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

As Al Pacino releases his new memoir 'Sonny Boy,' he opens up to PEOPLE about his iconic career, fatherhood and 40-plus years ...

"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 New York congressman apologized for wearing blackface in a newly revealed college photo — before suggesting that what he ...

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 ...

From star-studded conventions to social media endorsements, pop culture and politics have crossed over for more than a ...

Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur. This conflict, which would last 19 days, would ...

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