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Al Jolson was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. Al Jolson. Jolson in 1929. Born. Asa Yoelson. May 26, 1886.

Comprehensive site about Al Jolson, with text, music and video showing his history, works and legacy; use of blackface, musical innovations, and film work.

Al Jolson. Actor: The Jazz Singer. Al Jolson was known in the industry as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," for well over 40 years.

2024/5/10 -Al Jolson, popular early 20th-century singer and comedian of the musical stage and motion pictures.

Al Jolson lived “The American Dream.” Born in Lithuania, Jolson rose through the ranks of vaudeville as a comedian and a blackface “Mammy” singer.

Al Jolson (1886-1950) is best known as the star of Hollywood's first sound feature film, The Jazz Singer. In his time, however, he left a much larger ...

Al Jolson (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. His career lasted from 1911 until ...

2023/10/23 -Equally painful is that by 1905, the 19-year-old Jolson began appearing in “blackface”: a holdover from the minstrel shows of the nineteenth ...

After struggling as a young man to make his mark in vaudeville, Jolson tried the burnt-cork makeup, almost out of desperation, in late 1904. A fellow performer ...