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Bill Bailey from 1955 -- Is the Moonwalk this old?

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Uploaded on Aug 1, 2006

Videoclip of Bill Bailey from approximately 1955. A very talented dancer with great balance and control of his feet. I was pretty shocked to see the last few seconds! It raises an interesting question -- who really invented the moonwalk?

This is a fascinating and educational bit of historical video footage.

More vintage video of classic tap-dancing legends can be found at www.offjazz.com/tap-stars.htm

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  • gogo dodo

    moon walking starts at 1:30

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  • OctoberLibra1

    People need to understand in the entertainment business people gets credit for things they never invented...as we know everything is reinvented and none of us has not done something someone else has done or thought about doing. We can probably go back to even further than Bill Bailey doing the moonwalk to someone else doing it before he. Not to mention those who had never been recorded doing it.

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  • thagreen72

    whoa...but one of the members of the group Shalamar did it b4 the great MJ.

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  • talkingtomfannytom

    Michael said that a group of kids invented the moonwalk but we all know that Marty McFly did it in 1885.

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  • Sabrina black

    He was such a Gentleman. I saw this clip on Yahoo and I had to go back and see it again.

    He is also one of my inspirations. He could moonwalk,dance and balance. This is the second time I have heard about him and He's already liked by me. I wonder if he's still alive.

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  • Nicole Brooks

    True, but what do you want people to do?? he was the one recorded doing it as you said, so obviously he would get credit for same. No one who really built the pyramids but the Europeans said it was them, now thats funny...

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  • Martin Rios

    michael even said it himself that he wasnt the firrst to invent it lol..Cab Calloway Bill Bailey James Brown jeffery daniels yeah they all did it before him

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  • TheMoonsSunLight

    This is exacty the kind of reply I expected to get. Yep.

    :D

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  • PapaWolfman

    I've already done MY research Moonsun. You do your own and enlighten and educate yourself.

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  • TheMoonsSunLight

    The 'original moon walk' didn't come from here. This move is something that has been around for ages before any technology even existed to record its birth. However talented dancers such as Bill Bailey, Calloway etc all added their own style to it, then ofcourse MJ enhanced it and perfected that illusion of moving forward while going backwards.

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  • TheMoonsSunLight

    So Michael Jackson has taken credit for "A LOT" of things he didnt create such as lyrics, dance moves? OReally? Please enlighten us and tell us when did Michael ever do this and for what song/dance/etc?.. It's ok take your time for something that doesn't exist. :D

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  • MrKareemRuiz

    MJ never made moonwalk he made it better

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