World's First Beatboxing Champion in 1938

World's First Beatboxing Champion in 1938

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This video is taken from the British Pathe newsreel "The Radio Revellers" and is a song called 'There's A Tavern In The Town'. You can watch the video of the whole song here:
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And yes, for those of you who were wondering, this isn't actually "beatboxing" strictly. The singer is doing an impersonation of a "big string bass" - Still, it's pretty impressive and a prototype of beat boxing.

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Also, If anyone's interested, the applause in this video is taken from this other video of Julie Andrews singing in 1948: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPnwEN...

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[Qwx]

I still say it's cello, even if you remove my comments :D (not sure why you would do that, though)

[britishpathe]

Yes you're quite correct. The gentleman is in fact impersonating a "big string bass" - If you see the information below the video there's a link to the full length video. Enjoy!

[TheMisfitable]

brethren before wenches

[britishpathe]

If you see the information we've just added you can watch the original video. It is from 1938, it's a famous band from that period called The Radio Revellers.

[jalynnbaker90]

People now are WAAAAY better

[justine Cantre]

hahhah

[justine Cantre]

COOL ! !

[MrJeppeisen]

Just like tomska!

[Omited Venis]

i think it might be something that resembles beatboxing

[Paul Chavarro]

The hell is this?

[Juia M]

By the way Martin, i'm a bit confused. The band members in Radio Revellers were Art Reed, Al Fearnhead, Stan Emery and Freddie Holmes. I know grandad was in another band before called The Four Crotchets. Thought this was RR.

[Juia M]

For "vultures13" ans anyone else who is wondering, i think this is a clip from "there is a tavern in the town"

[Juia M]

Hello to Megan and Martin. I am Art Reeds grandaughter. It was a real surprise to find this on here. And by the way, to an earlier post - these guys were NOT middle class toffs. My grandad was born and raised in the EastEnd!

[RzTheTree]

Maximum respect!!!!!