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I love Ann Miller's "Shakin' The Blues Away" in Easter Parade. Her feet were frantic! And don't forget Vera-Ellen's numbers in White Christmas where her feet practically vibrate! I'm glad Eleanor Powell was given a thumbs up, as well.
OMG! So glad The iconic Gregory Hines and the Nicholas Brothers made the list! Giants in the Tap world! Ever since I was a kid, I’ve adored Tap Dancing! Pure artistry, soul and rhythm, it needs more recognition!! I love see any tap performance just an incredible art form!
I agree! Absolutes "Giants" both Mr. Hines and the fabulous Nicholas Brothers! I wish an in depth documentary would be made detailing the lives and mind boggling talent of the Nichols Brothers!!
You have hit the nail right on the head there Carolyn, I am an 85 year old man, and I spend hours watching these old classic dance movies on my PC, they are in a different league to some of the rubbish turned out today in the name of entertainment.
You needed more than Top TEN !! So many great scenes by Elenor Powell, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly, Donald O Connor, James Cagney, Buddy Epsen just to name a few. I do agree with the Nickolas Brothers as Number 1. They were PHENOMENAL!!!
Except 4 Happy Feet 🐧 That movie is Nothing compared 2 the True talents of the greatest entertainers in the history of musical cinema 🎬📽🕺💃 💖 Legends like Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller, The Nicholas Bros, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly etc. And even my personal favorite: 12 yr old Bobby Long from It Happened in Brooklyn 💖👼💖
I am so glad the Nicholas Brothers Jumpin Jive is #1. That dance scene is just the best. These guys could dance when they were kids. Watch “Lucky Numbers” And Fayard basically was self taught!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#7, Table Dance. These wonderful dancers were able to slide around because of a product marketed as "Dance Wax." When I was a kid my older sister had a box of this. I would sprinkle some of it on the basement floor and it became quite slick. No surprise that it works so well on hardwood tables and dance floors.
Someone always beats me to it!!! LOL... Pick a routine "Lincoln" in White Christmas is a favorite... I forget the movie... but where she tapped on her toes... She was amazing and light as air and completely underrated!!!
I know its an honorable mention, but the Lullaby of Broadway is my number 1 ❤️ I get goosebumps every time I watch anything done by that genius Busby Berkeley 👍❤️
Astaire and Rogers did it years before tap dancing on roller skates to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" in 1937's Gershwin movie musical "Shall We Dance".
For all the jokes about Ann Miller getting her big break entertaining the Civil War troops, she really was phenomenal. She was still working it when she was old and I was a kid, and I'm old.
Ann Miller was a force of nature! Elanor Powell was an awesome dancer and its a giant shame she and Fred Astaire didn't do more together. Cartoon penguins? Really? Really? You rate this over Ann Miller and Fred Astaire/Eleanor Powell??? Really??? I've never seen the Berry Brothers and I am going to remedy that! Busby Berkley was incomparable with those giant numbers. And the Nicholas Brothers are indeed amazing.
I still think the “Moses Supposes” number from Singin in the Rain with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor is the best tap dance sequence I’ve ever seen in my life.
The Stormy Weather sequence was the better known and I'd say more artistic and deserves to be number one, but the Panama Hattie sequence is even more athletic and the ending is insane and causes me physical pain just watching it. Nostalgically and joyously, I love the scene from Tap. I'm surprised the Hines/Baryshnikov sequence from White Nights didn't get an honorable mention.
I just KNEW you had to list Jumpin Jive as #1. I mean, how could you not?! But Begin the Beguine belongs much higher on the list. A black and white stage, a Gershwin tune, pairing the two best tappers of their era - it's pure and magical!
That's how you see who's a great dancer - Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor danced so that she could keep up and looked if not as good, then good enough :-)
I read that Gene Kelly pushed the inexperienced Debbie Reynolds into tears snd exhaustion for this number, but it worked, you would never know she had never danced before.
@@Ketutar not exactly they choreographed around her and placed her on the sstool and counter when they had the more complicated moves - as explained by Kelly's wife in her world tour
@@rnhealer6044 this is false - she admitted this herself before her death and the woman who would become the wife of kelly was on set writing the memoirs and said this was false - her feet also did not bleed at the end of the takes
@@schmachtenmom1852 I think Gregory Hines himself said that if you tried to reproduce Nicholas Brothers routines today you'd have to use CGI, because no one could do what they did in real life.
@@MNuttree probably true, but I was expressing a personal opinion. I guess that I should have said Gregory Hines style is my preference. Much like Gene Kelly in An American in Paris was the smoothest performance that I have ever seen
They were tap dancing meets gymnastics! I can see why they and the Berry Brothers competed. Phenomenal group of talented individuals there. I do think I agree, but to me it's like a virtuoso musician. They're so out of anyone's league that they can't work well with anyone else, and look at all the treasures we cherish that came by way of shared acts. Can you imagine Lena Horne teaming up with the Nicholas Brothers? Cats and dogs, right? They were good but they were stuck in what they did, and when it ran out, they were run out. One of the best examples ever of this claim is the unsung Ray Bolger. There was always work for someone like him. From Vaudeville, to the Wizard of Oz, to '70s television, he could be his own and still leave room for others to shine.
Donald O'Connor balloon dance from CALL ME MADAM and Rita Hayworth and Fred Astairre doing the "Shortie George". They BOTH should have been on your list! Geeeeezzz
Agree that an animation shouldn’t be on the list. Also, while I love your lists, please, please, please…. Let each of the sequences play out rather than talk over and through them.
I second that motion. I get so irritated by yacking video compilers who would rather hear the sound of their own voices than to let their viewers enjoy the clips.
Wow! Just been transported to the 1950’s. as a budding artist in my early teens, the only form of entertainment back then was the cinema which I practically lived at with my Parents, must have seen nearly every movie made over the past seventy years, Ann Miller was the first celebrity I ever sketched & Painted in that fabulous Red Costume, it certainly was “To Darn Hot’ 🥵 over the next few decades I must have sketched almost all of the famous movie stars, portrayed in a Movie Magazine called ‘Moviegoer’ if I remember correctly! My favourite 🤩 male movie stars were Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly with Ginger Rogers, and Donald O’Connor, but I loved them all in their day! thank you 🙏 for the lovely memories, and sharing these wonderful old movies, look forward to more of your videos in the future blessings from an English Lady in the U.K.😊🤗🥀
I remember an early appearance of "Hines, Hines, and Dad" on a TV variety show, back in the '60s. Gregory, his older brother, Maurice, and his dad, Maurice Sr., were great together. Gregory was a pretty darn good actor, too. It's too bad we lost him at a young age, 57.
I was told by a friend of mine who has been a Foley Editor for more years than she cares to remember, that when it came time to do the footsteps for his dance routines in Tap, he came in to re-record his footsteps instead of having a Foley artist do the routine. Let's face it, if you want the sounds of the footsteps to be synched to the action, you might as well get the original to do it. While she didn't work on the movie, I have no reason to doubt the story.
Absolutely! Always a joy to watch Mr. Hines! LOVE the amazingly talented "Mr. Robinson", *dancing with adorable Shirley Temple! She had stated many times that he was always thought of (and called) :..."Uncle", as well as a cherished and much respected close friend *and dancer!
Wow, finally a video that's entertaining, interesting and a showcase of old-school talent. We could use more videos like this one. I really enjoyed it. Maybe create other videos one different dances or styles of dance. Thanks Ms. Mojo 👏👏👏
In “Panama Hattie,” you failed to mention the legendary “Lena Horne” dancing with the Berry Brothers. She started out in the chorus at Harlem’s infamous “Cotton Club,” when she was 16 years old.
that's a good one :) did you see sky's the limit? a lot in common is one of my favorite dances, along with the slow number at the end. I think Joan Leslie was still a minor at the time. Sky's the limit is one of the most underrated movies of his i think.
@@domino427family I haven’t seen that one yet, unfortunately. I’ve seen 7 of the 10 movies he’s done with Ginger Rogers, and maybe five other ones that don’t have her in them. My favorite one that he did with another partner is Royal Wedding. Have you seen that one? It’s one I think is underrated too.
@@MadisonC think i've seen them all. very odd teenage obsession to have in the 90s lol. check out bandwagon if you haven't seen that one. dancing in the dark is beautiful. Daddy Long Legs has some more great , and sky's the limit and funny face are more non-ginger movies that are fantastic watches
I would have chosen the Moses Supposes number from Singin' In the Rain and I am a little surprised that nothing from 42nd Street at least got an honorable mention. As for Astaire, I think I would have chosen the one where he dances with a hat stand or in the spinning room over the drum dance.
I grew up watching Fred Astaire movies. I'm happy that he makes the list more than once. I'm just a little disappointed that he didn't do better than Shirley Temple :/
Every time you pay homage to Gene Kelly I can never forget his late career reprise in Xanadu Big band tap dance scene with ONJ🥰 would’ve been a great-at least honorable mention…I think she did a great job as well
Once again Ms..MOJO teases me a clip from James Cagney tap dancing on the stairs from Yankee Doodle Dandy and doesn't talk about it! That scene is legendary and done in one take! Carney earned that Oscar!
An often overlooked Fred Astaire number is from Holiday Inn... The Fourth of July number with the fireworks is amazing... Also the Drunk dance from the same movie
This is a really good list overall. Two of my favorites that weren't included were "I Like Myself" from It's Always Fair Weather (Gene Kelly tapping on roller skates!) and "Let's Misbehave" from Pennies From Heaven (Christopher Walken doing a fantastic tap dance/striptease).
Would have skipped the Kelly animated scene and added the Eleanor Powell "Fascinating rhythm " scene from Lady Be Good. The modern films here are not at all on par with the old films. And Ann Miller is a dance goddess IMO.
The trouble is that there are no longer studios with technical and performing talent under contract and economics which allow producers to gamble on original stories, instead of tired remakes, sequels and stage adaptations. Playing for safety is a blind alley. Making a musical 'now and then' is not an option. You need a boss who knows the art and the biz in charge of constant output, so turkeys can be tolerated. Arthur Freed, for instance.
Thanks for NOT including "La La Land" and "The Artist", even though they were teased at the beginning, thought that the dancing in both left a lot to be desired. Though I am disappointed Billy Elliot only got an honourable mention; that scene is so powerful where he is dancing out all his feelings of rage towards his father. Really moving stuff.
„La La Land“ is a joke! If you know, what real dancers are able to do, then this movie was an insult of the dance genre. Could not understand the Oscar hype. To quote it in the clip is a joke as well, but like you I had real fear to see it actually under the top 10... ;-))
I danced tap on stage for many years before settling into ballet and pointe professionally. I am in a wheelchair now and I watch these half of me cries for not being able to do it any longer and the other half of me cries because it makes me so happy. :-)
I'm so sorry for your loss of mobility. I'm sure you gave joy to thousands of people who saw you dance, as much as it gave you joy to dance, and it's wonderful that you can enjoy these timeless performances that remind you of better days. 💃👯🏽♀️👯🏽♀️👯🏽♀️❤
The Stair dance is the funniest,hilarious and classic tap dance in all the time in the history of Music and in the movie of The Little Colonel 1935 when we can see Shirley temple & Bill Robison dancing the stair dance
The Nicholas Brothers - holy mucking fackerel!! I had never watched them before seeing them here on TH-cam - unbelievable althleticism!! And Astaire was someone to watch in all his movies. Great to see how Happy Feet was made - one of my daughter's favorite movies of all time! Great video!
Some of these selections are rather dubious, particularly Happy Feet. I think Gene Kelly’s innovative dance number with JERRY Mouse to “ The Worry Song” is a much better selection. That was cutting edge, live action and animation together in a number. There are numerous better selections like Top Hat, High Society, etc.
The dance numbers were based on real people doing the dancing. Savion Glover provided the choreography and motion capture for Mumble. It’s done by using specific hardware and special software to obtain and process data
@@rachelgarber1423 Irrelevant entirely. So it's someone else's (a real person's) taps. Of COURSE it is! Big deal. The point is that dancing (including tap) is not just about the tap sounds... it's about the whole person, their persona, character, body movements, personality, musical interpretation and all of these things together combined. Furthermore, how do you know there isn't someone with a teaspoon and a saucer making the tap sounds anyway.
I would rather replace that with Bobby Long from It Happened in Brooklyn 💖👼💖 That kid was a True Prodigy and could've been another legendary star 💎 Look him up please. I promise U won't regret it 💖
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Besides missing Fred Astaire in the room... This list is SPOT ON
Hate to burst your bubble but did not even mention Donald O'Connor tap dancing on roller skates and it's on TH-cam.
*Number 1 shouLd have been ANN MiLLer (My PersonaL Proof of GOD) NOT # 10!!!*
I Love THE BLACK TAP DANCERS... THEY WERE SO.. GREAT..... 😆 😆 😆 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
LOOK AT THEM...WOOOOOOW.. ON A TABLE.. AND JUMPED OFF... 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I could watch these old, magnificent, dancers for ever.
Simply wonderful.
I just started learning to tap dance at 39 years old, really enjoying it but would never be as good as these, wow such talent.
Ann Miller was a phenomenal dancer and she us SO underrated!
*is
I was lucky enough to see her and Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies when they were in Boston
Yes she was and Too Darn Hot could and Should have been higher!!!
Growing up, I wanted nothing more than to be her
Absolutely agree...Ann Miller was a Fantastic dancer and a Great actress too.
Every dance teacher should show all these clips to their students. So very inspiring. These old movies are why I took tap lessons back in the day.
That Ann Miller "Too Darn Hot" sequence in 3D is astonishing!
I love Ann Miller's "Shakin' The Blues Away" in Easter Parade. Her feet were frantic! And don't forget Vera-Ellen's numbers in White Christmas where her feet practically vibrate! I'm glad Eleanor Powell was given a thumbs up, as well.
You like exactly the same stuff as me!!!
Saw Savion Glover perform in person. Fantastic!
Vera Ellen was truly amazing and not to include one of many fantastic performances is just ignorant
I came here to mention Vera Ellen in White Christmas, as well. I was quite surprised she wasn't counted in this list.
This whole video is not inly informative, but exquisitely breathtaking! Such talent these people had!
OMG! So glad The iconic Gregory Hines and the Nicholas Brothers made the list! Giants in the Tap world! Ever since I was a kid, I’ve adored Tap Dancing! Pure artistry, soul and rhythm, it needs more recognition!! I love see any tap performance just an incredible art form!
Sammy Davis Jr, a legend
The "list" such as it was, was seriously biased and without Gregory Hines and the Nicholas Brothers, thee would have been no list
I agree! Absolutes "Giants" both Mr. Hines and the fabulous Nicholas Brothers!
I wish an in depth documentary would be made detailing the lives and mind
boggling talent of the Nichols Brothers!!
Love all the dancing and dancers!! That's why people to this day go see old movies to watch the dancing!! A fantastic art!!
You have hit the nail right on the head there Carolyn, I am an 85 year old man, and I spend hours watching these old classic dance movies on my PC, they are in a different league to some of the rubbish turned out today in the name of entertainment.
You needed more than Top TEN !! So many great scenes by Elenor Powell, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly, Donald O Connor, James Cagney, Buddy Epsen just to name a few. I do agree with the Nickolas Brothers as Number 1. They were PHENOMENAL!!!
You could have a top 100 and still not scratch the surface IMO.
Bobby Long 💖
Aka: The Multitalented Little Boy from It Happened in Brooklyn 💖👼💖
The old time dancers are the best,handsdown!
This is much better than most of Ms. Mojo's selections because it actually goes back in time and picks many obscure examples.
Except 4 Happy Feet 🐧
That movie is Nothing compared 2 the True talents of the greatest entertainers in the history of musical cinema 🎬📽🕺💃 💖
Legends like Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller, The Nicholas Bros, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly etc.
And even my personal favorite: 12 yr old Bobby Long from It Happened in Brooklyn 💖👼💖
I am so glad the Nicholas Brothers Jumpin Jive is #1. That dance scene is just the best. These guys could dance when they were kids. Watch “Lucky Numbers” And Fayard basically was self taught!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#7, Table Dance. These wonderful dancers were able to slide around because of a product marketed as "Dance Wax." When I was a kid my older sister had a box of this. I would sprinkle some of it on the basement floor and it became quite slick. No surprise that it works so well on hardwood tables and dance floors.
Such physicality these dancers had!!!!
I am disappointed that Vera Ellen in White Christmas didn't make the list. It's always been one of my absolute favorites.
Someone always beats me to it!!! LOL... Pick a routine "Lincoln" in White Christmas is a favorite... I forget the movie... but where she tapped on her toes... She was amazing and light as air and completely underrated!!!
Vera definitely should’ve been on this list!
She was phenomenal in that movie, but my favorite scene is of her and Danny Kaye during "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing." I love it!
I was just coming here to say that! I mean, Mandy is one of the best. And Choreography is amazing, too!!
Oh, yes!!
My favorite musical, Christmas movie, Edith Head's costumes, comedy, and dance...White Christmas! Beautiful tap sequences by the lovely Vera Ellen.
Any movie that Ann Miller got to tap in was a fantastic movie.
Come On--you CANNOT include an animated scene--you can do amazing things that no human dancer could!
THANK you! That was a ludicrous insult to many greats who were omitted. Dancing animated penguins, indeed! 👎
That was my first thought too, but it was motion capture. That was Savion Glover. He did that.
I'm sorry--with motion capture--actual dancing penguins were filmed?
@@ronaldfazekas6492 Yes. Savion Glover is a penguin.
Nope.
I know its an honorable mention, but the Lullaby of Broadway is my number 1 ❤️ I get goosebumps every time I watch anything done by that genius Busby Berkeley 👍❤️
That was Busby Berkeley's favorite of all .
My mother loved Lullaby of Broadway.
That Lullaby Of Broadway, a routine like that on that scale should of course been number one...🇦🇺
Super dancing from the '30s, '40s and '50s! You just don't see this anymore. I wish we could!
I loved tap dancing. Started as a young kid. I think I still have my shoes somewhere.
Where's Astaire and Rogers Tap Dancing on roller skates from 1937's "Shall We Dance" ? They do it to the Gershwin's "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off".
Not even a mention of Gene Kelly tap dancing in roller skates? ROLLER SKATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So did Donald O'Connor and Fred Astaire
@@ktkat1949 sounds dangerous
Astaire and Rogers did it years before tap dancing on roller skates to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" in 1937's Gershwin movie musical "Shall We Dance".
Yep, in Xanadu, but he wasn't the first ;-)
Not sure where Vera Ellen stacks up in all of this, but her single toe tapping riff in White Christmas is a stunner..
She is often overlooked in lists like this. There were some really good numbers in that movie.
For all the jokes about Ann Miller getting her big break entertaining the Civil War troops, she really was phenomenal. She was still working it when she was old and I was a kid, and I'm old.
She’s in the Guinness Book of Records!
She lied about her age and appeared in her first film role at only 13 in 1936.
I know that stormy weather would be #1. I love the Nicholas brothers.
Ann Miller was a force of nature! Elanor Powell was an awesome dancer and its a giant shame she and Fred Astaire didn't do more together. Cartoon penguins? Really? Really? You rate this over Ann Miller and Fred Astaire/Eleanor Powell??? Really??? I've never seen the Berry Brothers and I am going to remedy that! Busby Berkley was incomparable with those giant numbers. And the Nicholas Brothers are indeed amazing.
That was my reaction too, but I think they just wanted the dancer behind the scenes who did the mocap to get some recognition.
Fred Astaire said he truly enjoyed dancer with Eleanor Powell best as she "slammed her feet, bam bam". he loved that.
Joke ! Ann Miller should be higher
Agree!!
Much higher there nuts
Indeed!💕
I still think the “Moses Supposes” number from Singin in the Rain with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor is the best tap dance sequence I’ve ever seen in my life.
The Stormy Weather sequence was the better known and I'd say more artistic and deserves to be number one, but the Panama Hattie sequence is even more athletic and the ending is insane and causes me physical pain just watching it. Nostalgically and joyously, I love the scene from Tap. I'm surprised the Hines/Baryshnikov sequence from White Nights didn't get an honorable mention.
I just KNEW you had to list Jumpin Jive as #1. I mean, how could you not?! But Begin the Beguine belongs much higher on the list. A black and white stage, a Gershwin tune, pairing the two best tappers of their era - it's pure and magical!
the fact that Debbie Reynolds could keep up with those two is really impressive
Really! I had no idea that she had *zero* dance experience before that movie - you'd never know!
That's how you see who's a great dancer - Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor danced so that she could keep up and looked if not as good, then good enough :-)
I read that Gene Kelly pushed the inexperienced Debbie Reynolds into tears snd exhaustion for this number, but it worked, you would never know she had never danced before.
@@Ketutar not exactly they choreographed around her and placed her on the sstool and counter when they had the more complicated moves - as explained by Kelly's wife in her world tour
@@rnhealer6044 this is false - she admitted this herself before her death and the woman who would become the wife of kelly was on set writing the memoirs and said this was false - her feet also did not bleed at the end of the takes
No one tapped better than the Nicolas Brothers.
Sorry but I think that the late, great Gregory Hines was the best
They both did spectacular things -
@@schmachtenmom1852 I think Gregory Hines himself said that if you tried to reproduce Nicholas Brothers routines today you'd have to use CGI, because no one could do what they did in real life.
@@MNuttree probably true, but I was expressing a personal opinion. I guess that I should have said Gregory Hines style is my preference. Much like Gene Kelly in An American in Paris was the smoothest performance that I have ever seen
They were tap dancing meets gymnastics! I can see why they and the Berry Brothers competed. Phenomenal group of talented individuals there. I do think I agree, but to me it's like a virtuoso musician. They're so out of anyone's league that they can't work well with anyone else, and look at all the treasures we cherish that came by way of shared acts. Can you imagine Lena Horne teaming up with the Nicholas Brothers? Cats and dogs, right? They were good but they were stuck in what they did, and when it ran out, they were run out.
One of the best examples ever of this claim is the unsung Ray Bolger. There was always work for someone like him. From Vaudeville, to the Wizard of Oz, to '70s television, he could be his own and still leave room for others to shine.
Donald O'Connor balloon dance from CALL ME MADAM and Rita Hayworth and Fred Astairre doing the "Shortie George". They BOTH should have been on your list! Geeeeezzz
Ann Miller is ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE !!!! NEVER EVER EVER seen a dancer SO SO PERFECT !!!
Agree that an animation shouldn’t be on the list. Also, while I love your lists, please, please, please…. Let each of the sequences play out rather than talk over and through them.
I second that motion. I get so irritated by yacking video compilers who would rather hear the sound of their own voices than to let their viewers enjoy the clips.
@@C.O.G. Great minds think alike. Count me in on the request.
I think the idea is that this is a list. You can find all of the full dances on TH-cam.
@@robstockton911 Thanks Rob! I didn't pick up on that.... I think I was enjoying the show too much!
The Hot Chocolate tap dancing scene from The Polar Express is a great tap scene aswell, so catchy!
Excellent! Great dancers, love Fred Aster . My favorite was tge trio on the piano and Shirlet temple with dancer on stairs,sheer talent!
Fred Astaire with a hat rack........quiet, smooth, and unbeatable.
Love the fire cracker routine as well.
Wow! Just been transported to the 1950’s. as a budding artist in my early teens, the only form of entertainment back then was the cinema which I practically lived at with my Parents, must have seen nearly every movie made over the past seventy years, Ann Miller was the first celebrity I ever sketched & Painted in that fabulous Red Costume, it certainly was “To Darn Hot’ 🥵 over the next few decades I must have sketched almost all of the famous movie stars, portrayed in a Movie Magazine called ‘Moviegoer’ if I remember correctly! My favourite 🤩 male movie stars were Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly with Ginger Rogers, and Donald O’Connor, but I loved them all in their day! thank you 🙏 for the lovely memories, and sharing these wonderful old movies, look forward to more of your videos in the future blessings from an English Lady in the U.K.😊🤗🥀
So glad that Gregory Hines made the list. He was such a great actor and dancer, I always enjoyed watching him on the big and small screen.
I remember an early appearance of "Hines, Hines, and Dad" on a TV variety show, back in the '60s. Gregory, his older brother, Maurice, and his dad, Maurice Sr., were great together. Gregory was a pretty darn good actor, too. It's too bad we lost him at a young age, 57.
*YES!!!! ALLL Gaaaaaas, PreFer GUYS to Ann MiLLer!!!*
His appearances on Will & Grace should have won him an Emmy.
I was told by a friend of mine who has been a Foley Editor for more years than she cares to remember, that when it came time to do the footsteps for his dance routines in Tap, he came in to re-record his footsteps instead of having a Foley artist do the routine. Let's face it, if you want the sounds of the footsteps to be synched to the action, you might as well get the original to do it. While she didn't work on the movie, I have no reason to doubt the story.
Absolutely! Always a joy to watch Mr. Hines! LOVE the amazingly talented "Mr. Robinson", *dancing with adorable Shirley Temple! She had stated many times that he was always thought of (and called) :..."Uncle", as well as a cherished and much respected close friend *and dancer!
Wow, finally a video that's entertaining, interesting and a showcase of old-school talent. We could use more videos like this one. I really enjoyed it. Maybe create other videos one different dances or styles of dance. Thanks Ms. Mojo 👏👏👏
Yes, they most often (not always) focus on things after about 2005, so I was very pleasantly surprised.
In “Panama Hattie,” you failed to mention the legendary “Lena Horne” dancing with the Berry Brothers. She started out in the chorus at Harlem’s infamous “Cotton Club,” when she was 16 years old.
Great video! I didn't know about the Berry brothers. Just Awesome and truly talented men. All of these dancers were just Great!!!
I just watched a Fred Astaire movie in which he and Ginger Rogers tap danced in roller skates. Just thought I’d put it out there.
stormy weather, in the park ?
@@jyvben1520 No, I think it was in the movie Shall We Dance.
that's a good one :) did you see sky's the limit? a lot in common is one of my favorite dances, along with the slow number at the end. I think Joan Leslie was still a minor at the time. Sky's the limit is one of the most underrated movies of his i think.
@@domino427family I haven’t seen that one yet, unfortunately. I’ve seen 7 of the 10 movies he’s done with Ginger Rogers, and maybe five other ones that don’t have her in them. My favorite one that he did with another partner is Royal Wedding. Have you seen that one? It’s one I think is underrated too.
@@MadisonC think i've seen them all. very odd teenage obsession to have in the 90s lol. check out bandwagon if you haven't seen that one. dancing in the dark is beautiful. Daddy Long Legs has some more great , and sky's the limit and funny face are more non-ginger movies that are fantastic watches
I love old movies like these. My favorite era of music is 20’s-50’s and the dance scenes were SO GOOD
The fact that Debbie Reynolds had zero training in tap and kept up with 2 greats? Pretty amazing.
Although Debbie's singing was dubbed in some scenes, it is her voice you hear singing Good Morning.
crowe bobby. She tap danced in "Two Weeks with Love" 2 years before "Singing in the Rain." Just saying.
Yeah right. That's just her publicist talking. Take the most talented dancer on earth and it will be years before they are any good.
You had a wonderful mother Carrie Fisher AKA Princess Leia
I read somewhere that Fred Astaire took her under his wing and taught her what she knew.
I love Ann Miller. My favorite will always be the one at the end of "Hit The Deck".
I would have chosen the Moses Supposes number from Singin' In the Rain and I am a little surprised that nothing from 42nd Street at least got an honorable mention. As for Astaire, I think I would have chosen the one where he dances with a hat stand or in the spinning room over the drum dance.
Yes, I thought of 42nd Street also.
Moses Supposes is a super number!
I take Moses Supposes over Good Morning from Singing in the Rain
No Vera Ellen from White Christmas?? Absolutely robbed!
GENE Kelly was the only white dancer to have enough confidence to dance with the Nickolas Brothers.
The Nicholas Brothers are my all time favorites
I grew up watching Fred Astaire movies. I'm happy that he makes the list more than once. I'm just a little disappointed that he didn't do better than Shirley Temple :/
Every time you pay homage to Gene Kelly I can never forget his late career reprise in Xanadu Big band tap dance scene with ONJ🥰 would’ve been a great-at least honorable mention…I think she did a great job as well
i can think of a couple of eleanor powell tap dance routines that were better than dancing feet
My favorite: I'll Take Tallulah, also with Red Skelton, Bert Lahr and Buddy Rich on drums.
Only a COUPLE???? All of her routines were better than animated penguins or mice.
I would have not included the animation. but added James Cagney's" I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy"; Gene Kelley's "Singin' the Rain"
When Cagney, as an older man, came tapping down the stairs it was an ad lib they kept in the movie!
Just for the record, I also loved Gregory Hines’ tap performance in White Nights.
Me too!!!
I liked when Mischa and Gregory were dancing TOGETHER!
Apparently, Hines was a real diva making that film, whereas Baryshnikov, a far better dancer, just got on with it.
I think he was a perfectionist. But I agree, the scenes where they dance together are electrifying.
Yes, absolutely!
The Nicholas Brothers were, simply, the best.
Once again Ms..MOJO teases me a clip from James Cagney tap dancing on the stairs from Yankee Doodle Dandy and doesn't talk about it! That scene is legendary and done in one take! Carney earned that Oscar!
Yeah how could they put some penguins instead of James Cagney on the list.
Marge and Gower champio
Bring back the days of comedy and dance those were the best times in history instead of the blood, guts, and gore shown on television today.
Not to mention hate & discontent.
We need a top 10 busby Berkeley production numbers
I took tap as a teen, still love it. I liked Tip Tap Toe a lot, dancing on the table.
Seriously? You added an animated penguin and left out most of the Rogers/Astaire dances???
Are you looking for different kind of asteir?!
Your #1 was spot on. I have watched this routine numerous times and I never tire of it.
Eleanor Powell was my favorite dancer so much joy and atheism.
Um ... athleticism? Apart from that, I agree whole-heartedly!
I agree but I think you meant athletic. And that gorgeous smile.
'Atheism' for the woman who called herself 'The Dancing Preacher'? The Devil loves autocorrect.
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That scene in Tap is my absolute favorite!!!!
I was afraid you'd pick La La Land. That was just unpleasant to watch.
I agree. I couldn't get past 15 minutes of it. Terrible acting and the dancing was awful!
Never saw it. Glad to dodge a bullet.
A wonderful throwback concept. Bad casting for the dancing required to pull it off
An often overlooked Fred Astaire number is from Holiday Inn... The Fourth of July number with the fireworks is amazing... Also the Drunk dance from the same movie
I had the same thought. Unbelievable!
NO DOUBT! Some of the best dancing I've ever seen.
Agreed!
My sister gave it to me for Christmas this year. It's a hoot!
I’m glad to know I wasn’t alone. Holiday Inn is one of the best movies and showcases some great dancing with the 4th of July number being the best.
This is a really good list overall. Two of my favorites that weren't included were "I Like Myself" from It's Always Fair Weather (Gene Kelly tapping on roller skates!) and "Let's Misbehave" from Pennies From Heaven (Christopher Walken doing a fantastic tap dance/striptease).
Couldn’t imagine any dance could have topped Nicolas Brothers
Watching Gregory Hines is like watching a spider on ice...lol.....nope, the brothers smooth tap & slide got me by the heart strings and made my day 💜💜
Would have skipped the Kelly animated scene and added the Eleanor Powell "Fascinating rhythm " scene from Lady Be Good. The modern films here are not at all on par with the old films. And Ann Miller is a dance goddess IMO.
You're so welcome.
Even Gene Kelly considered the Nicholas Bros. to be the best dance duo of the 20th century.
Boogie Wonderland in Happy Feet 2006 is the coolest,funniest and tap dance of penguins in all the time and this animation movie is a masterpiece
I still enjoy the old musicals. Wish they still made them like that at least now and then.
My wish, too!
The trouble is that there are no longer studios with technical and performing talent under contract and economics which allow producers to gamble on original stories, instead of tired remakes, sequels and stage adaptations. Playing for safety is a blind alley.
Making a musical 'now and then' is not an option. You need a boss who knows the art and the biz in charge of constant output, so turkeys can be tolerated. Arthur Freed, for instance.
I still want to watch them too! TCM doesn't show them as often as they did yrs ago
Now we get the WAP song. Oh how society has fallen
Thanks for NOT including "La La Land" and "The Artist", even though they were teased at the beginning, thought that the dancing in both left a lot to be desired. Though I am disappointed Billy Elliot only got an honourable mention; that scene is so powerful where he is dancing out all his feelings of rage towards his father. Really moving stuff.
„La La Land“ is a joke! If you know, what real dancers are able to do, then this movie was an insult of the dance genre. Could not understand the Oscar hype. To quote it in the clip is a joke as well, but like you I had real fear to see it actually under the top 10... ;-))
I agree. La la Land? Really?? And The Artist? Next to all those pros?? Please!!!
Billy Elliot was awesome! And happy feet is included! shame on you it was a toon!
Actually it was smart to include a clip of La La Land. As an illustration of the pathetic state of today’s Hollywood versus the glory days.
What about Vera Ellen in White Christmas? The choreography skit and the dance she does after Rosemary Clooney‘s character leaves to go to New York.
That was amazing even the commentary
I danced tap on stage for many years before settling into ballet and pointe professionally. I am in a wheelchair now and I watch these half of me cries for not being able to do it any longer and the other half of me cries because it makes me so happy. :-)
I'm so sorry for your loss of mobility. I'm sure you gave joy to thousands of people who saw you dance, as much as it gave you joy to dance, and it's wonderful that you can enjoy these timeless performances that remind you of better days. 💃👯🏽♀️👯🏽♀️👯🏽♀️❤
Gregory Hines was a tap dancer and he's my idol
Eleanor Powell was a great tap dancer, right up there with Gregory Hines,Bill Robison, the Hines Brothers.
Happy Feet is better than the Lullaby of Broadway?
Whenever I watch the Nicholas Brothers, my inner thighs ache! It shouldn't be possible to do those jumping splits and still be able to walk!
Hard to believe these dancers are human!!! I'm just mesmerized watching them.
Fred Astaire's number in the courtyard in "Funny Face". Love it. But your picks were super!
The Stair dance is the funniest,hilarious and classic tap dance in all the time in the history of Music and in the movie of The Little Colonel 1935 when we can see Shirley temple & Bill Robison dancing the stair dance
JUST LOVE WATCHING THIS!
The Nicholas Brothers - holy mucking fackerel!! I had never watched them before seeing them here on TH-cam - unbelievable althleticism!! And Astaire was someone to watch in all his movies. Great to see how Happy Feet was made - one of my daughter's favorite movies of all time! Great video!
Some of these selections are rather dubious, particularly Happy Feet. I think Gene Kelly’s innovative dance number with JERRY Mouse to “ The Worry Song” is a much better selection. That was cutting edge, live action and animation together in a number. There are numerous better selections like Top Hat, High Society, etc.
I'd rather see Savion Glover dance than an animated penguin.
Wasn’t Savion the model for Mumble?
He was
Savion was the tapper, and you hear his feet.
I saw him when "Bring in da Noise" was on broadway. Amazing. And Gregory Hines' son dances amazingly with Diva. It was on Broadway.
Savion Glover was in Tap with Gregory Hines.
I love penguins but I agree. I saw Glover live--Incredible dancer.
i loved the rendition of 'Mr. Bol Gingkoes dance" by Sammy Davis as so sad yet as master piece of his career.
I’m sorry... animated penguins are rated higher than Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire and Ann Miller? Sacrilege. Seriously lame.
Well.. Singing in the rain👍👍
Happy Feet and not Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? That’s a hot take...
Yeah, but this was specifically a list of TAP dancing, and Seven Brides doesn't have that, though I agree they have awesome dance sequences in it.
This video has lost all credibility right at the start. The penguin thing is one of the top tap dancing scenes EVER…??? Gimme a break!
I actually commented the same thing, putting Ann Miller/Fred Astaire, ginger Rogers on a different level. Millennials ! Lol
I would have used a Vera Ellen number here instead of this one for sure.
I mean, the actual taps were recorded by Savion Glover, who is brilliant.
The dance numbers were based on real people doing the dancing. Savion Glover provided the choreography and motion capture for Mumble. It’s done by using specific hardware and special software to obtain and process data
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Irrelevant entirely.
So it's someone else's (a real person's) taps. Of COURSE it is! Big deal. The point is that dancing (including tap) is not just about the tap sounds... it's about the whole person, their persona, character, body movements, personality, musical interpretation and all of these things together combined.
Furthermore, how do you know there isn't someone with a teaspoon and a saucer making the tap sounds anyway.
I’m sitting in the living room with my family wearing ear plugs on. I’m really struggling to not dance!!! I LOVE this list! It’s so unique and fun!
I don’t think I’ve ever been more happy to see happy feet on a list
I would rather replace that with Bobby Long from It Happened in Brooklyn 💖👼💖
That kid was a True Prodigy and could've been another legendary star 💎
Look him up please. I promise U won't regret it 💖
There will never be another Fred. His dances with Rita are pure magic.