Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)

[@ahmad.tillery.1987]

Cab Calloway had that rock n roll swag before rock n roll was even thought of.

[@farrahc7055]

EXACTLY. 👏👏 7.12.19

[@mochawitch]

Yup

[@daloin87061]

The original creator of rock n roll

[@tantamountzenith1695]

@Todd Stamos Different era-different word - like - solid - you dig?

[@SugarBearMosher]

Plenty of people had that inspiration. Music evolves from other music. He definitely wasnt an inventor of rock and roll. It was a variety of things, no single person. R&B singers. Boogie woogie pianists, blues guitarists, ragtime pianists and orchestras, etc all led to the creation of rock and roll and doo wop in the 1950s. And it was not one sole color of person either. It was everybody. That's what is beautiful about music

[@cntryboy_corb]

Cab lived almost the whole 20th century 1907-1994 that’s a blessing..

[@mr.hawkeye3319]

Yeah thats we call "aging"

[@WM_Nonsense]

@@mr.hawkeye3319 found ya

[@mr.hawkeye3319]

@@WM_Nonsense And I found you... in my notifications

[@1349Fu]

Shxt. Blessing. Could you imagine being biracial in America during that time period.

[@jacktorrance2633]

​@@mr.hawkeye3319What he's saying is not everyone gets to live that long. Ya get it?😀

[@JeffreyCoolwater]

My Dad passed away in 1991 at 82 years young. I'm 71 now already. And I still remember him raving to me many times reminiscing about how much he loved dancing to Duke Ellington, the Dorsey Brothers, Count Basie, and especially Cab Calloway at the original Palais Royale in Toronto, Canada in the 1930s before he got married.. Great stuff.

[@SmartStart24]

What amazing memories!

[@JeffreyCoolwater]

@@SmartStart24 Yes, a completely different world!

[@TheOnceMoreGaming]

Amazing!

[@krabkrabby]

I was born in 1991! 😃 And I love Cab! I remember I saw him for the first time when I was a kid in the movie "Blues Brothers". I had no idea who he was, and I remember I thought: "Wow, this old man has a great voice and dances like a young one! What an incredible energy! " Lol. I'm envying my great-grandparents for having lived these years of beautiful music! I'd like to live in America just for it! Thanks for having shared your story, sir! Hugs from Italy!

[@JeffreyCoolwater]

@@krabkrabby Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I missed that era also, by about 10 or 15 years. But at least we have recordings and videos to enjoy and imagine what it may have been like. As with today, not all was roses and good times back then, but at least there were some things like this to enjoy.

[@rongreen4231]

Cab was old school cool. He could sing, dance, act, and rock a snappy suit. He was the man.

[@Lady_A.R]

He was the Michael Jackson of his era. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@leonardoflorentin]

​@@Lady_A.Rdoesn't that title belong to Sammy Davis jr.?

[@roxycauldwell544]

This man had rizz coming out of his pores, what a charming talent ❤️ RIP Cab and thank you for your underrated contributions to music

[@antdell8730]

Cab Calloway had the IT factor. He had talent, charisma and good looks.

[@ceasarandrepont5331]

He was more than handsome!

[@tantamountzenith1695]

That's right - he was wicked!

[@cherilynnsorensen668]

So freaking handsome 😍

[@CellHam]

Cuz he had to half breed look about himself

[@tinyking11]

Cab is the most handsome man I’ve ever laid eyes on. 😍😩😮‍💨

[@stuartdryer1352]

My life is better for having seen this

[@jaygage1555]

One of the greatest showmen to ever live

[@cameronbrownlee308]

Im only 28 and here I am enjoying music from Fats Waller to Cab Calloway and Roy Brown The Inkspots louis armstrong and many more

[@lancesteel4594]

Cab was the best performer and the best dresser, talent, style, class and very funny. He made everyone feel good, we really need him today.

[@davidharris6510]

Cab could sing. He could dance. He had personality and he had something else that many of today's musical artists lack... class.

[@KevinFitzMauriceEverett]

Too true.

[@Pamela-dv7gb]

For real ❤

[@tantamountzenith1695]

I remember him so elequent! He used to say "Be proud of who you are & what you say. Don't say Dis & Dat - Say This & That".

[@mrjones29]

Remarkable footage and sounds from a now distant bygone era of American life. Cab was and will remain forever a legendary icon. Now look closely and you'll see an uncredited young and gorgeous Lena Horne towards the end at the Cotton Club who herself would became an American legend and black icon in the second half of the 20th Century. RIP to all these performers.

[@terrencerandall3127]

I kept wondering if that was Lena Horne

[@mrjones29]

@@terrencerandall3127 You wondered correctly. Good eyesight.

[@terrencerandall3127]

@@mrjones29 yeah you only did get to see quick shots of her.

[@mrjones29]

@@terrencerandall3127 Yep but still very nice to see from so long ago.

[@rashaunjones1027]

Black folks ,we.always ahead of the game!Brothas didn't play back then.Step it up fellas!

[@firedrakeillusional9862]

@@Medlulu lmao nah he was a "colored" boy

[@firedrakeillusional9862]

@@Medlulu Simply black, back then there was a thing called the one drop rule. He was a black man in Harlem.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@Medlulu That's a new one. Cab Calloway was Cab Calloway.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@Medlulu Where did I insult you? Why would you even make such a comment as "Cab Calloway was white"? His music and style crossed boundaries that never should have existed.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@Medlulu Fair enough. Do enjoy the Cab Calloway vids. I first started to appreciate this sort of music at about your age, but only got to see things like this when old movies would come on TV. It's great stuff. So is Jazz, swing, be bop and jive!

[@cupcakes7015]

Mr. Calloway was a good looking fella with a beautiful smile. Great upload 😀 12/6/19

[@tantamountzenith1695]

Smile? What about those legs? They went on for days.

[@cupcakes7015]

Tantamount Zenith Yep 😃 2/23/2020

[@peterhamlinhamlin8908]

Cupcakes look good too....I betcha

[@cupcakes7015]

@@peterhamlinhamlin8908 I'm okay 😚 7/20/2021

[@ndngal75]

I'm glad i'm old enough to know who Cab Calloway is and have seen him on TV while he was still alive.

[@ratpunk2895]

i am only 17 and he is mesmerizing

[@sad-noises]

Bruh I found this guy when I was 9 and I loved him then and I still love him 2 years later

[@nancyjensen6409]

Me, too!

[@krabkrabby]

Me too 😎

[@cherilynnsorensen3637]

Cab Calloway was so fine and could dance his behind off and very talented there will never be another him people knew how to actually have a good time back then wish I lived back in those days...

[@davidboutilier510]

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[@BradHollowniczky]

I've been obsessed with Cab Calloway since I was a kid. I got to see him live just a few years before he died. It was my 20th birthday and I was the youngest person in the audience by about 40 years. He was still an incredibly dynamic performer and could still shake it! What a thrill to see a bona fide legend who'd been making music for almost fifty years before I was even born!

[@NoahSpurrier]

I think his last appearance was in the Blues Brothers. One of the many epic scenes of the movie.

[@cherilynnsorensen3637]

@@NoahSpurrier how nice wish I could have seen him perform in person what a blessing that was to see

[@saudiaspratt1954]

Our people were so classy and the clothing very well put together. Thanks! For sharing

[@vaevictis_]

Yeah what happened?

[@YizzERR]

@@vaevictis_ Slavery, brain washing, manipulation of our socioeconomic living structures, assassinations, infiltrations, post traumatic stress, lack of mental health resources, ETC. But with that said, keep in mind why a nation (and world at large) would go out of its way to keep the black man down - for "they" fear what they do not understand, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. The black Americans have to find unity and identity in this country once again, though, any time he attempts to do so.... BOOM - another assassination for the books.

[@joshuajarod1909]

@@YizzERR You're the lost sheep of the house of Israel, repent and return to The Lord and you will be saved.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

​​The lost sheep of the house of Israel are the ones Jesus will save from their sins Mat.1:21; Not the ones that come in sheep's clothing > Mat.7:15 ( Mat.9:13. Rom.3:10,23)

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Mat.9:13. Rom.3:10,23

[@anthonymorris4842]

What a talent. No one could scat like Cab.

[@reckoner1913]

Let's not forget Ella, and Louis Armstrong...and many others.

[@AlbertWolfe-p9v]

90 years later, and im still dancing to this! jazz will live for a loooong time

[@SarahRenz59]

Cab was so handsome and charismatic, a real joy to watch and listen to.

[@peterm6179]

Man, his vocals and the popping and locking. Ahead of its time.

[@dennispearson9287]

WOW I JUST LOVE THIS ! THE YOUNG CAB CALLAWAY IN HIS GLORIOUS PRIME !!! THIS MAN HAD TO BE THE ORIGINAL KING OF COOL !!!...

[@DP-qx4fg]

First time I’ve seen somebody with the same name as me

[@dennispearson9287]

@@DP-qx4fg Small World 🌎 CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!.....

[@dennispearson871]

Probably The Coolest man of All-Time !!!

[@pedromeza2398]

This is one extremely good transfer from film to video to digital quality music clip now a music video, an excellent and historical foundation into to the swing music that became popular during WWII, and eventually gave US Rock and Roll. More important is the fact modern music was created by Black Americans and this 1935 music clip is the best example of a history fact.

[@africanlogic757]

Africans made everything.

[@-KillaWatt-]

I think it's universally accepted the influence we have had on the music industry. It didn't end at rock and roll either. Rap has gone on to inspire the last 40+ years of the music industry. You can look to every genre of music and almost every time you will see a black person at the highest peak. Whether it was Cab Calloway or Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Prince, Rick James, Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr, 2Pac, Hendrix. They are all pioneers who would leave their mark on music forever and are all considered the best in their respected genres.

[@AleisterMeowley]

Killa Watt for sure. There is no modern music without black artists. Also, Jazz is the only art form created in America and jazz does not exist without black artists

[@seanohare5488]

Well said

[@bobbyschannel349]

@@africanlogic757 I'm sorry sir, but afro-americans made this, Africans were in africa during this time...

[@josephwalsh7546]

No matter how much he shakes his head his hair magically falls exactly back into place ! How does THAT happen ?

[@tantamountzenith1695]

JOSEPH WALSH - I don't know, I don't know. When I shake my head it hurts my neck then I'm grouchy the rest of the day. I'm still trying 2 do his "spin" w/o falling on my ass-sumptions.

[@mercykondenar9374]

He's that good.

[@tyeshab2010]

I was just about to say that

[@RadicalCaveman]

He must've been using some heavy hair product to get his hair like that in the first place.

[@alaly1027]

@@RadicalCaveman his hair was actually very loosely curled. Not processed. But he definitely had oils in it...pomade.

[@susankennedy5739]

Praise be to KZbin, it was so hard to see these film shorts before the internet!

[@silvernova354]

Cab was a great performer. His smile lights up the room like a Super Nova.

[@ktm4042]

So good. So amazing. Beautiful people who right outside those doors had to put up with the worst of American society. And here we can see beauty living in the moment, alive and smiling. Love it!

[@pragmaticobserver1592]

Cab is still the definition of cool in 2023..Whatta guy!!

[@r.menzel8020]

Cab was cool with class. 💃🕺

[@Lady_A.R]

I would sit in front of my grandparents monochromatic TV set for hours to watch Cab Calloway and Charlie Chaplain dance and act . What fond memories and fun times we had ! Moochie the Moocher was another favorite character I loved. ❤❤❤

[@tiannalewis7929]

This man was so handsome. Like--I can't. 😭💕

[@krabkrabby]

He was kinda sexy, I must admit it. 🙌

[@billwcc]

One of the greatest songwriters and performers to ever live.

[@dznutz217]

This was amazing! I love how they left the club to really get down at the house party! Also cool to see a young Lena Horne on the dance floor at the end. She was 2nd from Cab's left when they were all lined up next to each other. 😊

[@Venomous_471]

I really enjoyed watching this , it really took me away from 2020 . Cab was so energetic, handsome and passionate.

[@humblebrown8864]

I want to go back in the 40’s and 50’s to shop (on a 40’s budget but 2020 income😉) and to learn to dance lol .. oh and the roaring 20’s.. but I’d like to shop in peace.. if y’all know what I mean

[@tantamountzenith1695]

Hey Humble - Wanna time travel w/me? My grandmother owned Graham's Dept. Store in Texas (huge). I was her favorite grandchild. She'll let me have anything I want or for my friends. Then, go to Oklahoma to her jukejoint Mohawk Inn. Anybody who was anybody sang & played there. If anybody got outa line she pulled out her gun & shot @ the wall (holes everywhere). Everybody minded her & loved her. Come on, it'll b fun!

[@krystalharris1259]

Understood

[@humblebrown8864]

Tantamount Zenith I’m ready lol

[@llogo1306]

I feel you

[@muhammadgbadegesin8043]

Yeah we know. Such a shame the past.

[@pollydickinson4789]

How fabulous was he? Just brilliant!! ❤

[@thepeacetrinity4006]

Cab Calloway brought Class and Style to any stiff profile,and Picture Perfect Black Unity too 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

[@ericwilliams2317]

What a legend. I had the honour of seeing Cab play at the Barbican Theatre in London in the mid / late 1980's. He was an old guy of course, but when he played Minnie the Moocher, man, it nearly brought the house down! God bless you Cab. You made a young guy, and a lot of others really jump and jive that night!

[@clarepellerin]

Holy smoothness... These guys are unreal!!! ✨

[@andrewring378]

Cab Calloway was the coolest

[@imetaboyiusedtoknow8308]

The band is 🔥🔥🔥 and I like watching Cab do his thing. God bless my people.

[@ricksaunders]

Good heavens what a treasure! Thanks for sharing!

[@andieslive669]

Love, Honor and Respect Cab Calloway the First Mistro of Harlem 1000%.

[@Carpenterdane]

Great film quality! I'm so glad this was preserved because I loved Cab Calloway!

[@mikebrzostowski8183]

Cab had such class! He was the greatest. I enjoy a you tube of him at 81 years old doing Minnie the moocher and preformed the "moon walk" the crowd went nuts. He is another that will be entertaining people til time ends. RIP Cab!

[@YouTubeBlueButterflies]

They really knew how to party back then!

[@liberte5847]

Outstanding historical Hollywood archive first Class rendering rendez-vous. Merci beaucoup from Paris France 👍 👍 👍.

[@reelblack]

De ríen

[@SwinginDrummer]

Great clip and good quality. Cab was one of the greatest entertainers ever.

[@thebrownbomber5686]

MY MOM AND DAD SAW A LOT OF HIS SHOWS AND BROTHER COULD THEY DANCE NORTH PHILLY THEY ENJOY MR CALLOWAY GOD BLESS FAMILY THANK YOU FOR THIS THEY WERE BORN AROUND 1924-1930 ENJOY HIP CATS

[@kimberlydawson2189]

So gifted and skilled

[@prod.lavxndxr2811]

im nineteen, and cab calloway has been a HUGE part of my childhood, and hes one of my inspirations to keep singing! :)

[@scottscott232]

RB One - Thank you so much for these gems of solid gold. It's very much appreciated.

[@reelblack]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bambledaczymbledek]

Cab was the original - everyone else is just an imitation.

[@jourwalis-8875]

Cab was long before his time!

[@aprilwest2402]

MJ , Prince , James Brown , better move over , cause CAB is THE MAN.!!! R.I.P. Mr. Calloway.

[@kikibrown9548]

Wow! This was made when my grandparents were children. (They are all still alive)

[@lunarballoonistxo]

My great grandmother was a toddler ☺

[@theterence20able]

My great grandparents were in their 20s and early 30s.

[@didoudingue1801]

Cab Calloway is the GOD of music-all. From France

[@scottscott232]

5:56 - I recently bought myself a suit like that; an original 1930s, complete with Rolled brim jazz fedora hat. Sometimes I'll go out to a nice part of London, wearing it. Yes, people steer as if I'm odd, but I really don't care. I love the fashion of that era. I might go to Ronnie Scott's in it.

[@bobblues1158]

Totally Great. The musicianship is WORLD CLASS!!!!!

[@ninatiels]

Wonder what he would think to find out people are still watching this almost 90 years later. I bet people will still think it’s awesome when it hits 100.

[@princearthur4946]

Absolutely beautiful! Excellent!

[@timefortea1931]

Cab was a brilliant entertainer, and his teeth were perfect!

[@santinowilliams693]

These are the kind of people you should be looking for if any still exist where people respected enjoyed and appreciated each other and life as well, so much has changed since then and now its a totally different world and a totally different generation today but there are still many amongst us who get it but be very careful of the ones who don't.

[@johnnyswatts]

You know this is entertainment and not documentary, right?

[@bobbyschannel349]

🎵🎵 It's the Call of the jitterbug, 🎵🎵 I love that. this little tune is stuck in my head, LOL. I see Ethel Moses, I see Lena Horne LOL everybody's in this 😉😉

[@bridgetwhitaker1965]

Gotta shimmy when you hear Cab. One of a kind,oh how I love his style in every way.❤

[@jamesbrookeriii811]

One of my many Mentor.I call him Mr. Entertainment.The Cotton Club Orchestra and him should have a Monument in there(Honor)...Words can't express him & The Cotton Club Orchestra...Long live them all... 🎶🎥🎞🎺🎤🎹🎬🎤🎼💯🎺🎭💯🎥🎶🎤💯🎺🎤🎭💯

[@scrapbookboxing1094]

Hello reel film , I'm enjoying and appreciate all of your work. This is my form of entertainment.

[@iveywebb]

Hey fellow #LDBC member 👋🏾. This is one of my favorite channels just like yours 😊.

[@scrapbookboxing1094]

@@iveywebb Thanks Queen. I really appreciate your time and Support for the Museum of the Forgotten Fisticuffs Series

[@scrapbookboxing1094]

You have my full support as well.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

What a time to be alive....The Cotton Club....damn.....

[@kellerkid1ne2wo3hree9]

2023 reignite our history’s music in todays time and day , someone build the road to allow me or someone to 💯🎹

[@bobbyschannel349]

So agree with you.. this was us at our greatest. We made fantastic music back then we were so talented. I have no idea what happened today. I mean, we created jazz. And I have absolutely no idea what happened to us.. I do know that white people are more interested in this particular kind of black American music then the younger black generation today.. I mean, if you go on KZbin and look at Lindy Hop competitions, All you'll see are white people. And I'm talking about internationally. France, sweden, finland, the uk, all over the place. They're doing all of these great black American classic jazz dances, Meanwhile, young black people. We don't care, it's very sad.

[@felixdonnelly7449]

Spectacular style!!

[@windowzombie]

I am grateful your channel is still up. It has has some almost lost footage of great artists.

[@stuartperry1047]

At 6:55 - 18 year old Lena Horne is dancing at the right of the screen with a man whose back is to the camera.. At 7:23- she is dancing near right center, wearing a dark dress with white trim around the collar. But you'd better not blink.

[@carlbowles1808]

I feel like cutting the rug. Cab calloway has talent and great style. RIP 🙏 cab calloway you are still loved 💖🎵🇱🇷💐💝👏🌅😎.

[@louregal99]

MAAAAD talent!!!

[@royaldivadeja6341]

Cab calloway was a gorgeous man

[@tantamountzenith1695]

- Royal Diva - You mean GAWGEUSS!

[@grandma835]

I've never seen this clip. I first heard Cab when I was a little squirt and can still remember dancing with him...at least I was trying to keep up with him!

[@samwheat8348]

All this fun my great grandfather had. He would always talk about sneaking off into night clubs as teen then getting in trouble later at home.

[@franciscomacias2097]

Es fabuloso !!!😂😂😂😂

[@entrepreneurcity3317]

Energy was everything 🎉🎉❤

[@CryptoMaxie]

The talent of everyone on that stage is fucking amazing

[@paulgentile1024]

some incredible musicians came out of Cabs orchestra.. like a who's who of jazz..

[@Penrose-wi6tx]

One of the Grandfather’s of Rap music!

[@justpde]

Exactly!!!

[@jazzbaker5806]

Thank you for posting! KZbin is the closes thing we have to a time machine! 🥰🥰🔥🔥

[@youresowitty8973]

Cab was smooth.

[@2FRESH-4U]

The best days are in the past apparently

[@dom_pazzo87]

Amazing, Thank You!!! All the Best from Brazil!! ✌️🖖🇧🇷!

[@cherylsHTX]

Cab Calloway = G.O.A.T.!!!

[@j.w.3345]

Can' keep your feet still when Cab and his band fired things up! The talent was beyond measure!

[@jorjashannonrisinger1475]

What a handsome, talented man Cab Calloway.

[@wsimoneawashington2879]

King of swing .🤗🤗🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@OmniEyeAm]

Prince before Prince 🔥

[@davidwesley2525]

The King of COOL before the Rat Pack. He had SWAGGER before Mick Jagger.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nandofigueira2005]

Wonderful!

[@264aub]

Ok so why wasn’t I invited to this party

[@-oiiio-3993]

Your time machine was in the shop?

[@cgamejewels]

Ikr😭😭

[@rustybeltway2373]

No ofays.

[@jameskennedy721]

Generally you only see a few Cab Calloway filmed songs . This is rare , very clear picture , and a great song !

[@nnenabattle5813]

Imagine seeing this live

[@Gabriel-ln5yv]

this is quality entertainment !!!! i want to go to the jitter bug party right now....

[@biggdogg2051]

Musical GENIUS!!!

[@gregbromberg5427]

How awesome is this? 1935. This is great.