He died at 71 in 1949. This movie was released in 1943. Probably recorded a year or two before release....conservatively this man was in his early mid 60’s....holy shit! Stay active people
Anybody remember when CGA used to point out the guy on the far left at 2:00 too? I think he compared him to flava flav a few times. Man I wouldn't even have found any humor in this if it wasn't for CGA.
These were real men who faced real oppression worked for little but laid the ground work for later generations to overcome and to build on their accomplishments. Rather than denigrate them for having been exploited, we should honor them for influencing the culture for better despite the pain.
The guy with the washboard is Alvis ( Al ) Cowans. The name of the band is called The Tramp Band. Al was friends with all the greats in the day, respected. One hell of a Drummer, moved Montreal where he spent the rest of his life
Shirley Temple was great but in no way could she keep up with Bill Robinson. Bill chorographed his dance numbers with Shirley to be as easy as possible so tha she COULD keep up. Do your research.
That song wasnt about this mr bojangles. It was a song cover of jerry jeff walkers song, which in his autobiography he stated it was a different man, he met in jail, who was white
It's utterly uncanny that through all the hard and unfortunate times Black Americans have endured, they still find it within themselves to have fun, maintain hope and never give up. Their human spirit is undoubtably amazing!!
CGA: "...If you're black, you know your old racist grandpa used to do this 2:04 all day at work then, when he got home he was calling white folks all kinds of names...." I can't stand CGA bruh.😂🤣 #CoachGang #FAL
these guys are incredible I love the energy of this music does anyone know what it would be classed as? I also really appreciate the talent of using the sand to make rhythms .
Scat, Dixieland Jazz, Minstrel R&B. The Mills Brothers, and others, were using voice, to recreate instrument sounds. It's just so much more convenient, not to have to lug a big bass, drums, and all of that equipment around. These guys obviously carry instruments, but for those times when you're in the zone, and can't reach the one you need, just modulate those vocals, bend notes around, until the emulation is sufficient. Exploring what your voice can do, is like treasure hunting. When you're given next to nothing, you'd be surprised, and intimately know, that necessity is the mother of invention.
SHOUT OUT TO THE COACH GANG STAY UP MEN WE NEED TO HOLD THE LINE
YEAH MAN YEAH MAN
Got more 🚩 than a Chinese parade!
I can do some shuffling too! 🤣👍 Coach Gang!
CGA is why I'm here 💯
Shout out to the Free Agent Lifestyle, for you real ones!!!
Lol I was looking for this comment CGA bought me here too shout out to the coach gang !!!
I can do some shuffling too!!! Nasty boys stand up!
From now on whenever girls start actin goofy I’m just like “I can do some shufflin’ too!”
you too huh 🤣
Hahaha nasty boys in the house
Shout out to the coach gang!!!
Shout out to the coach gang😂🙏🏿♥️
Coach brought me here and I'm in New Orleans.The extras look like a few brother's in the streets I know😆
Yeah yeah yeah man!
I can do some shufflin too!
COACH GANG taking ov 💪
😂😂😂😂😂 facts
He died at 71 in 1949. This movie was released in 1943. Probably recorded a year or two before release....conservatively this man was in his early mid 60’s....holy shit! Stay active people
CGA brought me here...impressive
For a 70 seventy year old he looks phenomenal. I thought he was in his forties
He was the OG Oldhead dancing with the youngins
Pretty sure hes not 70 in this clip...
@@Anth230 he may not be 70, but he’s at least 64
Im here because of Coach Greg Adams 😂😂😂😂
I'm here because of Coach Greg Adams. Shout out to the coach gang!
I can do some shufflin' too!
yeah man yeah man!
I can shuffle too! Coach gang and the 304s brought me here
Mr. Bill "Bojangles"Robinson was an absolute legend! 🤗
Shoutout to the Coach Gang!
Shout out coach gang but dude really was killing it on the shuffling.
shout out to the coach gang
Free agent lifestyle 💪🏽
Boy! He got educated feet! Shout out to the Notorious Coach Greg Adams! Shawn! 💪😎👊
Coach Greg Adams / Free Agent Lifestyle TH-cam channel brought me here 💯💯💯😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I can do some shufflun' too!!
@@BigJokaATL Yeah yeah yeah man
Me too! 🤣
Coach Greg Adams brought me here👍
Me too!
Yeah man, yeah man!
S/O to the coach gang! 💪🏾
😂😂😂😂
Coach Greg Gang 💪🏾 😎 👊🏾
What up shuun
How does this not have millions of views?
I never tire of watching Mr Bojangles! Very talented indeed. With shirley temple too!🕺💃
It's too bad he was only paid pennies, peanuts and popcorn.
He was my great great grandaddy
They were a great Dynamic Duo
even in this age HD, the quality in this is still quite nice.
film is always better than "hd"
I did this recently and made a modern recording of it.
35mm film which this was shot on, IS HD.
Anybody remember when CGA used to point out the guy on the far left at 2:00 too? I think he compared him to flava flav a few times.
Man I wouldn't even have found any humor in this if it wasn't for CGA.
COACH GANG!
“And that’s you!”
Nothing but true talent. Melanin magic. Music abilities. Dining and dance.
Shoutout to CGA!
CGA's video clip is why I'm here lol
1:54 Shout Out To The Coach Gang! CGA!! 😄👍👏👏👏
Coach Greg Adams made me look for this
1:56 COACH!!… And that’s YOU!
These guys have an amazing skill at dancing and acting! Wish we still had movies like this today. Thank you so much for sharing!:)
This is pathetic
These were real men who faced real oppression worked for little but laid the ground work for later generations to overcome and to build on their accomplishments. Rather than denigrate them for having been exploited, we should honor them for influencing the culture for better despite the pain.
@@irregularjoe1782I honor you sir.
Bojangles was in his early seventies when he performed this movie. His black definitely did not crack.
+East Bohanon And he didn't look a day over thirty five to me. ^_^
hahaha
East Bohanon I really mean it. He didn't look his age at all.
He was actually 65 when he performed this movie, still impressive
That's incredible.
And once AGAIN CGA sent me Over there 😂😂😂 Shoutout to the coach gang !!!! The Shuffle goes hard hahaha 😂😂😂
this man was an amazing dancer
NHMntnHIGH I
Coach gang in the building!!!!!!
So much talent here , naturally gifted with rhythm
Back when there was actually such a thing as a Black Community. Even in the midst of oppression, we were a glorious people.
Who says we aren't still?
CGA brought me here
Who’s here from the Coach Gang? 😂
Yeah man yeah man! 🤣
I can do some shuffling too 😂😂
😂😂😂😂
This is right there Kaylee and the ring game.
You can do some shuffling at 1:43
I love BILL BOJANGELS ROBINSON I CRY WHEN I
WATCH HIM WHAT A GREAT MAN I WISH I KNEW HIM
Shout out to the Coach Gang! We can do some shufflin' too!
Coach Greg Adams brought me here! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Coach GREG ADAMS BROUGHT ME HERE 🤣
Shouts outs to the Coach Gang CGA
I have to watch this at least once a week for the simple joy that it brings me. You brothers are wonderful.
Shoutout to the Coach Gang! Free Agent 4 Life.
The lost art of tap. I miss seeing it.
Shout-out to coach gang
Dude with the washboard keeps looking for strings or keys on it, lol, great stuff 😀
The guy with the washboard is Alvis ( Al ) Cowans. The name of the band is called The Tramp Band. Al was friends with all the greats in the day, respected. One hell of a Drummer, moved Montreal where he spent the rest of his life
Shout to the COACH GANG *Annnd that’s YOU*
Coach Greg Adams brought me here🤣
Free agent lifestyle for life
Shirley Temple danced with Mr. Robinson in many a movie. She absolutely adored him and she could keep up.
Shirley Temple was great but in no way could she keep up with Bill Robinson. Bill chorographed his dance numbers with Shirley to be as easy as possible so tha she COULD keep up. Do your research.
Tap Maan However it went she could still keep up.
@@nyrockchicxx no she couldn't 🤡🤡💯
Terrific. You feel like you have a front-row seat to the kind of nutty freedom -- as well as the pure talent -- that was vaudeville.
Coach Greg Adams brought me here
After the opening with Bert Lahr, which was great, made the dance even better!
I didn’t realize Bert Larhs excuse the spelling please was in this piece. Will watch again. Thanks for the info!
CGA brought me here🤣🤣🤣
This is pure art and comedy. 😂😂😂😂😂
Richmond, Va in the building. Shout out to Jackson Ward finest Mr. Bill Robinson ❤❤
Shout out to the Coach gang.
💪🏼😎
🙏🏽 pure talent all of them.
Brilliant all of them and mr bojangles if 71 amazing wonder if song based on him .
Coach Greg Adams brought me here! 😂
Coach gang in da buildin!! 👞👞😂
"Mr. Bojangles," "He could jump soooo high!" Sammy Davis Jr. brought me here
That song wasnt about this mr bojangles. It was a song cover of jerry jeff walkers song, which in his autobiography he stated it was a different man, he met in jail, who was white
Me too!
@@rocconido2192 that's not point. We know. David Bromberg did it too. It's the place that Sammy brought it to which is what made it extra special.
Coach Greg Adams sent me here
Bill Robinson was such a great talent. I never tire watching him......
The sound for the guy shaking his head is coming form the wash board. We had those when I was kid.
BerryXo they kearned it from you dum ass.
You aren't a kid anymore so shut up
Coach Gang!
Niggas is shufflin’
💨👞💨👞🕺’
Cga brought me here 😆 🤣 😂
I wish I could dance like that.
That’s what you call talent. 🥰👍🏻👍🏻
Got damit Coach Greg Adams!!!😂😂😂😂😅
The comments are about 95% Coach Gang 😂😅🎉🎉🎉👍👍
He has the sweetest smile... contagious 😊
What wonderful musicians. Oh, boy oh boy. And Mr. Beau Bo Jangles..... 'nuff said.
Joy and Joys.
Thanks so much for putting this one up.
There is a man, Bogangles, and he’ll dance for you.
Shout out coach gang...
Shoutout to the Coachgang
Coach Greg Adams sent me 😆
My tap teacher legit cried because she is teaching us a dance to honour Bojangies
Coach Greg brought me here.
Leaves Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and company in the dust ... this man was from a different planet ... damn Mr. Bojangles ... Dance. 🙏
They were all good. To me it is not a question of who is better, it is a matter of differences in style and what I like at the moment.
Coach Greg Brought me here!
Bojangles! Creativity....Awesome talent they all had.
It's utterly uncanny that through all the hard and unfortunate times Black Americans have endured, they still find it within themselves to have fun, maintain hope and never give up. Their human spirit is undoubtably amazing!!
Shout out to the Coach Gang! Hahahahaaaaa
There's a great statue of him near where I live!
My idol now and for ever ....beautiful man beautiful talent.
CGA: "...If you're black, you know your old racist grandpa used to do this 2:04 all day at work then, when he got home he was calling white folks all kinds of names...."
I can't stand CGA bruh.😂🤣
#CoachGang #FAL
All the videos we have of bojangles is when he so much older her was probably amazing when he was in 20s
What wonderful treasure! 😊
Thank you!
Outstanding talent, so much fun
Coachgang. 😎
That boy shuffling 🤣
these guys are incredible I love the energy of this music does anyone know what it would be classed as? I also really appreciate the talent of using the sand to make rhythms .
Scat, Dixieland Jazz, Minstrel R&B.
The Mills Brothers, and
others, were using voice, to recreate instrument sounds. It's just so much more convenient, not to have to lug a big bass, drums, and all of that equipment around. These guys obviously carry instruments, but for those times when you're in the zone, and can't reach the one you need, just modulate those vocals, bend notes around, until the emulation is sufficient.
Exploring what your voice can do, is like treasure hunting.
When you're given next to nothing, you'd be surprised, and intimately know, that necessity is the mother of invention.
@@calebclunie4001 Love the detailed answer💛
The genre is “coonery”
The book “Bob London The Boy Who Read The Classics “ has Mr. Bojangles as the soul of the story
It just doesn't get any better than this!
Absolutely.
love the " you got educated feet"
I was just thinking that ..this first time Iv seen this😊