Origins of the Moonwalk - Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

moonwalk or back slide invented by the great englishman charlie chaplin in the year 1916 from the movie pawnshop

"Study the greats and become greater."
- Michael Jackson

Tap with Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Sammy Davis Jr showcased the footwork tappers could accomplish.

Hey don ´t you forget thé Mime Marceau! Bambou himself tôle he inspired him the moon walk!

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What is te name of the movie when the guy is going upstairs....Does anybody know?

These videos are amazing. I must say Michael Jackson acknowledged all of the greats by incorporating their style with his own. He didn't have to say it he showed it...Beatiful❤

Michael elevated this moves, they went from being moves that a clown would do to moves that a gangster would do

And fans still think MJ invented the moon walk .These guys done it a lot better back in the 1950s.

many of these have nothing to do with the moonwalk and don't even look like the moonwalk

those dancer was a bomb ,really people before can do it even almost better than now

thanks you amazing and educational video.

Cab Calloway did it first in 1932. He called the move "The Buzz".

I had to watch this on mute to enjoy it, without all the gasping, hissing, and squealing. But THESE guys could dance.

Did you all steal the content from the creator broallen25?

Some are better than Michael

So Micheal Jackson a thievingAzMF

Michael Jackson was a huge fan of James Brown. You could include him in this video too.

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interesting, so MJ may be learnt jazz dancing too? And he mixed Jazz dancing with Popin?

I loved it. Thank you!

Guy at 1.02. How did he turn like that?

You can add. Resortes a mexican actor ofcourse he learned from them

There is no people like them anymore 😔..they was all great 👍

Wow, I am surprised this doesn't have 5,000,000 views

Michael only made it popular because he had much more world wide exposition once TV was so available in color and via satellite. All these old folks were watched only in the US by a few privileged of having a TV at home. He took a lot of his dance moves from a lot of people before him.

Always pay respect and tribute to the elders.... Michael was doing exactly that! He has never contradicted or disrespected the old gard , he was the product of it and then became the perfec translater of pure dance

Cab Calloway really started this all and inspired so many people after him !

A lot of black people being praised here in a time where they supposedly weren’t

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Cab calloway may of come up with the idea of the moonwalk but michael makes it look proper and more believable there's no doubt about that

a genius among other genius of Dance…

Great video ! Thanks for posting !

Michael Jackson was born in the age of modern television
He was copied those 30s 40s moonwalks, and their traditional dance
There was no video's or television at that time,

Amazing

I used to watch Fred Astaire and Genger Rogers and all of those classic 30's to 40's movies and music when I was a kid in 6th grade and my family asked me why I watch old movies and not ET Come home or Disney. I told them ET and Disney were for kids.

Its tap dancing.
Every tap dancer since forever has moonwalked.

Holy sh*t they were smooth

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I would like to know who are the artists in the video

Omg to see this is sooo amazing. My eyes are blessed.