Richard Bernstein's biography charts Jolson's success and addresses the reviled practice of blackface that helped to make ...

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 ...

Roth was the wild card of Van Halen. He was the singing sex symbol who leaped and bounded across the stage with the grace and agility of a martial artist. He also loved an eclectic mix of old-school ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated synchronized speaking parts for its actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. Primitive by today’s ...

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 ...

QUESTION What was the first film based on a musical? In 1927, The Jazz Singer marked the end of the silent film era. It ...

For Jews, the controversy surrounding Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam suggests a complicated history that runs from Al Jolson to Eddie Cantor to former Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind. Northam’s ...

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