Nicholas Brothers- Lucky Number

whenever i watch the Nicholas Brothers i have a huge smile on my face! These are 2 amazingly talented men and a joy to see them when they were this young. Are they still alive???

class!

omfg that was amazing

man , they were young!
this must have been in like 1933.

WOW AMAZING!

They are elegant and sweet – just delightful!

table with 13 dishes, ha ha ha!!! these guys jam!!!

Great post!! I use to have a copy of this film short called “The Black Network,” but I lost the tape. Back in the mid 80′s I spoke to Fayard about this number during intermission at the annual Tap Dance celebration held at Town Hall in NYC. He expressed fond memories of making this film.

They’re such a pleasure to watch.

America does, and did, appreciate. That is why the Brothers are alive & well on this high-quality medium, to this day; and likely, will be reformatted, again, to the next better technology when history brings it to us! Don’t be negative; someone appreciated enough to record & print them in-the-first-place (just like all the other major performers of the day; see: Cab Calloway, Jumpin’ Jive on U.T.). (Manfred McConnell)

This is history my friends. The Nicholas Brothers pioneered tap and were consummate entertainers in their own right. It’s a pity America was too blind sighted to appreciate the wonderful talent of this amazing duo.

Great post – what year was this please – ?

Im really glad you put this up. I fell in love with this song lucky numbers but I am finding a hard time finding the sheet music for the musicians to play it out in my play. I am willing to pay for it but I cant find it online. I looked up Cliff Hess but I dont see much on him.I also know that this is a short from The Black Network. If you come across a site can you please let me know.If anyone knows where to get the sheet music for this piece please let me know.Thank you!

not excatly .They were trained by Black vaudevilans like the people who trained Sammy Davis. So you can say they had profesional lessons

aww they look so cute and they sound great i want to learn tap so bad

the boy is great at dancing and singing and well they both are!

The most amazing thing about these amazing young men is that they never had a professional dance lesson. That’s real talent.

the boy cant sing at first but then he gets better and the dancin is ok not the best!

they are the bomb

i mean how old is the boy!

I think I can answer that. The older is Fayard Nicholas (1914-2006) and the younger one is Harold (1921-2000). So at the time this was made (1936), Harold would have been about 14 or 15 at the time, give or take a few years depending on when it was actually filmed and edited and released … especially considering that at the time, films with a black cast were rarely seen or shot for that matter.

I think I can answer that. The older is Fayard Nicholas (1914-2006) and the younger one is Harold (1921-2000).

wow the kid is kool! i 1der how old he is? some one plz tell me

WOW and WOW! Thank you for posting this video.

how cum one is taller den the other bu in uver vids wen day r older day r both the same hight!????????
amazing, how old is dat little kid lol!?
there legs look so fake at 2:14 lol!
g8t vid!