Four Ink Spots--Shout Brother Shout

[bammbamm12]

"Toe", Ray Winfield is the High Priest. This was on a VHS called "Fats Waller & Friends", and I don't think they ever converted to DVD. At one time they had juke boxes with built in films - like an early MTV jukebox. This was one of them.

[chrishibbs201012]

i killed a video tape just for this song, it,s magic.

[JediTy63]

@Cookiemonster9907 Its on the Abbot & Costello DVD, Pardon my Sarong.

[pattyfromtoledo]

Wow! that was really really awesome!

[Alexiosbutcher]

To the dislike fellow I hope when you rot in hell the devil makes you listen to this all eternity hehe

[WorthlessNobodies]

Holy.......they're not using any tricks for the tap dancing are they? God I'm an aspiring drummer and the control they have for the rythym and beats on a table that from their slides looks like it'd be easy to just slide right off of.....wow, this beats any drum solo any day

[JediTy63]

@WorthlessNobodies Check out Gene Krupa, with The Benny Goodman Orchestra.. He's "smokin"..

[KILLAMAVERICK53]

@WorthlessNobodies Another drummer here agrees with you

[bodyofsin]

i think someone missed the like button  haha

[KILLAMAVERICK53]

It makes me sad that nobody enjoys this kind of music that requires actual skill and is energetic yet relaxing. Now the only thing that most people listen to is just death metal and rap. Music wasn't meant to break someone's eardrums. This video makes me want to try and go to this time period and see these people in real life.

[JediTy63]

@KILLAMAVERICK53 Do it quick, they don't make cats like these any more. Artist to day have no roots.. These cats did it for the love of their craft..Todays "Court Jesters" do it for a "pay off"..

[felion4]

This is great stuff

[GUITARPLAYER14F]

Way fucking better than that STUPID SHUFFLING shit and that retarded teach me how to JERK SHIT

[pgorman3]

Pure talent and expertise developed the hard way, for sure. Amazing - and I'm an old tap dancer from way back having worked with Judy Garland, Donald O'Connor, The Step Brothers and Sammy Davis, Jr. These guys were absolutely great - especially Winfield but ALL of 'em are magnificent.

[baddacoodoo]

@pgorman3 You are an old tap dancer from way back ..wow !  pleased to meet you sir..!

[pgorman3]

Pure talent and expertise developed the hard way, for sure. Amazing - and I'm an old tap dancer from way back having worked with Judy Garland, Donald O'Connor, The Step Brothers and Sammy Davis, Jr. These guys were absolutely great - especially Winfield but ALL of 'em are magnificient.

[mattjh192]

I think this is better than the nicholas brothers

[mattjh192]

Brilliant!

[IonizedDreamer]

Wow, what a racist time it was! Not a single black person among public, and all black performers dressed like waiters...

If it wasn't for the great music, this video would be disgusting... 

[walterbrunswick]

America! 1940s! Why wasn't I there??

[SwingStu]

@walterbrunswick You were lucky, though that is highly debatable in it's own right.

[alerte17]

Det ser sgu 'farligt' ud med den borddans! Ikke noget jeg vil la' mine børnebørn se!!

[555aahouse1]

there's no way to deny that Black Musicians and Entertainers had the best talent in the early turn of the century. Im glad now, they're universal known for their outstanding work and the credits owed to them and deserve.

[comtedemeighan]

I'm 172 and my neighbor is my best friend he knocked on my door and was like cool music dude I'm 172 :D

[burner0815]

Waaaay better than the moonwalk!!!

[Akirilus]

rofl that dance is like awsome

[TheManlyman21]

im only 13 and i think these guys r the beginning of rock n roll

[Method522]

I'm 17 and I blast ink spots in my car everyday :D

[Spartan117A1]

@Method522 My 72 year old neighbor is my best friend, he knocked at my door when i played Maybe out. I'm 14 :D

[555aahouse1]

@Method522 wow...really!! do you really play this, you're incredible. i also love the jazz swing, R&B,DooWop era Black performers were fantantic with such great talent.

[bobmonkhouse50]

Incredible skill from Tip, Tap andToe. It makes us Northern Soul dancers look amateurs,love it, thanks for the post.

[abbamanic]

What a fantastic performance! Amazing dancers and great music. Classic!

[Thesingingcabbie]

Amazing, man that's entertainment!.

[ArkRed1]

Neat idea, the cello on a strap. Beats hauling a big bass around, and can still play the low register notes. Haven't seen that idea since.

[thealiz2007]

Just pure talent... wow can you see those guys flying in the air... the one in White is one of kind... wow wow wow.. they are all good...are there any like them nowadays?

[hajune]

@thealiz2007 Slide dancing is a lost art. Ray Winfield was the very best. That scene has got to make a person happy just to watch it. Black people have a special gift that NOBODY else has. Hard to describe in a few words but when a person sees this routine they just got to happy. To further my point anybody that watches Louis Armstrong perform must be effected by that amazing smile and sheer joy he expresses.Wish more were like them now days. It's a shame.

[billmarlo]

how can there be wars, when there is this?

[hajune]

Ray Winfield is one amazing dancer! Slide dancing has all but vanished. If today's dancers saw this they would be in awe and would want to learn slide dancing. As a white person I say that blacks as whole are easily the most gifted dancers. The white people in this movie are where they belong, in the background enjoying the amazing ability of both the Ink spots and dancers.They were so hapy and it rubs off. WOW to all of them.

[thealiz2007]

@hajune I agree with you they were gifted dancers...and the Ink Spots were out of this world...

[hajune]

@thealiz2007 If you have not seen the Berry Brothers, that is another one to watch. they were amazing. As for the Ink Spots that were super. Huey Long from the Ink Spots died last year at age 105.

[Holidayfunk]

Oh Shit ma niggas dancing on the table ...lol

[LeftForBlues]

This song reminds me alot of the jazzsong "Yes Indeed"

[hajune]

Ray Winfield was an amazing dancer. He has MORE rhythm and style then anyone I have ever seen. God are they ever entertainers.

[nipsipone]

No the Dancers are (TIP) Samuel Green (TAP) Ted Fraser (TOE) Ray Winfield

Tip Tap & Toe The Chef is Ray Winfield

[thealiz2007]

@nipsipone wow Ray wan awsome.... i don't think there is no one like him now a days...

[1272E49]

Is the chef Jimmy Slyde (famous tap dancer)?

[guildx700]

Loved this for MANY years now since first seeing the movie as a kid 40 years ago.

[TheWye]

The laws of gravity doesn't apply to these guys!

[hajune]

The oldest of the Ink spots( Huey Long) died last year. He was 105. Sure wish I knew who those dancers were. They are something else. They loved what they did and did it well , thus we loved watching them . They were special. You got to be happy just watching them.

[77gto]

old school jerkin son!

[Flynndacat]

i agree..

TOTALLY AMAZING!!

Tap looks like dance jazz, only your body is the instrument.

[valentuss]

AMAZING!!!

[jamesdutoit]

That's one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. I've watched it 5 times in a row and I'm as enthralled now as I was the first time. I feel like the demonstratively delighted male audience member sitting behind the table in the middle.

[CadetLease]

i would've never noticed how excited that guy was till you pointed him out.

[Lobatchose]

I'm 20, and only discovered Ink Spots last week.... i feel like i have lost 20 years of magic!

[comtedemeighan]

@Lobatchose I'm 327 and I lost 20 years of magic as well

[Lobatchose]

@comtedemeighan wow... 327 years of old, and u still don't have skills to tell a good joke!!!??

[sputnik1585]

@Lobatchose I feel the same way, especially when I watch the Nicholas Brothers. If only I had been born earlier in the century or something. It would've nice to have grown up watching their movies, as well as The Four Inkspots. I feel like I have missed out on entire genre of music and talent.

[joethatguyfromlife]

@Lobatchose more like 80 years dude

[lawless666]

wow. too many close calls sliding across the table. that couldnt be me, i'd would be sitting in ICU right now.

[Vintexen]

Yes, agreed. They were slipping all over the place, it looks so dangerous :|

[Vintexen]

love this music :D To bad its no one my age likes this anymore...

[minitacomanofdoom]

I wish I knew a chef that awesome!

[fanniebell]

that was some awesome dancing

you wont see the like ever again

[MacHamish]

Indeed, nothing like it today.

[GURUDASTAR7]

i like the chef when he airglides backwards on the tables and fools everyone thinking he was going to fall off!!!! but i am going to be cab calloway for halloween even if i have long dreads lol!!!!

[DryFrankie]

Holy crap, that was freaking amazing.

[hajune]

Wish today's black dancers would follow suit of the "Golden Age' of entertainment. So many amazing dancers back then . Blacks have ability to dance as no other race. And they did it with TOTAL CLASS. See the Baker Brothers also.Maybe better then the Niclous Brothers. It's close.

[GURUDASTAR7]

i agree with you i am a popper and when i battle someone i see they have stolen another person's move but myself like to make up my own special moves and tricks!!!!

[Vintexen]

Don't say "blacks"...... that's a noun... black people makes it an adjective.... saying "blacks" makes them sound like a colour, and not people

[maretex]

holy fuck, that was fucking awesome!

[Harrylechat01]

So much cooler than the rubbish that serves for music nowadays

[gravytrader]

Class...

would have been a great show.

For a lol check out the reaction of the male audience member at 3:04,

[Seezor]

Thanks for posting. Thanks to Abbott & Costello.  CS

[enynyc]

The lost art of tap.....................

[YurisDisciple]

Now THEMS moves!

[ravioneu]

Oh man, that was AMAZING! Never see anything like that anymore.

[hajune]

As Casey Stengel said of his Mets when he managed them. They are simply amazen. This is simply amazen.

[GRT753]

WHOA I love these guys so much

[Neurozumim]

Ok now..Fuck breakdancing...These guys had it all figured out!

[MeAndMyRC]

Hell even better!

[JacqSiir]

FU*^&NG MINT!!

[finalcut75]

How does he do those slides? vaseline?

[metalcastingman]

Thanks for posting this! Far and away one of my favorite classic movie clips, only to be outdone by the Nicholas Brothers at the end of "Stormy Weather" You see this kind of talent, and it makes you realize what a bunch of overpaid hacks today's entertainers are (all of today's movies are long on special effects and short on pure talent)

[sputnik1585]

@metalcastingman I agree!! You don't even have to act to be in movies today :( Back then most stars could sing, act, AND dance! The guys in this clip are AMAZING! If only we had talent like that today. *sigh*

[JediTy63]

@metalcastingman Your Damn right.. They don't make talent like that anymore...

[makebelieveballroom]

LOVE IT! Universal always had great 2nd bill acts in their movies, especially Abbott and Costello flicks,such as this one. Great dancing! Thanx for posting!

[MasterNutball]

I got the Full movie!!! (Pardon My Sarong)