simplykeera: In honor of Black History...

simplykeera:

In honor of Black History Month…I’ve decided to show clips and images of some of music’s greatest African American influences.

The Nicholas Brothers were a famous African-American team of dancing brothers,

Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold Nicholas (1921–2000). With their highly acrobatic technique (“flash dancing”), high level of artistry and daring innovations, they were considered by many the greatest tap dancers of their day. Growing up surrounded by Vaudeville acts as children, they became stars of the jazz circuit during the heyday of the Harlem Renaissance and went on to have successful careers performing on stage, film, and television well into the 1990’s.

Filmography:

Stormy Weather (1943)

That’s Black Entertainment (1990) (archive footage)

The Five Heartbeats (1990) (Harold Nicholas)

“Alright” (Janet Jackson song) and video (1992)

The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance (1992)

and many other movies, music videos and documentaries

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