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appalachiablue

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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:47 PM 3 hrs ago

The Nicholas Brothers - I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo 💓


🍸 From the movie 'Orchestra Wives' in 1942 with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
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The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of brothers Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), who excelled in a variety of dance techniques, primarily between the 1930s and 1950s.
Best known for their unique interpretation of a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing", they were also considered by many to be the greatest tap dancers of their day, if not all time. Their virtuoso performance in the musical number "Jumping' Jive" (with Cab Calloway and his orchestra) featured in the 1943 movie Stormy Weather has been praised as one of the greatest dance routines ever captured on film...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Brothers
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