World's First Beatboxing Champion in 1938
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This video is taken from the British Pathe newsreel "The Radio Revellers" and is a song called 'There's A Tavern In The Town'. You can watch the video of the whole song here:
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And yes, for those of you who were wondering, this isn't actually "beatboxing" strictly. The singer is doing an impersonation of a "big string bass" - Still, it's pretty impressive and a prototype of beat boxing.
The world famous beatboxer Rahzel shared some insight on this video which you can read on our blog here:
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