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a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s.

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.

2024/9/19 -American singer and blackface comedian of the musical stage and motion pictures, from before World War I to 1940.

2023/10/23 -By 1905, the 19-year-old Jolson began appearing in “blackface”: a holdover from the minstrel shows of the nineteenth century.

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

If blackface has its shameful poster boy, it is Al Jolson. Many other 20th-century performers from Shirley Temple to Bing Crosby donned the makeup for various ...

In addition to releasing a string of successful records between 1912 and 1949, Al Jolson achieved pre-eminent stardom on Broadway, hosted several radio ...