Having fun is always appropriate. These pros make everything look easy and they very well respected by the audience. Anyone who doesn't get it can't enjoy anything. Class act all the way and they knew it back then...
But today black people singing about how to shoot somebody while.... not even singing, just talking with back ground music....man, back then it took talent to be famous....
What we miss is elegance and taste. This is style and we don't have that now. It's part of a bigger picture and these people were masters. This is American art.
How how in the hell is some one going to post a Song and Dance video and then complain about' it Just dosen't make any Damm sense. There is a Good bass player, good band ,and all around excellent performance so i guess (Honestly I don't care for the trumpet player
he is ALL TIME AMERICAN SUPERSTAR LEGEND !! my god he is so unique that's america has been build !! i love it ! no comparison you never gonna see that Again ! :D!
why comments like "I'm 13 and I love these old songs" or "I'm 4 years old and I simply adore Bill Haley and His Comets" became so common on Youtube? It's fucking annoying.
Joyful......We should be dancing these at party's not house-music, trans and so on. If there was a place where you'd get only these kind of music I would go there twice a week. Keeps me fit! And doesn't give me "headache".
did anyone alse know that theres an underground dicsco scene?!.... and so there is one for swing aswell...worry not my friends it will rise again! history repeats its self all the time!
@busessuck1 They did not have more talent back then. That is one of the most absurd comments ever. Yes, there are some people today famous for the wrong reasons, but the talent is still excellent.
is what i meant to say, there were MORE people who were MORE proficient at what they did because them people in charge of record companies had to be sure it was gonna sell or they'd be out of bussiness
when someone has it easier they're not gonna work that hard, i don't get what it is you're contradicting... show me some talent from today i'll give you a hundred people who could have done it better in black and white hehe
@Dittmoe13 this kind of music IS making a resergence, its not mainstream (thank god) but its out there, you've just got to find it. I dance to live bands playing this kind of music, young musicians that know how to swing! If you look into the lindy hop/swing dancing scene....you'll find the bands. Check out George Gee and his Orchestra.
Strictly from wowsville, daddy-0! If Cab & his band had been any more cool, they'd have been frozen! I'd rather listen to this kinda jive than most of what passes for "music" today! As they used to say, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! THANKS for sharing this delightful "blast from the past" with us! :)
@goggishdotcom Indeed I agree Cab Calloway was most definately the Coolest Cat EVER!!! And loved his dancing so much energy in everything he did on stage and tv... He was an amazing entertainer!
I agree the singing in this isn't that great in this video (I'm sure he had time constrictions given the era)... However the recorded/album version is brilliant. Though I have to say any time I see or hear Calloway I get goose bumps.
Wonderful film...great quality....the singing and dancing is just great!!!...Don't know what the heck you were watching thavault,,,It's Cab Calloway!...head banging and hair flying...loved it!
Well if you "don't care" for the singing/dancing then you must be with two feet in the grave! Gorgeous dancer w Cab, but I must admit that the trumpet player was kicking tall ass! Great video and thanks for sharing it!
The dance steps (when there actual dance steps) are basic time steps that are the first thing tap dancers learn. It's the Calloway talent that puts them across so well.
Charles Lindenberg, crossed the Atlantic, Solo, on May the 20th, 1927.
When "Shorty George" Saunders, was asked "What kind of dance are these guys doing ?" at a Dance off, at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, He didn`t know. But glimpsed a News paper Head Line, "Lindy Hops the Atlantic" George replied, to the Reporter "The Lindy Hop!" And so, this is the BIRTH, of what you called "elements of Rock`n`Roll"
Even if it did, I don't think it'd do well. our world has changed quite a bit since these days, stuff was much more.. I guess you can say relaxed?
nowadays music is about drugs and much more.. secular aimed, which is fine. I have no problem with society becoming more open but there is just no way it can ever reach this quality again... then again that's just my opinion, earlier music has a strange attraction to people, I usually listen to rock but tunes from back then always get my attention
Yeah, That Makes Sense, And Wow, I'm Essentially In The Same Boat As You; I'm A Metal Head At Heart, But Jazz And Swing Get To Me As Well. "Sing Sing Sing", "Jumpin Jive" And "Drunk Daddy - Cherry Poppin Daddies (Do Youtube This, It's BRILLIANT!)" Are Some Of My Favourite Songs Ever - This Coming From A Guy Who Enjoys Everything "Slayer"!
Good point PredHulk. But it's funny that you should say that music is now about drugs and more...secular aimed. Check out Cab Calaway's song "Reefer Man" about Marijuana. It's a funny song.
@PredHulk I totally agree with you! Heroine, cocaine, and many others are an entirely different thing, and it's unfortunate that they get lumped into the same negative public image. I guess I just enjoy irony too much and wanted to point it out lol. Glad you've heard of Reefer Man. It's a good one :b. And btw, there is good music out there, it's just buried under the garbage. bebop will never be popular again, but someone somewhere will be playing it!
Sorry PredHulk, I don't buy that Calloway is good because of clean living. His big hit Minnie the Moocher is about a prostitute, he mentions kicking the gong around in chinatown (opium), and being cokey (cocaine). He and Ellington led house bands in a white only club. This music is in a sleazy/impure context. I think it's good because the best music of old is the music that lasts.
To support your thesis, Duke Ellington and Aretha Franklin have some amazing sacred music worth checking out.
Oh I forgot gambling! In St. James Infirmary Blues, he wants the boys to know he's standing pat, which is from poker, and wants craps shooting pall bearers. And there is a long form homefire radio commercial where he is cavorting with a married woman.
because everybody is too busy thinking that that singer , goo goo gaga actually has talent. stop listening to the crap they have out now and stop promoting it.
@ajatkinson2004 Ironic That I Know Of Both Of Those Bands. Also, Get "The Big Bad Voodoo Daddies - How Big Can You Get" - It's Them, Being A Swing Band, Doing Cab Calloway Covers - Pretty Dam Groovy
@Dittmoe13 if you don't remember (not sure how old you are), it DID make a resurgence for a little bit in the late 90's, and it was totally awesome, but i was only 14 when it all ended. i freaking HATE the music that is popular right now too, so i'm right there with you - a resurgence of this would be swweeeeeeeeeeeeet
@ladyrasberry It's getting there, and we have video games to thank for the resurgance. The popularity of Fallout, BioShock, and those kind of games are breeding a new generation of swingers and jazzers, bluesers and lounge lizards, and I say if video games are doing that: So be it.
I love this!! I wish more people my age still listened to this music. It's so much better than most of the crap that's popular today. Thanks for posting!
BTW, was that Louis Armstrong playing trumpet in this video?
Honestly, Iove the singing and dancing. It's pure unbridled joy. Bartender,give me two tokes of red reefer, a strong cup of coffee and go ahead and sell my car cause I ain't never goin home...hodeeodeeodeeoooo!
My Grandmama told me when she seen Mr Calloway in 1930 he and his band came to Nashville and was ran out of town because when he sang and dance his hair would fall in his face,and the white women would cry and fall out.I just loved this Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simply Marvelous! It shows the Olympian heights African american music and dance had scaled. It set the standard for all uniquely American venacular dance and modern complex instrumental music - by comparison there can be no doubt that we live in a time of pervasive commercial banalities and creeping decadence!
Is that awesome guy still alive? xD
DonnyRedNr1 1 week ago
Is that male if female ?
handal1973 2 weeks ago
i wanna know the name of that band in the background.
hellrazor665 1 month ago
Thank you, this has been added to our playlists here and on facebook..
PoetryETrain 1 month ago
This brings a whole new meaning to LIKE A BOSS <3
Calloway is the Boss of bosses! <3
GumBeatingTV 2 months ago
aw, i wanna dance like that:(
Erunokabe 2 months ago
dig the jive jack
zoooplantonic 2 months ago
1:06 I Whip My Hair Back and Fort. lol
jazzeyjamestv 3 months ago
Not sure but I think that's Dizzy Gillespie on the trump
econoroller 4 months ago
Classic!!!
tommy2chips 4 months ago
i'm 16 and NO I DO NOT BRAG ABOUT MY TASTE IN MUSIC
MrP00sy 4 months ago
So glad this video of Cab exists !
59cadcoupe 4 months ago
Mr. Calloway's been listening to some Louis Jordan here, sounds like. What year is this?
biglinguist 4 months ago
Having fun is always appropriate. These pros make everything look easy and they very well respected by the audience. Anyone who doesn't get it can't enjoy anything. Class act all the way and they knew it back then...
gcpropertymanagement 5 months ago
The earliest roots of "white" Rock and Roll is right here.
pucksterz12 5 months ago
@pucksterz12
amen school em!
passion4posh 3 months ago
@pucksterz12 the roots of nearly all modern music is here
liamobrien06 3 weeks ago
Hes so energic!
SgtBradleyJ 5 months ago
This woman is cabs neighbour .
handal1973 5 months ago
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handal1973 5 months ago
But today black people singing about how to shoot somebody while.... not even singing, just talking with back ground music....man, back then it took talent to be famous....
icecremer 6 months ago 2
Who's the woman? I've seen her in Mr. Beebe also
dustygrady 6 months ago
@dustygrady Marie Bryant - check her out in the video "Jamming the blues" (it's on my channel)
busessuck1 5 months ago
freekin love it - yeppers, I'll dance to it any night!!!
CraziPauli 6 months ago
He's pretty tired toward the end there (2:44). Even Cab Calloway runs out of energy at some point =p
Saturos007 6 months ago
@Saturos007
Anyone who dances and then sings live will be out of breath. Happens on Broadway all the time.
lostvocals4 5 months ago
What we miss is elegance and taste. This is style and we don't have that now. It's part of a bigger picture and these people were masters. This is American art.
gcpropertymanagement 7 months ago
@gcpropertymanagement
When this was new, I don't think mainstream culture regarded it as "elegant" or "tasteful."
funstuff2006 6 months ago 2
...keeps you Groovy 24 hrs. a day!
TheSupremeGenius 7 months ago
So cool here, and then he did the Blues Brothers Movie and showed he still had it coming and going! Solid Jackson!
BillWa 7 months ago
can`t think of a better way to start the day
rickenbacker67 7 months ago
The trumpet man is Jonah Jones.
gferrick 8 months ago
in my opinion, this guy was the greatest musician to ever live.
Look how much enjoyment he's getting simply from preforming, the man's a genius.
xomgeeitsemilyyx 8 months ago 3
Yea Calloway Boogie!!!!
brwneyesaz 8 months ago
Dude, if you don't care for the singing/dancing, then you don't care for Cab Calloway. Why even bother posting the video, then?
Thumbs up for the singing/dancing!
jasmej01 8 months ago 12
How how in the hell is some one going to post a Song and Dance video and then complain about' it Just dosen't make any Damm sense. There is a Good bass player, good band ,and all around excellent performance so i guess (Honestly I don't care for the trumpet player
blueman2bass 8 months ago
he is ALL TIME AMERICAN SUPERSTAR LEGEND !! my god he is so unique that's america has been build !! i love it ! no comparison you never gonna see that Again ! :D!
wise84 8 months ago
I hope i'm not the only one who was worried that they had a headless bass player in certain shots...
CourtJackal001 9 months ago
@CourtJackal001 ..... *_* ... LoLz his skin blends in dude! Haha
rodneyj14 8 months ago
ahaha, I love how he is ALWAYS dancing around with a big shit-eatin' grin on his face.
NineMonthMedia 9 months ago
HE IS THE SINGLE GREATEST ALL AROUND PERFORMER OF THE ENTIRE 20TH CENTURY UNDESPUTED HEAVY WEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION !!! CAN I GET AN AMEN 2 DAT ??? !!!
stovall1231 9 months ago
@stovall1231 He's right there with the very best of them. With the three Louie's.
mrgarbonzo3 9 months ago
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@stovall1231 He's right there with the very best of them. With the three Louie's.
mrgarbonzo3 9 months ago
These were the rockin days
RockabillyWilly1 10 months ago
willow smith stole i whip my hair back and forth from cab calloway
devildog9485 10 months ago
HIS HAIR!!!! I don't know why but I'm always amused by how he flaps his hair all over the place. lol
buttaluv10 10 months ago
this is how i fell when i get stoned of weed
ninjasyn 11 months ago
hail the trumpet
Riff45 11 months ago
best thing about this guy is you look at him and everyone in the band they are always really smiling and enjoying it
shutty2582 11 months ago
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BoaTer53 11 months ago
@shutty2582 The best thing about Cab is, there is no way to sit still while listening to his music. It has a way of makin' you groove to the tunes.
BoaTer53 11 months ago
Love Cab !!!
59cadcoupe 11 months ago
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This is just MAGIC
freddyfridgemagnet 1 year ago
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crusader149 1 year ago
cab is burning
milkfred 1 year ago
omg!!!! how could you NOT like the dancing!!!!???? That's what it's all about! ;) woot!
TheKitschKitten 1 year ago 4
Mr. thavault, I do care for the dancing and singing but I love cab calloway, I hear your point and i just wanted to say thanks for posting.
And you taught me something, pay attention to that trumpet, your right it IS burning ;)
TonusAMaximus 1 year ago
Such a different time. Now-a-days it seems music has gone out the window. I love the older stuff!
dakwa1 1 year ago 38
this guy new how 2 dance no joke
crazycody6789 1 year ago
this generation was the best!!!! what happened to us???
robrod56 1 year ago
The girl is sure hot!
mewrth 1 year ago
why comments like "I'm 13 and I love these old songs" or "I'm 4 years old and I simply adore Bill Haley and His Comets" became so common on Youtube? It's fucking annoying.
dbonfa555 1 year ago
@dbonfa555 You are so right, I've said the same damn thing. Like "I'm 12 and I love this." Who cares how old you are, it's so stupid.
diamonddust22 1 year ago
Joyful......We should be dancing these at party's not house-music, trans and so on. If there was a place where you'd get only these kind of music I would go there twice a week. Keeps me fit! And doesn't give me "headache".
Jakichildhero 1 year ago
That there is some footwork!
jukinj3 1 year ago
the man was the esence of koooooooooool daddy ya hep to da jive
securitycat11 1 year ago
fantastic :))
Yolandaria 1 year ago
Amazing!
firegrr1 1 year ago
MOONWALKING
razstas 1 year ago
Very cool !!!
littlewolf60 1 year ago
that drummer is rockin that 3 piece set!
1964gibsonsgjr 1 year ago 2
This is so badass! Love it!
shoneyluvsAmerica 1 year ago
one cool cat.
gamster68 1 year ago
love the hair!!!
funcused 1 year ago
very exciting entertainment
swampzoid 1 year ago
coolest cat to catch a mouse.
OSVIN 1 year ago
Tooo hot!
perkydoo 1 year ago
Calloway Boogie... Dirty Boogie... khm...
unfinished93 1 year ago
this is so good my wife now hates me
coordayaa 1 year ago
That girl's called mary bryant- she dances in a bunch awsome swinging and lindy hop vids, check her out in
"Jammin the blues" with Lester Young
and Ellington's "Bli-Blip"
busessuck1 1 year ago
I always play Cab Calloway when I get high, it's a must for me! :D
TheClemmRusty 1 year ago
No mikes or amps, pure talent. Crap today.
swinginkatz 1 year ago
love it!
00ffdc 1 year ago
did anyone alse know that theres an underground dicsco scene?!.... and so there is one for swing aswell...worry not my friends it will rise again! history repeats its self all the time!
RAMMSTEIN2SETH 1 year ago
@RAMMSTEIN2SETH I go swing dancing every week, it's so freaking amazing, I love it.
Omen3330 1 year ago
@RAMMSTEIN2SETH it's never gonna be as good - there's a reason people in the entertainment industry had more talented way back when
...you actually had to do something to get people's attention and that record deal
busessuck1 1 year ago
@busessuck1 They did not have more talent back then. That is one of the most absurd comments ever. Yes, there are some people today famous for the wrong reasons, but the talent is still excellent.
IronHawk 1 year ago
@IronHawk Had more talented "people"...
is what i meant to say, there were MORE people who were MORE proficient at what they did because them people in charge of record companies had to be sure it was gonna sell or they'd be out of bussiness
when someone has it easier they're not gonna work that hard, i don't get what it is you're contradicting... show me some talent from today i'll give you a hundred people who could have done it better in black and white hehe
busessuck1 1 year ago
Swing It!!!
m2mcassady 1 year ago
Back when dancing meant something and actually looked like dancing.
stunnerand3 1 year ago
@stunnerand3
I second that emotion!
:-)
JubalCalif 1 year ago
You know what is the biggest disgrace ? The revenues of the ads of this youtube video going towards that Hudson Music instructional drum DVD.
djhartman 1 year ago
I was born in the wrong time, man can't believe i missed this!
Nthje 1 year ago
I'll like it verry much
LucMoustache1 1 year ago
I like when Cab's hair flops around when hes dancing
also pianist be checkin da fine lady out heeeyyyyyy
twentynothing 1 year ago
hey why not dance with a babe while everyones soloin
ILIKEABIGBOOM 1 year ago
thavault, if you didnt like it, whyd yo post it.
vetb882 1 year ago
@vetb882
just as he wrote, he especially likes the trumpet player.
IrRrIS1l3nt 1 year ago
A young Panama Francis on drums and a young Milt Hinton on Bass.I don't know anyone else.
jamlear 1 year ago
@jamlear thanks for the info. Panama was one of the greatest drummers of all time. Man he could swing!
lordritchie 1 year ago
@Dittmoe13 this kind of music IS making a resergence, its not mainstream (thank god) but its out there, you've just got to find it. I dance to live bands playing this kind of music, young musicians that know how to swing! If you look into the lindy hop/swing dancing scene....you'll find the bands. Check out George Gee and his Orchestra.
Nancyplus3 1 year ago
The dancer is Anne Bryant
MsBronus 1 year ago
Cool is cool, don't matter how old or off the wall it is...Just is
IronicallyVague 1 year ago
Strictly from wowsville, daddy-0! If Cab & his band had been any more cool, they'd have been frozen! I'd rather listen to this kinda jive than most of what passes for "music" today! As they used to say, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! THANKS for sharing this delightful "blast from the past" with us! :)
JubalCalif 1 year ago
ERios@Rumba351.com
MrSteveStarr 1 year ago
Thumbs up for the vid. Down for the description... :/
goggishdotcom 1 year ago 79
@goggishdotcom Indeed I agree Cab Calloway was most definately the Coolest Cat EVER!!! And loved his dancing so much energy in everything he did on stage and tv... He was an amazing entertainer!
Ashantay 7 months ago
To hell with today, I'm going to build a time machine, and go back to right there! Go man GO!!
jacksge 1 year ago
Dave Rivera on piano; Jonah Jones, trumpet.
johnnycchops 1 year ago 2
im 17 and i think cab is one cool cat wish i was alive then so i could have seen him swing and jive. Rip Cab
phophjoph 1 year ago
Tremendously enjoyable
nunicorng 1 year ago
Cab Calloway could out dance all of them.
AlvarezHoulemard 1 year ago
I agree!!!
mrkanyuk 1 year ago
Don't like the singing and dancing? You don't like nuthin' then!
onein7twist 1 year ago
I agree the singing in this isn't that great in this video (I'm sure he had time constrictions given the era)... However the recorded/album version is brilliant. Though I have to say any time I see or hear Calloway I get goose bumps.
BlackIzak 1 year ago
go Cab!
handofnergal 1 year ago
Wonderful film...great quality....the singing and dancing is just great!!!...Don't know what the heck you were watching thavault,,,It's Cab Calloway!...head banging and hair flying...loved it!
quatros1 1 year ago
tumpeter is almost gen... but dancing and singing is not so bad.
sauliusdra 1 year ago
Well if you "don't care" for the singing/dancing then you must be with two feet in the grave! Gorgeous dancer w Cab, but I must admit that the trumpet player was kicking tall ass! Great video and thanks for sharing it!
Varlet09 1 year ago
I LOVE Cab C!!!!!!!! He's the king! I could dance to his music forever! (Lindy Hop for the win!!!!!) ^_^
Kelseyjoy1148z 1 year ago
Sorry the trumpet is JONAH JONES not Doc Cheatham ............too much POWER !!!!!
Bumblebee38 1 year ago
They don't make music like this ANYMORE! When was his 'reign'?
pjezierski 1 year ago
The dance steps (when there actual dance steps) are basic time steps that are the first thing tap dancers learn. It's the Calloway talent that puts them across so well.
boohoogetalife 1 year ago
youre right
KBstreetart 1 year ago
the dancing appears to be the remnant of the "flapper" style of the 20s. i personally love his music and have several original 78s
borgcrickett 1 year ago
He's chasing a trend here, but he does it well.
0keratacon 1 year ago
He wasn't following a trend, he was helping to set one.
Kaalec 1 year ago
It contains the elements of 50's Rock 'n' Roll
LouisLeeKH 1 year ago
Charles Lindenberg, crossed the Atlantic, Solo, on May the 20th, 1927.
When "Shorty George" Saunders, was asked "What kind of dance are these guys doing ?" at a Dance off, at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, He didn`t know. But glimpsed a News paper Head Line, "Lindy Hops the Atlantic" George replied, to the Reporter "The Lindy Hop!" And so, this is the BIRTH, of what you called "elements of Rock`n`Roll"
The Date. May 1927
The Dance. The Lindy Hop.
jazzmanzoot 1 year ago
Thank you! I for one care for the singing and dancing!!!!!
jM2542 1 year ago 2
@jM2542 amen to that!
loonylivi 1 year ago
for great music ....... cab calloway .. louis armstrong .. billie holliday .. duke ellington ... the rat pack ...squirrel nut zippers
furrowin 1 year ago
on drums?
silentkyle11 1 year ago
"how can one not care for the dancing"? sexy woman dancing to calloway ....damn I'm double turned on
moondog50002000 2 years ago
CAB CALLOWAY IS THE SHIT!!!
RememberSoCal 2 years ago
im pretty sure this dude was tore up lol he looks like he is
koolflattop666 2 years ago
GAAHHHDDD Why Can't This Make A Resergenece In Popularity? Pop Music Now Days SUCKS!
Dittmoe13 2 years ago 55
Even if it did, I don't think it'd do well. our world has changed quite a bit since these days, stuff was much more.. I guess you can say relaxed?
nowadays music is about drugs and much more.. secular aimed, which is fine. I have no problem with society becoming more open but there is just no way it can ever reach this quality again... then again that's just my opinion, earlier music has a strange attraction to people, I usually listen to rock but tunes from back then always get my attention
PredHulk 2 years ago
Yeah, That Makes Sense, And Wow, I'm Essentially In The Same Boat As You; I'm A Metal Head At Heart, But Jazz And Swing Get To Me As Well. "Sing Sing Sing", "Jumpin Jive" And "Drunk Daddy - Cherry Poppin Daddies (Do Youtube This, It's BRILLIANT!)" Are Some Of My Favourite Songs Ever - This Coming From A Guy Who Enjoys Everything "Slayer"!
MrSlayerlord 2 years ago
Good point PredHulk. But it's funny that you should say that music is now about drugs and more...secular aimed. Check out Cab Calaway's song "Reefer Man" about Marijuana. It's a funny song.
phantasos12 2 years ago
I was actually aware of that one :D but in my eyes marijuana is harmless compared to cocaine or heroine, or even alcohol for that matter.
PredHulk 2 years ago
@PredHulk I totally agree with you! Heroine, cocaine, and many others are an entirely different thing, and it's unfortunate that they get lumped into the same negative public image. I guess I just enjoy irony too much and wanted to point it out lol. Glad you've heard of Reefer Man. It's a good one :b. And btw, there is good music out there, it's just buried under the garbage. bebop will never be popular again, but someone somewhere will be playing it!
phantasos12 2 years ago
marijuana slows your heart rate down but it better than cigarettes
brucelee7525 2 years ago
Sorry PredHulk, I don't buy that Calloway is good because of clean living. His big hit Minnie the Moocher is about a prostitute, he mentions kicking the gong around in chinatown (opium), and being cokey (cocaine). He and Ellington led house bands in a white only club. This music is in a sleazy/impure context. I think it's good because the best music of old is the music that lasts.
To support your thesis, Duke Ellington and Aretha Franklin have some amazing sacred music worth checking out.
geekindy 2 years ago
Oh I forgot gambling! In St. James Infirmary Blues, he wants the boys to know he's standing pat, which is from poker, and wants craps shooting pall bearers. And there is a long form homefire radio commercial where he is cavorting with a married woman.
geekindy 2 years ago
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furrowin 1 year ago
because everybody is too busy thinking that that singer , goo goo gaga actually has talent. stop listening to the crap they have out now and stop promoting it.
rainydaywoman1957 2 years ago
@Dittmoe13 well it tried to with Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Brian Setzer Orchestra lol. Didn't work out to well
ajatkinson2004 1 year ago
@ajatkinson2004 Ironic That I Know Of Both Of Those Bands. Also, Get "The Big Bad Voodoo Daddies - How Big Can You Get" - It's Them, Being A Swing Band, Doing Cab Calloway Covers - Pretty Dam Groovy
Dittmoe13 1 year ago
@Dittmoe13
i play upright bass, looking for some musicians to revive this kind of music lol
caloscalante1518 1 year ago
@Dittmoe13 if you don't remember (not sure how old you are), it DID make a resurgence for a little bit in the late 90's, and it was totally awesome, but i was only 14 when it all ended. i freaking HATE the music that is popular right now too, so i'm right there with you - a resurgence of this would be swweeeeeeeeeeeeet
weston407 1 year ago
I'm 19. LOVE THIS STUFF. So into swing dancing. I agree. We need this music back to popularity.
ladyrasberry 2 years ago 9
amen bro ^^
Valdris1987 2 years ago
@ladyrasberry It's getting there, and we have video games to thank for the resurgance. The popularity of Fallout, BioShock, and those kind of games are breeding a new generation of swingers and jazzers, bluesers and lounge lizards, and I say if video games are doing that: So be it.
HailTheOri 1 year ago
That trumpeter was the great, but under rated Jonah Jones!
jdsmith02115 2 years ago
Nice video - the trumpet player is On - and the dancing is great too
smookbottom 2 years ago
I love this!! I wish more people my age still listened to this music. It's so much better than most of the crap that's popular today. Thanks for posting!
BTW, was that Louis Armstrong playing trumpet in this video?
Les342 2 years ago
@Les342 im 15 been listenin to this sincei was 13
listen to mood indigo by louis armstrong
thats my favorite track
dug699 2 years ago
REAL JITTERBUGGIN!!!! SMOOTH AS SILK
acfinney 2 years ago
Michael Jackson could not hold a candle to the great Cab Calloway!
MrZoltanonwinter 2 years ago 4
yea
clarita215 2 years ago
This was back in My Day!
Cabs a COOL CAT!
But I like the Hot Mama "Better!
They acted like they were a little afraid to show the Mama! They were like that in DEM DAYS!
About Black Mamas! JOE FRAZIER spoke about it in the 70s, when he had a BAND!
jor99912 2 years ago 3
Cab Calloway was a genious.
ezeqyell 2 years ago
Cab's hot as the devil burned black. One of my favorite band-leaders.
sickosandsuch 2 years ago 3
Hidy hidy ho!
chimera15 2 years ago
This guy was the king long before Michael Jackson!
bdienstag 2 years ago
@bdienstag
hell...before Michael was even born!
Diamondgrl2007 2 years ago
lol my last name is Calloway, and my grandma used to sing this to me to make me dance when I was little! My dancing was NOTHING like this though. lol
Even though I'm only 18, I really love this music!!! Thanks for posting! =)
treneacall91 2 years ago
@treneacall91
lol i know ur grandma was fun...
mine was too
Diamondgrl2007 2 years ago
wooooooooooooooooooooo!
momome360 2 years ago
Wow!Este hombre fue un genio! Tiene un ritmo loco, una manera de cantar y bailar!
Es fantastico!
KatzenImNebel 2 years ago
The way is hair is moving is funny to me.
PatsBooks 2 years ago
Cab Calloway sure could move one cool cat.
gamster68 2 years ago 23
DAYUM they sure could SWING! Nice!
bitingontinfoil 2 years ago 4
Honestly, Iove the singing and dancing. It's pure unbridled joy. Bartender,give me two tokes of red reefer, a strong cup of coffee and go ahead and sell my car cause I ain't never goin home...hodeeodeeodeeoooo!
chopsddy3 2 years ago 5
Well, I was dancin...on the furniture even! LOL
hdlady7120 2 years ago 4
My Grandmama told me when she seen Mr Calloway in 1930 he and his band came to Nashville and was ran out of town because when he sang and dance his hair would fall in his face,and the white women would cry and fall out.I just loved this Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHYHI45 2 years ago 5
awsome! i have no words to say! :D epic
Silversword112 2 years ago 2
Simply Marvelous! It shows the Olympian heights African american music and dance had scaled. It set the standard for all uniquely American venacular dance and modern complex instrumental music - by comparison there can be no doubt that we live in a time of pervasive commercial banalities and creeping decadence!
TheViewFromSugarHill 2 years ago 6
Absolutely agree!!!
bluedahlia82 2 years ago
im sure you are aware that they called this decadent when it was new lol.
kingspoit1 2 years ago 2