurfcity]

Gotdamn right!

[@BLUTOV]

They pulled out the musical gods for this one.

[@jays9869]

I love how he was able to cover his own song with such an incredible gathering of musicians backing him this time, and crushed the original. GG CC.

[@ThebusyArtist]

How does one "cover" their own song? He naild it becsuse it's his.

[@raycarney5941]

I met this great man while and extra in the Blues Brothers movie. Take that experience to my grave. Actually met an Icon.

[@rayharley597]

One of the greatest of all time; was lucky enough to have got into him before I saw the film so when I saw him on stage like this it was an incredible moment for me, kerk

[@PsyHoS0ciaL]

*This is glue, strong stuff*

[@beachbum23]

Miss google plus

[@SharonPresleyWriter]

Just a wonderful classic! So glad Calloway got to do this one before he left us.

[@yaelleridley]

Blues brothers rawhide

[@IntergalacticSpaceKitten]

This was an epic performance from Calloway. A great way to introduce his legacy to modern generations with this kind of awesome movie.

[@SandfordSmythe]

He didn't see himself as being honored . He felt he was still in there with many bookings, and still a star.

[@Dj_OhBoy_1960]

What a great song, I love , Cab Calloway!...❤❤❤

[@MeesTW]

I always found it interesting how Cab switched from his black suit with shades and a hat to the white suit in just a second.

[@thorben6273]

Its part of the film, in real he has a black suit, but it should be a white one ;)

[@MeesTW]

***** I get that the white suit is a symbol of kindness, but what bothers me is how he all of a sudden changed his suit.

[@MeesTW]

***** I've seen the film. And I guess it's never confirmed that what you said is the metaphor. I saw the white suit more as a hermit thing, such as Ben Kenobi in Star Wars (1977).

[@czarzymarzy]

it's normal in movies

[@JungleJunk]

It's the magic of blues:)

[@vestonbruno2795]

This is why domestically, The Blues Brothers went on to become one of the highest grossing films of 1980.

[@vmbrister3278]

I became a Big Cab Calloway fan in an indirect way... One of my favorite movies is "The Cotton Club"-1984. In it John Barry portrayed Calloway and sang "Minnie The Moocher" in the trademark White Tux With Tails.... It was the first time my ever hearing the song. I was hooked at 19 yrs. Old and went out and found a record of Cab Calloway... Watching "The Blues Brothers" in the late 80's for the first time, was really blown away by This version and thought it was a Brilliant addition to the movie. A lotta ppl don't know that the song was written Specifically for him. When Cab would sing, as a young man, he would sometimes Forget some of the lyrics to a song, so he would put in, "Hi De Ho", or some of the other little "phrases" like this in the place of forgotten lyrics. The writer of the song used this to write what would become Cab's Signature Song, and an All-time Jazz Hit!

[@joeyjoe1962]

It's 2023...And l still listen to this song.....Cab was the coolest, he invented Cool ....when cool was not even Cool......A Legend....

[@conank1913]

I always love watching the audience trying to keep up with Cab Calloway. :)

[@jack-n-the-bots2926]

Cab Calloway was the greatest entertainer of all time. He invented the show that went with the biz. No other person has created such a combination of music and the one of a kind style to go with it. We love ya, Hep Cat.

[@malli69]

I never ever get tired of watching this movie.

[@Goblin.The.Bastard]

Cab was 73 in this movie its crazy to see him move like this at this age

[@Highskill3r]

for sure one of the best movies ever made

[@leftcoaster67]

I love how they instantly have tuxes and old school bandstands. Cab Magic!!!!

[@gilmanabushati6849]

WOUAW it's magical

[@fremlinmartel8223]

Hello Gilmana, How are you doing?

[@d.n.adatniccalexxx]

I think of my grandma everytime I hear this....RIP MINNIE ROBINSON 1923-2008

[@shanshan8687]

anybody here because of Betty Boop? man this man is a class act. still just as smooth now as he was in his prime! They don't make performers like this any more

[@just2get9peace6]

Shan Shan True

[@Russian10Rocket]

Check out Brothers Moving cover of this song, its so good.. he does it justice !

[@blueriver4484]

Yes! In the cartoon with Bimbo and Bettys parents. :)

[@user-kg1ys7dz8e]

I'm here because of King Dice from Cuphead that was inspired from Cab Calloway.

[@Rainbow_Quartz]

I've heard of the song from Over the Garden Wall, the Highway Man song is based off of this and 4 years later I saw the Betty Boop cartoon and now-today-this film.

[@BigCSmooth]

Dude was 73 years old when he sang this

[@lordgrammar6195]

Prove it, please.

[@WZRDsMagic]

you can look when he was born n when the movie came out

[@BigCSmooth]

WZRDsMagic Indeed. I think it's pretty amazing. Calloway performed right up until the end. True entertainer.

[@drogers86]

He originally did this song in like the 1930's

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

“Dad, it smells like rotting flesh in here. Take the window lock off!”

[@raizzthecoolest276]

“I can’t Meg I can’t trust my self to not jump out the window

[@The1pokemaster1]

🎶 _But_ _Minnie_ _had_ _a_ _heart_ 🎶 🎶 _As_ _big_ _as_ _a_ _whale_ 🎶 🎶 _Hidee_ _hidee_ _hidee_ _hi_ 🎶

[@larscomedy9521]

That's a coldest walk I've ever done seen Jack! Rip Cab Calloway.

[@tap22]

I said same thing !

[@torreybauer6309]

Most people don't realize how cool this was and Still is.. Cab Callaway was a legend...Glad I was alive along him

[@simonemilesi6657]

My kids (5 & 8) know every single word of this song and keep asking me to play it on radio :) Monstrous Cab Calloway, Masterful Alan Rubin!

[@radstorm7755]

1:52 Seems Cab’s getting a little too excited.

[@ShadowWizard666]

Bruh

[@mxyptplx757]

LMFAO

[@chrisbuckley1785]

You dumb 😂 😂

[@raizzthecoolest276]

DAMNN-

[@domotemujin7780]

Gimme your phone 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NashKetchum]

This man is swagger incarnate.

[@havek23]

I grew up watching this movie and loving the soundtrack... never knew Cab Calloway was a star from the 30's until right now. Mind blown.

[@fuflang]

Wow, I know it's a movie but that's still one hell of a performance. What an incredible talent and style that man had.

[@YoungGemma]

Did you see that swag when that man walked across that stage with that finger pointed down?😎

[@madscience1221]

that dance he does at the begging cracks me up every time

[@tristynjungbauer7355]

I'm not aware of the Family Guy reference, nor the Evolution of Music one. I'm here because I'm in love with Cab Calloway.

[@animatedawesome5550]

okay?

[@frayner06]

+harley quinn lol

[@ashe3934]

Same 👌🏻

[@elaines5412]

+Tristyn Rohlfing I was just thinking that. Not a slight against the Blues Brothers, but did he not own a room?

[@carlsvensson8541]

Peter griffin sang this in his car one episode

[@heatherwind]

What a musical treasure he was. This will always be my favorite performance of this piece, because of him. :D

[@jengasias]

The level of smooth when the curtains split........

[@kellyhiggins4234]

I thought it great to bring Cab into this movie he is and remains priceless... Can you believe 73 yrs old here and moving like this sadly Cab passed ar 87 in 1994 born in Rochester New York 1907 Cab first sang Minnie Moocher in 1931 at the old famous Cotton Club there will never be another Cab ever !! 🖤

[@texasbane]

1} Cab Calloway- Vocals. Steven Cooper-Guitar, Matt Murphy-Lead Guitar, Donald Dunn- Bass Guitar, Tom Malone-Sax, Willie Hall Drums, Lou Marini- Sax, Alan Rubin -Trumpet 2} Scatt 3} 12 bar 4} Scene is a classic. This song broke into popular culture within 2 times, this being the later. It's cool, announced and is such embedded into our culture they play this a sporting events to get crowds into the game! It also introduced many people my age to Scat, and Scatmant John's Skatman as well.

[@TralfazConstruction]

This scene makes the entire film. My wife and I saw The Blues Brothers in July of '80 during a torrential thunderstorm and the movie played right on through; in combination it's a surreal memory nearly thirty-seven years after the fact.

[@DinsRune]

I never would've even heard of Cab Calloway if it wasn't for this movie- I'm a millennial, sue me- and I'm so glad I have.

[@imagineLife333]

Legend! 🥺💖✨🎆🪐🎙🎼 Forget "National Treasure".... Multiversal Treasure!! 💖🎶🎺🥁🎷🎙🎼💖

[@mikewysko2268]

Cab was living the life back in the day. The coolest of the cool cats.

[@altyfc2010]

I love this ! Still makes me smile that they are casually dressed then they are all in suits as the curtain opens :) brilliant track

[@evepassuti9975]

Juste génial.... Le bon temps du cinéma et de la musique ❤️

[@FletcherS92]

Before i was born, my dad won a radio call in contest to be an extra in the concert hall. I've always wanted to spot him in the crowd.

[@coyoteman7718]

0:45 - 1:06 Peter with bad breath. 1:06 - 1:26 sneaking around the death star

[@StevenTorrey]

This is probably his best rendition of the performance. I've seen it in its various re-incarnations that he made over the years from the Soundies to the filmed version in black and white. But here he gives it his most verve and vim. And here he is in his 70s when he was in this movie, and here's an audience barely beyond age 30 familiar with the song and the lyrics. Now that's class and a class act. Those Jazz musicians of Calloway's day were not shy about using the wacky tabaccy--and yet most managed to survive and endure, unlike Belushi who would die from injudicious use of drugs.

[@AlmostLiveKaraoke]

I get down on my knees. I lift my face in song. I worship Cab Calloway. You might not get it friends. :) He was HERE, at the beginning of the last century. He is the LAST of the Vaudevillians. His like will NEVER be seen again. Sing well, Sleep well, Mister Calloway! We will admire and miss you!

[@lalagonegaga]

This is so good it's fucking surreal.

[@madeleinebaier5347]

The 113 people who disliked this are truly sick

[@musicmanmatt1995]

When I was a kid, they had this scene on the jumbo tron at some of the braves games I went to. They had the lines on the screen on the screen when the audience joined in, and when it was about 1:57 on this vid, the lines were just jibberish, and it made me crack up to think anyone could keep up with this. Now I know where this is from, and I can watch this scene over and over again thanks to the power of KZbin, and relive whenever this brought a smile to me at baseball games.

[@chosenone9102]

I never knew it was the Real CAB CALLAWAY👏🏾 MAN THIS TOUGH🫵🏾🔥

[@geekytima8385]

Came here after watching the movie Joyride, such an amazing and underrated movie...starring the talented Olivia Coleman.

[@viking90706]

When young, had a chance to see cab, I will always regret, I didn't go..................

[@xx_2k_god_xx955]

"This is glue- strong stuff"....then Belushi looks at the camera. Just a tiny little thing of pure comic genius

[@robertmangl6954]

I just love the whole movie. In every second, it flows from the screen how much fun it was to make it, for all profssionalism.

[@NoahSpurrier]

This movie is a miracle.

[@zs1968]

It's amazing to see a man of 74 years to act, sing and dance in this way. The answer of the young audiance who didn't know him is wonderful. In music like in the other form of arts, the true artists are never out of mood. This man was one of a kind. RIP Cab.

[@jorgesegniniaguirre]

I fucking love this movie.

[@bluzelovr]

Highly intelligent remarks there, did we manage to squeak through English class in high school???

[@jorgesegniniaguirre]

Well excuse us, Linda Mc Donald, we did not realize someone as smart as you was going to read our comments. You must be the reincarnation of Marie Curie herself. Congratulations on the discovery of radium, bitch

[@patrickbyrne5070]

@@bluzelovr shush

[@HazzyBae]

Those instruments hit so different wow just WOW

[@AngelAffinity18]

Love the energy and atmosphere. Such a feel good song :D

[@jaghatai_bulut]

the band playing is just.. wow...

[@punishmentforall]

The late Donald Duck Dunn ... very good bass player.

[@MrAdamloring1985]

Most of them where part of the SNL band at the time. The trombone player Tom Malone was part of the CBS orchestra on the Letterman show.

[@DavidBDavis-lz7bt]

@@punishmentforall He and Steve "The Colonel" Cropper were members of Booker T & The MGs in the '60s, too. They had hits like "Green Onions" and "Time is Tight".

[@andrewbarrett1537]

They really phrase the hell out of the horn parts, don't they?!?!? Also of course the rhythm section just HAS the groove.

[@kirkberryhill8171]

such an amazing tribute to Cab, to put him on stage like this.

[@christhornycroft3686]

The coolest old grandpa on the planet.

[@swift7360]

Back when music didn’t get annoying after only playing it twice