Slate Brothers, A Little Jive Is Good For You
Details
| Title | Slate Brothers, A Little Jive Is Good For You |
| Author | Paulette Brockington |
| Duration | 0:45 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=b3cFhHfVRmE |
Description
The Slate Brothers dance break in the Martha Tilton Soundies release, A Little Jive Is Good for You.
The Slate Brothers mostly worked onstage, apparently very successfully, but they were denied the fame that major movies bring.
The Slate Brothers are really good eccentric dancers but they're also part of that whole anarchistic "crazy comedy" tradition that includes the Marx Brothers, the Ritz Brothers, Olsen & Johnson (Hellzapoppin'), and Britain's Crazy Gang.
They were Jack, Henry, and Sid Slate. They began as Charleston dancers in the 1920s. They worked as a trio until 1948 or 1956 (sources vary on the date), when Henry left the act, after which Jack and Sid performed as a duo. In their later years, they were co-owners of the Slate Brothers Club, a very successful night club in Los Angeles where both Lenny Bruce and Don Rickles got their starts.
