Al Jolson

Genre: Good Old Days

About

At the dawn of the 20th Century, Al Jolson ushered in the age of the media superstar. He ruled stage, records, and screen with the first crossover talking picture, The Jazz Singer, but his over-the-top style went out of fashion following the commercial ascent of Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. He earned a new audience by tirelessly entertaining the troops during WWII, and by his old LPs being name-dropped as the collector's ne plus ultra on Seinfeld.

- Nick Dedina

At the dawn of the 20th Century, Al Jolson ushered in the age of the media superstar. He ruled stage, records, and screen with the first crossover talking picture, The Jazz Singer, but his over-the-top style went...

More >

Buy Al Jolson MP3s

Similar Artists

Followers

Filed Under

Good Old Days

	Al Jolson Feeds
	Save to del.icio.us

Tracks

640 Available

Most Popular

Play/Add All

		When You Were Sweet Sixteen (3:03)
		Now He's Got A Beautiful Girl (3:16)
		There's a Lump of Sugar Down In Dixie - 1917 (2:56)
		I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (Just Rolling Along, Just Rolling Alond) (1:51)
		You Are Too Beautiful (3:23)
		There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (2:39)
		Some Enchanted Evening (3:10)
		April Showers (3:03)
		Rock-A-Bye-Baby With A Dixie Melody (3:20)
		(Birdies Sing In Cages) Why Can't You (3:17)
		Used To You (3:01)
		Little Pal (3:08)
		I'm In Seventh Heaven (2:34)
		Let Me Sing And I'm Happy (2:37)
		My Mammy (2:03)
		Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (3:30)
		Toot, Toot, Tootsie (2:09)
		April Showers (3:03)
		April Showers (3:30)
		Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (2:55)