Nicholas Brothers - My Kind Of Town (HW Palace 1964)

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The Nicholas Bros on The HW Palace, aired on Nov 14, 1964. The song is My Kind Of Town, which was sung by Sinatra in the Rat Pack film, Robin And The Seven Hoods. The Bros changed the name of the town from "Chicago" to "Manhattan". Vocals and tap sound are not live, but yet a great performance. Fayard still does splits here (he would develop arthritis afterward and stop doing splits, but stayed on the good foot until his last years by having two hip replacements).

This performance was staged by Nick Castle, a famous Hollywood choreographer, who worked with the Bros during their glorious 20th Century Fox period in the early '40s. The Bros repeated the same old routines after that, this performance, however, features something new, along with some reminiscences of their 20th Century Fox appearances - an elegant split in a slow motion (Orchestra Wives, 1942), Fayard turning around & around with splits (Down Argentine Way, 1940), an astonishing finish with a dynamic jump into a split (Tin Pan Alley, 1940), etc.

More about their TV appearances:
http://strongerthanparadise.blog122.fc2.com/blog-entry-43.html

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  • Sweet Mercy! They still had the chops in the mid 1960s! Great clip! Fayard and Harold rule forever!

  • Amazing! We don't see entertainment like this anymore.

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  • Watching this I was thinking, "they're still in good shape but I guess those splits they used to do are out"; wroooong! Amazing.

  • THATS SOME SMOOTH SHIT

  • Fayard was killing it,I love this stuff!!

  • If William Henry Lane was alive to see what he started.

  • Fayard was 50!!!

  • Purely phenomenal talent.

  • harolds head is too big for his body

  • my god the eldest was fifty years old at this point!

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