Counterculture didn’t arise out of nowhere. It wasn’t thrust into place by Elvis Presley’s hips, Chuck Berry’s duck walking, or Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s guitar.

His star dimmed a bit in the late 1930s and early 1940s until the highly acclaimed biographical film THE JOLSON STORY, starring Larry Parks, was released in 1946. Parks mouthed the songs which Al ...

The Singing Fool There are seven songs sung by Al Jolson, four seemingly new, with one, 'Sonny Boy', plugged as the theme number, sung by Jolson at three different points. Others are 'Keep Smiling ...

A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated ... and certainly not with Vitaphone synchronized dialogue and song sequences." Jolson plays the scion of a devout Jewish ...

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 performances curated by Chip Deffaa. Forty-five songs are heard, whole or in part, including salutes by Jolson, Cantor, and Durante to "the man who owned Broadway," George M.

Al Jolson was in a class all by himself. From about 1912 until 1934, he was the most highly paid entertainer in the United States. What Enrico Caruso was to opera, Jolson was to popular song.

Does trying to link a campaign to a sport, or a culture, or a style of music actually influence elections? Looking to five different election campaigns in the past can give a sense of the effects ...

BARRY GORDEMER, BYLINE: One of the first big stars to stump for a presidential candidate was Al Jolson. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SWANEE") AL JOLSON: (Singing) Swanee. How I love you, how I love you ...

“If my song can reach your shoes and start you tappin’ your feet, I’m happy,” warbled Al Jolson on a CD player. The 70-odd fans who had gathered to witness Jolson’s name placed in the ...