Great old Paramount short film of Cab Calloway singing many of his hits.
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@Gangstagran5 жыл бұрын
I phoned Cab Calloway many years ago when I was a teenager to tell him how wonderful I thought he was. He was very polite although I could hear I was interrupting his TV watching. Bless him!
@meleahbeah4 жыл бұрын
Woahhh. Was this back in the 90's?? I would love to hear more about this!
@kalypsoofthestars4 жыл бұрын
that is amazing! i honestly wish i could’ve meet that wonderful and talented man!
@MattyMadonna7 жыл бұрын
Love how he uses his hair. He was so ahead of his time
@binko9695 жыл бұрын
Fried, dyed &, layed to the side
@wrestlingconnoisseur4 жыл бұрын
It was the vast amounts of heroin coursing through his bloodstream. If you look very carefully at 0:50, you can even make out the cold, empty "heroin stare" typical of many late-stage addicts. The "dance" is the result of a particularly heady whiff of the opiate. It's tragic, heartbreaking, really.
@emceenati14974 жыл бұрын
Cab was big into the Cuban look
@ousarlxsfjsbvbg85884 жыл бұрын
wrestlingconnoisseur uhhh what?
@NikoroAya4 жыл бұрын
@@wrestlingconnoisseur weirdly enough he lived through the 70's up to the late 80's despite this? That's interesting...
@normamcmanus11395 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was the complete package-handsome, talented, suave and debonair. Also, a gentleman!
@last75094 жыл бұрын
so cool he'll steal your woman
@80sgyrl824 жыл бұрын
....yessssss he was Norma....dreamy 😗.
@babelyubelbarever45913 жыл бұрын
redundant department of redundancy
@communistjesus10 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway RIP was the Original cool Cat. He was "Prince" before Prince was Prince,.. The man had style...
@Similo5 жыл бұрын
communistjesus I literally just realized that and read this comment 😂
@jamesbckmstro35 жыл бұрын
@@Similo and I did too!
@JiveDadson5 жыл бұрын
Cab Callaway was a song and dance man. Prince was a revolutionary musician.
@RatPfink665 жыл бұрын
But Cab gave revolutionary musicians exposure in his band. Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie...
@intrepidpooch5 жыл бұрын
@@joeplaneta905 You're an asshole.
@samchop74949 жыл бұрын
From a drum and bass DJ's perspective, this shit goes hard. They must have rocked the fuck out of every show
@AlmightyNoobful9 жыл бұрын
170bpm = tempo of life
@Revelwoodie6 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was a young girl when this came out. She was MAD for Cab Calloway. She was drafted when she was 19 (In Britain, they drafted the girls too, lol), but she did manage to see him live during the war. Cab Calloway was to the 30s and 40s what Prince was to the 80s and 90s. If you don't have a grandma in your life, you might not have known that, lol...
@MsCherade95 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Christ Yes, they were conscripted here in the UK during WW2. Even The Queen cheerfully took on her service in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. They weren't sent abroad to fight, but they took over all the jobs that the drafted men had done, plus all the war work necessary, the nursing, working the land, working in factories, many for the first time. Just because they weren't sent to the front lines doesn't mean they weren't obligated by law, after being called up, to do the work they were ordered to do.
@anthonyturton80915 жыл бұрын
@@MsCherade9 not conscripted/drafted . volunteers
@davidgreen50994 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyturton8091 national service act of 1941 made British women eligible legally for conscription. US women had no draft.
@binaway4 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyturton8091 From 1941 it was compulsory for British women 18 - 60 to register for war work. If accepted they could join the services otherwise it was the land army, factory work, medical services etc.
@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick4 жыл бұрын
Never hit your grandma with a shovel!
@ddmcpaisley62994 жыл бұрын
He was quintessentially BRILLIANT.
@ShannonLee19568 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize how good looking Cab was!
@ishathebeautiful30998 жыл бұрын
Shannon Lee right lol💖
@zimjun77 жыл бұрын
When he was a lot younger!! But that floppy hair!! On of his signatures.
@YoungBlaze7 жыл бұрын
what about me!
@ShannonLee19567 жыл бұрын
Look good to me!
@YoungBlaze7 жыл бұрын
Shannon Lee thank you
@crcruise6 жыл бұрын
Got to talk to Cab Calloway years ago at the Seatac Radisson Hotel. What a truly nice guy. He got out of a taxi and was walking up the front walk and I said wow it's Cab Calloway and none on the youngsters I was working with knew him. One of my best celebrity meets ever.
@steve.doubleuwagner5455 жыл бұрын
Ratcity5 what were you talking about
@MrRighteousfish5 жыл бұрын
@@steve.doubleuwagner545 if you get an answer tag me please. Thank you in advance
@steve.doubleuwagner5455 жыл бұрын
MrRighteousfish of course
@shable14365 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Christ all kinds of ppl met him, he only died in 94, you think we all old and dont use the interweb? I played at the 96 Olympics and im only 44 bro, i met all kinds of famous ppl thats dead now. Just sayn time flies and you will find out
@yakamarezlife5 жыл бұрын
@@shable1436 where you in that band at the opening? I play the harmonica brother so I've played some nice spots hell I'm 39 ive met and have friends who are gone I've played in venues that are gone time fly's when your having fun
@John-dk7nx8 жыл бұрын
It's incredible yet quite sad to watch this video in this day & age, knowing that all these people have passed away, it's almost like watching ghosts!
@sirpsychosexy8 жыл бұрын
Ijh 2002 spoopy
@jenniferrojas70247 жыл бұрын
how time passes.
@kyanillow7 жыл бұрын
Exploring Abandoned Buildings u are watching ghosts..lol
@bimirabu7 жыл бұрын
Isaiah Vlogs I look at it as a gift from the previous generation. They gave us something we could hold onto and still enjoy years later.
@subsamadhi41247 жыл бұрын
why is it sad to watch a video from almost a century ago? No shit they are all dead. Humans aren't immortal
@gaperry54728 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was no joke.
@dudefrombelgium6 ай бұрын
But he did know how to act silly!
@MoonlightArchitect10 жыл бұрын
Still one of the coolest cats in history, Hi-de-ho and Amen.
@johnscipio147010 жыл бұрын
These men were all master musicians.....and entertainers
@alin81-823 жыл бұрын
This was so ahead of its time. Cab is one of those artists I wish was alive today!
@davef.28115 жыл бұрын
If memory serves, he was still going in the 80's and maybe into the early 90's. what a talented entertainer.
@edythmcnair47114 жыл бұрын
I saw Cab perform at the Royal George Theater in Chicago in the 1980s and loved every minute of his performance. Later I learned that my late mother in law, when she was young, snuck into one of Cab's shows (they held them in the 1930s in the South in tents) and never forgot the experience.
@patrickmulroney9452 Жыл бұрын
retired very rich!!
@Imissingu20017 жыл бұрын
WOW! A 26-27 year old Cab Calloway! Doesn't get any finer than this. :-)
@sabineb.56164 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was simply wonderful! He was truly ahead of his time! His singing and dancing is unreal.
@sferrell10009 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, Cab was very popular with the ladies.
@amiefortman72209 жыл бұрын
I can totally see that. He did cut quite a fine figure in a suit. :)
@sferrell10009 жыл бұрын
Amie Fortman True that, he also treated every woman he met like a lady.
@amiefortman72209 жыл бұрын
Scott Ferrell A rare occurrence these days.
@sferrell10009 жыл бұрын
Amie Fortman I know what you mean. I was brought up by Southern parents. When a lady approaches my table, I stand, or help with a chair, they have no idea what I am doing. As father always said, "always assume a woman is a lady until she proves you wrong."
@amiefortman72209 жыл бұрын
Scott Ferrell Your father was a smart man--it sounds like he raised you right. :)
@annburlingham45637 жыл бұрын
I saw this when they renovated the Shea's theater in Buffalo in 1976 - they played it, then Cab Calloway came out and performed. I was twelve, and wow, did I develop a crush!
@whups17444 жыл бұрын
DrSuperMonky she said "crush" and 12 years old. Learn to read moron.
@nickbrough83354 жыл бұрын
Listening to this, you can understand why Jazz captured the world.
@dithompson9910 жыл бұрын
My grandpa said he was 10 when this came out and already smoking cigarettes. Wow, grandpa!
@poohbabby5 жыл бұрын
dithompson99 😂🌹👋
@kittyfox78 жыл бұрын
I love how he moves, dances and gets into the music!
@caleb76124 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a man with so much energy yet so chill
@yaykaboom8 жыл бұрын
Damn you kids and your new age music. Back in my days we had Beethoven and world war 1.
@andrewklein79977 жыл бұрын
yaykaboom world war 1 was something to be proud of?
@someonehuman22817 жыл бұрын
andrew klein issa joke man
@devin11587 жыл бұрын
andrew klein we have lil yachty and world war 3
@harrys.pinkter92457 жыл бұрын
I juzgo I Oh yeah? I have Xyggyrltil and World War 57
@KaiOrCurtt7 жыл бұрын
I can’t stand our new music
@doobeedoo28 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was so cute as a young person, and his singing was so incredible.
@calanon5344 жыл бұрын
Cab was handsome, talented, and boy did he have a way with women. Props to the first King.
@johnjack962311 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was possibly the most influential artist in the music business. The way his dancing flows with the music, like he's part of it, often reminds me of Dubstep Dancing. And how specifically in this song, how his he makes up words/sounds, effectively becoming almost an instrument himself, is just like beat-boxing! Fascinating, huh!
@RentAnEducation11 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was a national treasure.
@bluesugar586 жыл бұрын
Look at Cab Calloway making music videos in 1934! This was thoroughly entertaining, great band!
@AnointedFlow8 жыл бұрын
Cab had the best energy
@tiffanybrazier84188 жыл бұрын
Yes he did
@SharelB19 жыл бұрын
This man was 27 years old at the time. I just hope I am this productive and accomplished at 27 years old in the next 4 years. Just genius!
@Bungle8 жыл бұрын
+Dev “Sydster316” B It's been 10 months - what have you accomplished so far?
@ludwigvanbeethoven53598 жыл бұрын
One year.
@SharelB18 жыл бұрын
Ludwig van Beethoven it has been a year. 😊
@SharelB18 жыл бұрын
Bungle I started my own youtube channel a month ago. More new beginnings to come soon.
@stopthrm7 жыл бұрын
Are you there yet?
@WildBillCox134 жыл бұрын
Groundbreaker, trendsetter, writer of the Hip Cat's Dictionary, ace performer, bandleader, arranger, writer, and an Icon of his age. There are few talents so great that I struggle just to emerge from their shadow . . . Cab is one.
@brianschumer7882 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@TaigAkseylMyAdventuresVlog9 жыл бұрын
And now ladies and gentleman, please welcome... the king of Hi De Ho !!!
@mrhoffame4 жыл бұрын
Why do I feel goose bump levels of pride when watching Cab? Amazing class and what a PURE entertainer!
@DavidStJames119 жыл бұрын
So amazing! I met Cab at the Bellview in Philla. Pa. I was on the 22nd floor, He was on the 18th, I went down to see him before the show and he was so gracious to me and my friend. He was a big guy with big hands.
@onedo72407 жыл бұрын
David St. James wow your old, and that's good
@psychobunny329 жыл бұрын
first time I ever saw Cab Calloway was on the Blues Brothers. I have been a fan ever since.
@Redfoot5555 жыл бұрын
Missy Rabbit 🐇
@melipooh724 жыл бұрын
My parents made the questionable choice of taking 8 year old me with them to see the Blue Brothers.I fell madly in love with Cab Calloway and 1930's jazz. I guess I was a weird kid. I'm still a fan to this day.
@un-inkpressivevideos95416 жыл бұрын
i love how he calls back to other characters like smokey joe and minnie the moocher, also he one of the reasons i started listening to jazz
@nyterpfan9 жыл бұрын
Was there ever a "cooler cat" than Cab Calloway?!! I don't think so!!
@salvatoreperez51134 жыл бұрын
Mr.Sinatra then Wilson Pickett then whoever maybe me
@lcharleston26974 жыл бұрын
Never in the world
@BlueEyedCubTN4 жыл бұрын
Minnie the Moocher is one of his most famous songs. I love it.
@roshondarodgers55637 жыл бұрын
I love the way he pays homage to his band😘
@LOVERGEIST7776 жыл бұрын
this is one of the most incredible videos and sounds i have ever experienced... jazz hiphop scat rocknroll .... its all there in black and white
@leostone46245 жыл бұрын
He was around 27 here. Lived til 86..died in 1994 rip.
@harryandruschak28439 жыл бұрын
Almost 80 years old, and still SUPERB!
@b.bailey82445 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Love Cab Calloway and the musicians playing with him... timeless class! such joy this brings!
@adrianjackson26964 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway sung this song in the "Blues Brother" film decades later and a few years before he died. Great entertainer.
@MegaFiona95 жыл бұрын
Great music. He was amazing and so handsome!
@rexcaliburn10 жыл бұрын
luckily for me my dad grew up in the 30's and 40's so i got to learn about all the great music from back then.
@harmonyeternal8 жыл бұрын
_this is hilarious. @1:54 the bass player sleeps with his instrument...and those were the classiest pajamas ever!
@jessicab3317 жыл бұрын
John Wilson You know everything was better quality back then... we spend all this money on junk these days. It's tragic.
@adolfoclaudiolazary31276 жыл бұрын
Yo duermo con mi trompeta alemana
@dannynicastro32076 жыл бұрын
John Wilson ....aawww....I was waiting for someone to comment on the pjs....LOL...GOTTA LOOK GOOD WHILE YOU ARE BEING COMFY DOING YOUR THING SO WHY NOT? BACK IN THE DAY MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN WERE WOMEN....NO CONFUSION THERE! They were true ladies n gents....still around now, but rare.🤗😉
@dannynicastro32076 жыл бұрын
Jessica B. ...i brought a pair of flannel pjs at Strawbridges in 1992, still had them in 2012.🎃
@qmcsing9 жыл бұрын
Calloway's dancing is as good as James Brown, Prince and Michael Jackson....
@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control8 жыл бұрын
+Bruce Banner Watch 'Stormy Weather'. The Nicholas Brothers, who were the dancers in the segment with this song were the ones who gave master classes to Michael Jackson.
@homepcmacbook59968 жыл бұрын
+Reynaldo V True. And the best thing is you feel the hard work they have put in, all of them! Real showmanship
@RSmith19828 жыл бұрын
Gotta compare the opposite direction since James Brown, Prince and Michael Jackson got most of their moves from Cab Calloway, he was an old man when they got started.
@lokitheekat7 жыл бұрын
Bruce Banner Reverse order,dear,reverse order.
@nacarreira7776 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he was the inspiration for all of them. Outstanding.
@NoaLives794 жыл бұрын
Incredible! A video clip from the 30', with an engaging plot, cool shooting angles, product advertisement, sex, humour, and a genius artist dancing and singing in the front. Every thing we know today has already existed 90 years ago. 😍
@dan_hitchman0074 жыл бұрын
This was definitely filmed before the Hayes Production Code clamped down. Early code films were still fairly racy.
@dianaa.17358 жыл бұрын
I'll ALWAYS love Cab Calloway!
@Memusclebear Жыл бұрын
Please!!!! Be thankful for the gift GOD gives some of us to be performers to entertain us for centuries...
@tommy2chips10 жыл бұрын
Classic Jazz, Cab Calloway had his own Language
@ZeroCitizen10 жыл бұрын
I just saw you on the video of that old man in the nursing home... recognized your profile picture. Never heard Cab before. He's pretty good!
@tommy2chips10 жыл бұрын
ZeroCitizen yes he was
@MARKCREEKWATER110 жыл бұрын
ZeroCitizen wow --- i, too, view'd the video of that old [black] man in the nursing home, and hear'd him say that CAB CALLOWAY was his favorite singer ... Calloway was from WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, where i went to high-school, but i never knew that until after he died .....
@EarlyIdeasStudios7 жыл бұрын
Betty Boop "Old Man of The Mountain" theme brought me here and made me a fan of Cab Calloway and his band.
@louiedufflebags70628 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I dream I was alive in the 20s or the 40s.
@mstrkrft084 жыл бұрын
Painful dreams those are...
@Imeraldgyrl10 жыл бұрын
Wow, Cab and his band members were dangerously fine!!!
@susankennedy57395 жыл бұрын
The sleeping car scene kills me! The bass player in the upper bunk wearing Chinese-style PJ's, the baritone sax player and Cab having a music/dance duet, and all to the beat of the train rhythm. And the bit from 4:55-5:03 -- Who today is that cool and edgy?
@jimmybritt95374 жыл бұрын
Mr Calloway always flopping his hair , what a time he must've been . Every one of his dancers was drop dead gorgeous 😉👍👍🇺🇸
@darkaoru7 жыл бұрын
Lmao at that radio product placement right in the middle. Guess they did that back then too.
@Ceaddle6 жыл бұрын
its amazing what youtube has done.. i can relive those days...and i was born 50 yrs after. thnks for the upload
@DeLanges10010 жыл бұрын
Elvis and Prince owe alot to him and his moves.
@mdt4714 жыл бұрын
Not Elvis but certainly Prince, and every cat who ever thought he was cool from 1930 until today.
@kawograham4 жыл бұрын
and what elvis didn't take from black man?
@SmoocheeWallace8 жыл бұрын
damn that was ice cold cab calloway and his band all just ran train on this dudes gf while he was literally running a train.
@9175rock6 жыл бұрын
anthony garza smdh
@PuncturedPrincess4 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@nunyanunya63984 жыл бұрын
truuuuuuuu
@Erlique4 жыл бұрын
I am so glad someone in this comment section noticed
@samualwhittemore2284 жыл бұрын
Hypergamy is the soul of a woman.
@cherylsHTX2 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway = G.O.A.T.!!!
@OokySpooky13136 жыл бұрын
Such talent
@miketwomey4923 Жыл бұрын
I did on NYE in SF with my dad in the late 70s...
@lcharleston26974 жыл бұрын
That jawline tho. OMG😘😘😘😘😘
@VexDeePhilosophs7 жыл бұрын
Gosh this guy....i really wanted a dance with him, it would be so animated! He's so full of energy, i really love him, i can't stop hearing songs that old and thinking "wow....i just born in the wrong time"
@debrahubbard7634 жыл бұрын
Now I know why Prince was so cool..... He was imitating Cab!!!!!
@Deb54510 жыл бұрын
This is great!! Love Cab Calloway! Handsome and talented!!
@jupena9 жыл бұрын
This is the coolest thing I've ever thing... Can't get enough of it!!
@updownstate4 жыл бұрын
I saw - and met - Calloway around '79 or '80. He put on a great show, definitely an audience participation performance. The dance floor was jammed. The best recording can't surpass the energy and joy of a live show.
@orly55027 жыл бұрын
never heard of this guy in 20 years and this has brought tears to my eyes, this is magical.. music can't do this to me these days...
@misscala7 жыл бұрын
Today, Dec 5, 2016, Turner Classic Movies is playing only Musical Shorts, including Cab
@leslieschmidt47445 жыл бұрын
i just think how old this is...my mother wasn't even born yet! SO FABULOUS!!!!!
@kathleenirish5 жыл бұрын
I was lucky growing up in 60s and 70s, my father played all the great jazz & big bands from 20s 30s 40s every day in our house
@XX-gy7ue4 жыл бұрын
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX STUNNING BEAUTIFUL YOUTH WITH INCREDIBLE VIBRANT TALENT ! MAGNIFICENT !
@oupamohlahlana54964 жыл бұрын
Sir Cab Calloway - pure talent. pure classic man.
@TexasTrojanPony7 жыл бұрын
I looked up Cab Calloway after watching a video a friend shared online. A man with Alzheimer’s was pretty much nonverbal, didn’t emote, etc, but when he listened to music he had enjoyed since his youth, it was like he came back to life. When they asked him about what he liked, he said “Cab Calloway”. Having watched and listened to this, I gotta say, that man has great taste.
@TexasTrojanPony7 жыл бұрын
facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/2467941129895598/ If anyone's interested :)
@CuirPhotodotNet5 жыл бұрын
The lady with the fan....is ABOUT THAT LIFE !!!!
@ITILII4 жыл бұрын
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd did us all a great favor, having Cab Calloway play such a prominent role in The Blues Brothers. He deserved a Best Supporting Actor award....then man was light years of coolness ahead of them all !!!
@socialgutbrain77746 жыл бұрын
That kissing scene got me all fluttery and flitzy. 💖
@michaelgagliano4504 жыл бұрын
BRAVO...what a master of his craft
@shirleypena41335 жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was truly a National Treasure!
@JeevesReturns5 жыл бұрын
If I could go back in time THIS is one of the things I’d like to witness. An amazing showman!
@starview19 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Really a perfect classic of the day.
@angeliquedomini72594 жыл бұрын
People who do not like this older music style should not even come here to put their dislike.
@nataliaorsini18996 жыл бұрын
Wish I could see him and the band live. Love this kinda music and energy!
@liberte58475 жыл бұрын
A classical shorty, Bravo Mister Cab Calloway! We love you from France! Emmanuel from Paris
@genielove915 жыл бұрын
Amazing ❤️❤️ I’ll take this work of art over the wack music that we have today unfortunately 💁🏽♀️
@greendeane15 жыл бұрын
In the 30's my uncle went to hear Calloway in Old Orchard Beach (Maine.) My mother was only 12 or so whereas my uncle was 22 or so so she spent the evening hiding in the back of his car as he went to the show and had a few drinks.
@barbaraanderson563910 жыл бұрын
A five star video for golden music! Phenomenal work, Tim!!! Truly inspiring. And how you can pick 'um!!!
@chrisw3534 жыл бұрын
I first new about Cab From The Blues Brothers , But I never knew he was as a big of a star as he was back in the day
@PrinceJes8 жыл бұрын
It sucks to know that everyone, everyone in the film and is long gone. From the young ladies to the old men.
@luckyshow5 жыл бұрын
History is like that. Film is like that. Why dwell on the obvious?
@mattguz555 жыл бұрын
@@luckyshow is it not a sobering thought? Here are people, so full of talent and life, enjoying themselves and being great at what they do. Now nothing is left of them but these videos. They are long forgotten by most, no longer doing what they love. We will be the same some day.
@AnastasiaLUVSU5 жыл бұрын
@@luckyshow Because they want likes. i see that stupid comment everywhere on old shit.
@lindabergman31275 жыл бұрын
True 😜they were really talented musicians and dancers👋👋👋👋
@mindboard82035 жыл бұрын
I think Cab was one of the latest (in this video) to die
@lydiaward1185 жыл бұрын
I’m not even 21 yet (in just a few months), and when I was a kid we had bunny ear TV. I’d get up late and sneak out to watch TV, and there was this local station that would play old black and white music. This played one night, and I spent years trying to find him. I finally did once I was like 14, 2 or 3 years later. So good.
@KINGSOFBREIFNE10 жыл бұрын
The king of scat, awesome
@scottdouglas16025 жыл бұрын
What an awesome era of music.
@bitsnpieces114 жыл бұрын
I was born in Dec 1945, and I'm white but this song is something will remember at the mere sound of one bar. Cab Calloway was a tremendous person.
@lucidity45 жыл бұрын
Ancestry's 'We're Related' app brought me here. Damn, Cab Calloway had style!!!
@tiaflies4 жыл бұрын
That ending where Cab leaves with his band was legendary!
@tanyatmr10 жыл бұрын
The porter's wife looks like Fredi Washington to me, but I wasn't sure. I looked it up and it is her...wow
@miriamhavard76214 жыл бұрын
She was a BEAUTY!!!
@JPLMONEY237 жыл бұрын
They should do a life story of Cab Calloway....this man deserves recognition.