RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE (1955) FILMED AT THE APOLLO THEATRE IN HARLEM

Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)

 by Joseph Kohn, Ben Frye, and Studio Films Inc. (public domain).

 

Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City

 featuring a cast of popular African-American performers:

Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Freddy & Flo, Amos Milburn, The Larks, Sarah Vaughan,
Count Basie, Joe Turner, Delta Rhythm Boys, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat King Cole, Mantan Moreland & Nipsy Russell, Cab Calloway, Ruth Brown, Paul Williams Band.
Bill Bailey appears at 11:22. He was the first person to be recorded doing the Moonwalk (at 12:53), although he referred to it as the « Backslide », in the film Cabin In the Sky (1943)

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