About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...
About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing ...
The newest Jamesiana, a sentimental arrangement of the old / Cried for You, is a candidate for the best-seller lists ... But it was his revival of Al Jolson’s 1914 hit, You Made Me Love You ...
And, like many greats, he wasn't exactly the best collaborator ... have been labeled "the world's greatest entertainer." But Al Jolson really, really believed it. The vaudeville singer, actor ...
"Jolson would be proud of that boy," he enthused. "He's one of the best singers I've heard in years.' As yet neither the press agents of Hollywood or Radio Row have thrust a dotted line before the ...
She is best known for recording the theme songs to ... a musical based on the life of Al Jolson. She next took up a professional engagement in Hot from Harlem, which ran until 1954.
Of course, Donald does what he does best: being a total jerk ... a short performance inspired (for all the wrong reasons) by ...
"He is Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Al Jolson, Paavo Nurmi and Man o' War ... But that's what Grange accomplished against one of the best defenses in the country. That 1924 game against Michigan ...
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (film) stars Al Jolson. 1934: Rodgers & Hart write ... "It Might as Well Be Spring" receives Academy Award for Best Song (1945). 1945: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel ...
It featured six popular songs performed by Al Jolson. Musical films were immediately ... career of the comedy duo Wheeler & ...