[78-L] Jackson death

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Second the Nicholas Brothers.

Special mention has to go to The Ross Sisters, who in this clip ("Solid Potato Salad") from 1944 weren't exactly break-dancing, but they were doing SOMETHING that would break a normal person:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHEtXkReIbE (starts to get interesting at 1:00)



----- Original Message -----
From: soundthink at aol.com
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Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:57:06 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [78-L] Jackson death

I would say the Nicholas Brothers invented it. 

Cary Ginell


-----Original Message-----
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 8:27 pm
Subject: Re: [78-L] Jackson death



Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> Michael Biel wrote:
>> From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
>>
>>   
>>> A few things I have to say about Jackson to keep things in context:
>>> He brought dance back to song in an era that had forgotten about Astair, 
>>> O'Connor and Kelly
>>>     
>> They are still forgotten because today Jackson is being given ALL the
>> credit for being the first singing dancer.  They credit his inspiration
>> to James Brown, but what about Sammy Davis Jr.?  Besides, what Jackson
>> did in his music videos was closer to West Side Story and Jerome
>> Robbins.  
>>
>>   
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHsgRqtPkKo
> 
> But we know better. Just a few of us stay up late and watch old musicals.
> 
> (Yawn)
> 
> "Honey, where did you put the singing in the rain tape?"

In which Donald O'Connor invented breakdancing.

dl

> 
> ...who waits for the next generation of musicals.
> 

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