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

With a cry for his "Mammy" and a Jolson-like rasp agitating ... triumphantly made his way to the finals of the publicity-born Al Jolson singing jamboree. As bobby-soxers shrieked, old-timers ...

Northam is walking in the footsteps of Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson in ... in blackface and overdrawn white lips, of “Mammy.” At the time, Jolson was arguably better known in the country ...

About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own ... "Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody," "My Mammy," "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," "You-Hoo ...

"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 ...

The name “Aunt Jemima” was inspired by a minstrel show song titled “Old Aunt Jemima,” which featured a character based on the ...

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Al Pacino, at age 83, welcomed a baby with ex-girlfriend Noor Alfallah in June 2023 Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in 2021, but has eight ...