Richard Bernstein's biography charts Jolson's success and addresses the reviled practice of blackface that helped to make ...
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 ...
"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: 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 ...
In 1920, singer Al Jolson endorsed Warren Harding for president. By 1960, Frank Sinatra sang his praise for John F. Kennedy. But do celebrity political endorsements matter in an election?
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 ...
Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur. This conflict, which would last 19 days, would ...
On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a ...
It featured six popular songs performed by Al Jolson. Musical films were immediately ... This was not based on the successful ...
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