Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker

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Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker doing his Eccentric Dance Act.

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  • @wells5150
    @wells515013 жыл бұрын

    This was my grandfather!!!! WOW! So gladto see his art still appreciated.

  • @camaradiop3731

    @camaradiop3731

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your grandfather was superlative.

  • @yorkymom

    @yorkymom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Many techniques were copied from this man. He was bad ass. He is one of the forefathers who influenced what hip hop/dance has become today. I hope you are carrying on his legacy.

  • @wells5150

    @wells5150

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yorkymom TY The legacy is a family of artists and amazing flexibility. Half are dancers. Family from mom's half sister are actors and musicians.

  • @ecclairmayo4153

    @ecclairmayo4153

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's so cool!

  • @nightly._4779

    @nightly._4779

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh how lucky you are!!! I love your grandfather's work :))

  • @valeriecampbell9581
    @valeriecampbell95816 жыл бұрын

    Earl "Snakehips" Tucker (1905-1937) was an American dancer and entertainer. Also known as the "Human Boa Constrictor", he acquired the nickname "snakehips" via the dance he popularized in Harlem in the 1920s called the "snakehips" Riding this wave of popularity, in 1930 he appeared in Benny Rubin's 16-minute short film Crazy House, a comedic introduction to residents at the fictitious "Lame Brain Sanitarium". Tucker's 2-minute dance number, performed in a shiny white shirt and shiny, baggy gold pants, displays his amazing dance innovations, his style a precursor to modern street and stage dance. His name appears in the opening credits only as "Snake Hips". In 1935

  • @perfectjazz78

    @perfectjazz78

    2 жыл бұрын

    This short was made up of clips cut from the abandoned MGM musical revue "March of Time", and this was likely from the "future" segment.

  • @helenekennedy7948
    @helenekennedy79489 жыл бұрын

    He moves like he's on roller skates. Amazing bow down!!

  • @vaderladyl

    @vaderladyl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah like he is floating or gliding. Amazing he was so limber.

  • @wendellnelson1118
    @wendellnelson11183 ай бұрын

    Hell, I do that routine every morning, long about 3:30 A.M., as I try to make it to the bathroom without a mishap! Most times I make it.

  • @AsiaDanceScene
    @AsiaDanceScene9 жыл бұрын

    This guy was so original. Most of this stuff would still be fresh these days, lol

  • @ecclairmayo4153

    @ecclairmayo4153

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @dabunnyrabbit2620

    @dabunnyrabbit2620

    2 жыл бұрын

    look up "Dave elsewhere"

  • @iam_ashleyy
    @iam_ashleyy5 жыл бұрын

    What a smooth criminal 🕺🏽

  • @serenakiril
    @serenakiril7 жыл бұрын

    It's like a dancing contortionist. And I love that there are planets painted on the wall behind him. It just adds to the delightful weirdness.

  • @pamelaparker508
    @pamelaparker5089 ай бұрын

    I came to this video after reading about Ella Fitzgerald in Wikipedia and then clicking on related items in her Wiki entry. I’m partway through the EF documentary on Netflix. Very flexible dancer! I’m impressed.

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku5 жыл бұрын

    You could literally play any kind of music over this & it would still work.

  • @simonlaonda9697
    @simonlaonda969712 жыл бұрын

    he's above all time, trends, rhythms, steps and all, so fresh of the mothership, upgraded to the MAX!

  • @cynthiagourdine3351

    @cynthiagourdine3351

    9 ай бұрын

    Fred astire couldn't touch this.

  • @crazy4corbinbleux
    @crazy4corbinbleux10 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that's right THIS IS YO DADDY ELVIS!!!

  • @CasimirLeYeti
    @CasimirLeYeti3 ай бұрын

    Also known as the "Human Boa Constrictor", he acquired the nickname "snakehips" via the dance he popularized in Harlem in the 1920s called the "snakehips". He built his reputation by exhibiting his odd style of dance, which involved a great deal of hip motion. Tucker would make it appear that he was as flexible as a snake, and eventually, the dance became his calling card. He became popular enough to eventually perform at Connie's Inn and the Cotton Club. The snakehips dates back to southern plantations before emancipation.

  • @MsStealYourDadAndMom

    @MsStealYourDadAndMom

    2 ай бұрын

    Technically before that since it combined dances from Europe and sub Sahara

  • @kikyotokyo7492
    @kikyotokyo74927 жыл бұрын

    I bet Earl was a beast in the sheets 👀🐍

  • @combustible420

    @combustible420

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kikyo Tokyo he died of syphilis. Yeah he was loving love.

  • @GarwinWayne

    @GarwinWayne

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Anne Jackson Actually stabbed to death. But yes killed for messing with another man's woman.

  • @harrylangdon491

    @harrylangdon491

    5 жыл бұрын

    This guy says he was shot. I myself take no position. www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/earl-snakehips-tucker/

  • @aklamo
    @aklamo16 жыл бұрын

    Wow. I've never seen any Earl 'Snake Hips' footage before. This is amazing.

  • @nuffflavor
    @nuffflavor7 жыл бұрын

    Man, if he was around today ! He would be killing some fools !

  • @TheSupinesmokey
    @TheSupinesmokey10 жыл бұрын

    the move at 0.07 usher does this and i learn how to do it from him but to think this move came from the 1930's is amazing wow this guy truly was an innovator

  • @93seronica
    @93seronica2 жыл бұрын

    Those dance moves are so smooth

  • @bounce510
    @bounce51015 жыл бұрын

    Possibly so, but this kind of movement traces itself back to a variety of West African dances which further developed in the Southern states especially Louisiana. Congo Square was famous for movement in this vein. There is little information where Tucker gained his particular style what influences he drew from.

  • @camaradiop3731

    @camaradiop3731

    5 жыл бұрын

    Could you name the dances? Also, could you refer me to books, films, or videos that exhibit similar African dances from which Tucker's style possibly derives? It would be immensely appreciated.

  • @Domholiday4530

    @Domholiday4530

    4 жыл бұрын

    Read Drums And Shadows WPA

  • @IONov990

    @IONov990

    2 жыл бұрын

    More reasons why I love West Africa, Central Africa, and the Southern States of the USA

  • @kelliintexas3575

    @kelliintexas3575

    2 жыл бұрын

    YES!! This inspired all the jazz and sharcroper performers Elvis LOVED as alittle boy! Add that and the face that her was Pentecostal in a mixed race church the 1935-1955. I was raised in one in the 1980's in Louisiana! Everyone jumps, hollers, prays, anointing & faint! They dance and praise, worship & speak in tongues! He tells a story of them singing and worshiping in the cotton fields. He had rode on his mom's cotton sack from a newborn until she got his father released when he was 4. They all lived and worked together & went to church every evening until 11pm!!! Then moving to Memphis and working on Beal street. He played in clubs and hung around all the clubs with all the young greats! BB King, Howling Wolf, little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Prisonaires, Fats Domino, Big Mama Thorpe they were all growing up at the same time absorbing all that inspiration. Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess. Elvis Presley

  • @pennybourban3712

    @pennybourban3712

    4 ай бұрын

    @@camaradiop3731 Zaouli, if you only watch the feet. They seem to float at times. KZread has vids.

  • @gagurl3
    @gagurl315 жыл бұрын

    I jus learned something new today....Earl "snake hip" tucker was like the originator of the "wave" as we call it today. Thts really cool to learn about these kind of things...great video....and jus look at how much the dance has evolved from this. Great Video

  • @ThatsABiggon
    @ThatsABiggon15 жыл бұрын

    I swear when he first started I thought he was going to start pop'locking. even seemed like a beat was gonna drop. lol

  • @gwencoopertw94
    @gwencoopertw9411 жыл бұрын

    I just tried watching this video with Michael Jackson's "Scream" instead of the audio and I have never regretted anything less in my life.

  • @0ne0nlyLarry

    @0ne0nlyLarry

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just tried it and it was a marvel

  • @OutYourBackDoor

    @OutYourBackDoor

    3 жыл бұрын

    WOW!

  • @n.k.4481

    @n.k.4481

    3 жыл бұрын

    DUDE YES!!! what gave you the idea to do that!?

  • @nevinsmagoo8784
    @nevinsmagoo87845 жыл бұрын

    It's Really fascinating and fantastic that his talent and dance skills are not just forgotten but still kept alive for future generations of dancers to enjoy thank you very much for sharing!

  • @rabirajbanerjee3872
    @rabirajbanerjee38723 жыл бұрын

    That's the boogaloo rolls right there :)

  • @meeshmrb
    @meeshmrb16 жыл бұрын

    Even though it's frm so so long ago, absolute quality. Look at dat guy move

  • @AlexK-nu9qj
    @AlexK-nu9qj5 ай бұрын

    Гіпермайстерне володіння своїм тілом!❤👍👍👍🤩

  • @mooncricket
    @mooncricket16 жыл бұрын

    That was amazing. A little bit of boogaloo was in his moves. I hope to find more of Earls dance clips.

  • @howarddavid31
    @howarddavid3110 жыл бұрын

    Man, Tucker had the moves.

  • @doctorbea
    @doctorbea9 жыл бұрын

    The original boogaloo!!!

  • @the60sKid
    @the60sKid15 жыл бұрын

    Actually it was 7 years after. This was from the MGM short subject film Crazy House made in 1930. Very amazing watching him move. This was also just before censorship of films by the Motion Picture Production Code "Hays Code". This could have been considered erotic then but by the 1950's Elvis had to be filmed from the waist up. and now today anything goes. Oh how times have changed over the decades.

  • @OutYourBackDoor

    @OutYourBackDoor

    3 жыл бұрын

    so ... colorized?

  • @ecclairmayo4153

    @ecclairmayo4153

    3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, his clothing style doenst match that time period

  • @perfectjazz78

    @perfectjazz78

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OutYourBackDoor No, original Two Color Technicolor process

  • @electrictroy2010

    @electrictroy2010

    2 ай бұрын

    @ecclairmayo4153 FOR TV Elvis had to be filmed from the waist up, but for movies they filmed his entire body. (Also the Hayes Code didn’t apply to television… only movies.) .

  • @racheloveck
    @racheloveck12 жыл бұрын

    Man, that's gotta be hell on his knees!

  • @brianna717
    @brianna7172 жыл бұрын

    Incredible history!!!

  • @MOESEWICHt1
    @MOESEWICHt115 жыл бұрын

    i love this kind of music.

  • @priceandpride
    @priceandpride Жыл бұрын

    Queen

  • @lauren9004
    @lauren900411 ай бұрын

    Wow! I love this!

  • @spjkq
    @spjkq Жыл бұрын

    Amazing and delightful. What a talent.

  • @michiep21
    @michiep2114 жыл бұрын

    Fantatsic!! It's amazing how someone can move like that.

  • @GrantTarredus
    @GrantTarredus12 жыл бұрын

    That is astounding!

  • @OLUWAMAYOWA.
    @OLUWAMAYOWA.3 жыл бұрын

    Iconic!

  • @unclepeterparkinson3174
    @unclepeterparkinson31744 жыл бұрын

    I love this dance

  • @He-Man1
    @He-Man16 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!

  • @user-cq6qt1gp4q
    @user-cq6qt1gp4q Жыл бұрын

    This guy is the OG

  • @delfoloveakadellasmissiona1369
    @delfoloveakadellasmissiona13692 жыл бұрын

    Smooth as ice

  • @BoogieB0nes
    @BoogieB0nes10 жыл бұрын

    1:30 - 1:37 blew my mind, especially for the time period this was in!

  • @camaradiop3731

    @camaradiop3731

    5 жыл бұрын

    Taylor Pierce (see Urban Dance Legends) of the Dragon House crew does a similar move---Snake Hips shows that the old adage "There's nothing new under the sun " to be true once again.

  • @krazypat91
    @krazypat9115 жыл бұрын

    wow thats just amazing why couldnt i live this time

  • @jump23jordan99
    @jump23jordan9914 жыл бұрын

    killin the beat

  • @paulus0111
    @paulus011112 жыл бұрын

    my favor!!! my legend...

  • @twaynewade2544
    @twaynewade25444 жыл бұрын

    Legend

  • @katrinalewis6543
    @katrinalewis65435 жыл бұрын

    SMOOTH!!!!!!

  • @davidthelander1299
    @davidthelander12995 ай бұрын

    Wow! Just wow …

  • @knivesxgunfights
    @knivesxgunfights14 жыл бұрын

    back in dubbaya dubbya two they used to call me snake hips

  • @stevenfox9695
    @stevenfox96955 жыл бұрын

    Damn this is so cool!

  • @patranney1561
    @patranney15618 ай бұрын

    Amazing how flexible this gentleman was

  • @jsmeezzie7
    @jsmeezzie77 жыл бұрын

    Rip snakehips... You will be missed

  • @Blackjesus3
    @Blackjesus314 жыл бұрын

    HE WAS A SICKKKKKKK DANCER

  • @aristotletheskull
    @aristotletheskull16 жыл бұрын

    Ya'll boys don't know nothing bout that snake hips Tucker (smile)!!! If you ever seen the tv show Sandford & Son you'll occasionally see Fred imitate Snake Hips when he does he lil dance like he's on a converter belt(lol)

  • @alexrodriguez351
    @alexrodriguez3516 жыл бұрын

    awesome

  • @marshall9doom
    @marshall9doom15 жыл бұрын

    wow, my resource said this waz one of the earliest HipHop dance. Cool:DD!!

  • @EmmaEgypt
    @EmmaEgypt14 жыл бұрын

    DAMN he could dance like nobody else!

  • @Mjalwayzicon19
    @Mjalwayzicon1913 жыл бұрын

    Wow!!!! is all can say!!!

  • @rawdog001
    @rawdog00116 жыл бұрын

    This clip is from a 1930 MGM Technicolor short called Crazy House, love that 2 stripe Technicolor early process.

  • @OutYourBackDoor

    @OutYourBackDoor

    3 жыл бұрын

    think the color is from the 30s? or was colorized much later?

  • @perfectjazz78

    @perfectjazz78

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OutYourBackDoor Original color

  • @ladygemini5967
    @ladygemini59677 жыл бұрын

    He badddddd!!!

  • @VIBEZ171
    @VIBEZ17114 жыл бұрын

    SONNNN HE IS SOO NICEEE

  • @directorofmusc
    @directorofmusc14 жыл бұрын

    Man, this cat don't need no strings. He's floatin in mid-air.

  • @davidrbecken
    @davidrbecken6 жыл бұрын

    This clip is from the 16 minute long 1930 movie short "Crazy House". Turner Classic Movies trimmed it down to 12 minutes.

  • @jeramie38
    @jeramie3811 жыл бұрын

    The Dance is so awesome it was just a little funny cause of the song

  • @louishollandjr
    @louishollandjr8 жыл бұрын

    I believe he was break dancing and pop lock wow Kool.

  • @dalilab2010
    @dalilab201014 жыл бұрын

    Super

  • @300bluebooks
    @300bluebooks14 жыл бұрын

    @LadyLemonBar This is from the MGM short "Crazy House" from 1930. You can see it on TCM or get it via the Warner Archives Musical Shorts box set.

  • @gravytrain1995
    @gravytrain199511 жыл бұрын

    snakiing like a lad

  • @CiscoCastille
    @CiscoCastille16 жыл бұрын

    Dude was, and is, the man, LOL!

  • @ladyrachel13
    @ladyrachel132 ай бұрын

    He's made of rubber.

  • @infamousjigs
    @infamousjigs2 жыл бұрын

    OMG i’m a dancer since 13years i didn’t saw this master !!!!

  • @ShelbySweetLife
    @ShelbySweetLife10 жыл бұрын

    why have i never heard of this guy before wow

  • @stephanieconley3234
    @stephanieconley32343 ай бұрын

    in the begining he looks like hes doig the cab calloway dance they used for the ghosts dancing in betty boop cartoons.. i didnt know people have bee dancing liike that for so many years

  • @indigoearthangel888
    @indigoearthangel88815 жыл бұрын

    WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I've got to go research Mr. Earl Tucker. Dang

  • @MemoryLane77852
    @MemoryLane778525 жыл бұрын

    Birth of Hip Hop dancing from Harlem in the 1920s-1930s.

  • @mozfonky
    @mozfonky Жыл бұрын

    Prince dis his moves in the Sign O The Times movie. I recognized it from a Duke Ellington short.

  • @72PSI
    @72PSI6 жыл бұрын

    Well that's put a spanner in the works of people who claim to have come up with certain moves...... This is sooo Dope!!!! Peace : )

  • @montychambliss6254
    @montychambliss6254 Жыл бұрын

    Idk why but the first time I watched this, it felt like a cursed video

  • @BellaCroyda
    @BellaCroyda4 ай бұрын

    We used to call them DOUBLE JOINTED.

  • @roshielala
    @roshielala15 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering the same thing

  • @futurenow522
    @futurenow5228 жыл бұрын

    he was the originator, ,first beaker

  • @modrn
    @modrn14 жыл бұрын

    origin of hip hop, breakdancing/b-boying....right here...

  • @johncoffin9354
    @johncoffin93545 жыл бұрын

    Ah, just stumbled across another recording of this tune it's 'A Garden in the Rain' Music: Carroll Gibbons. Lyrics: James Dyrenforth. 1928. I think some of Tucker's moves are invoking rain and cold.

  • @LeRoyShield1930

    @LeRoyShield1930

    Жыл бұрын

    No, a completely different song.

  • @johncoffin9354

    @johncoffin9354

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LeRoyShield1930 A different tempo/arrangement doesn't make it a different song. Autry includes the verse at the start, which Tucker's backup doesn't. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2ukuNiPZMKyc7Q.html

  • @thierrybrown2417
    @thierrybrown24175 жыл бұрын

    🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @psk_pjd
    @psk_pjd15 жыл бұрын

    I mean 30's ^^ Just saw the other vid.. WOW... Amazing...

  • @SoapyCilantro
    @SoapyCilantro11 жыл бұрын

    hahah, now THAT was freaky!

  • @silvinha3885
    @silvinha38854 күн бұрын

    Acabei de descobrir de onde veio a inspiração de Michael Jacson ao criar seu estilo de dança e suas coreografias.

  • @6labi4
    @6labi413 жыл бұрын

    ok, how many hips and knees replacement had later in life? geeez that is amazing!

  • @hollyjollydog
    @hollyjollydog6 жыл бұрын

    1930 clip''Benny Rubin's 16-minute short film Crazy House''.he died 1937 of TB,he was born 1905

  • @shoorakhamis3904

    @shoorakhamis3904

    2 жыл бұрын

    Didn't die from tb .died in 1937 of syphlis he was a playboy

  • @KingMe5000
    @KingMe500015 жыл бұрын

    LOL true

  • @H0ttSaUc3
    @H0ttSaUc37 жыл бұрын

    Woowww

  • @chessdrummer
    @chessdrummer14 жыл бұрын

    double-jointed

  • @crazycutz8072
    @crazycutz807215 жыл бұрын

    if you are talking about the arm wave - he might just not be the originator - i think the first wave was french anyway i see alot of mr. wiggles moves right here..

  • @MusixMan81
    @MusixMan8114 жыл бұрын

    stroke stroke stroke on! lol

  • @plainwain
    @plainwain15 жыл бұрын

    This kind of dance just be the answer to my "pot belly". CyaL8'aa folks gotta git busy wif my snake hips routine.

  • @mlovebba
    @mlovebba5 жыл бұрын

    Hips don't lie

  • @Ibanezheadz
    @Ibanezheadz13 жыл бұрын

    Chris Brown wishes he could dance like this

  • @meghansullivan6812
    @meghansullivan68122 жыл бұрын

    how!!!!!

  • @Moionfire
    @Moionfire14 жыл бұрын

    LOL !!

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