Amos Milburn, Joe Turner & Cab Calloway / R&B Revue

Outstanding performances abound in this musical variety show filmed at Harlem's Apollo Theatre, New York City in 1954. We highlight different shades of the blues in this clip with Amos Milburn doing Bad Bad Whiskey, Big Joe Turner with a great version of Shake Rattle & Roll and Cab Calloway surprising everyone with a version of Minnie the Moocher
You can download the entire movie at the link below. Or watch the individual performances here at MindsiMedia.
http://www.archive.org/details/rhythm_blues_review

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jazz
• blues
• r&b
• rhythm
• and
• harlem
• Apollo
• theater
• new
• york
• city
• Willie
• Bryant
• Freddie
• Robinson
• Lionel
• Hampton
• Count
• Basi

[59cadcoupe]

Man! Sure glad this exists! Need more R'n'B. Thx!

[MindsiMedia]

@59cadcoupe Your very welcome. Thank you for finding that LaTeens clip

[rlindstrom0508]

after listening to loud car steroes blast rap music in my town for way too long, i bought myself a comparable system and ride around blaring the likes of Big Joe and Cab Calloway. Just doing my part...

[MindsiMedia]

@rlindstrom0508 Good man keep on rocking.

[nicodagger]

Where did you get this??? It's amazing,and very important!! thank you!!

[MindsiMedia]

@nicodagger See video description for link to complete film or check out our R&B playlist for other clips from this fine film.

[celblues7]

Amos was the bomb!!!

[nublex]

mind boggling 

[wutangkillabeez1]

i was definitely born in the wrong decade. this music is brilliant. cant stand the crap on the radios today.

[dal4018]

@rlindstrom0508 Thanks sir.

[PaulHucklebuckWms]

The Paul Williams band did a great job accompanying Joe Turner.

[PaulHWilliamsEstate]

The Paul Williams band did a a great job accompanying Amos Milburn.

[BergR1]

awesome, i wish you drove an my st.