- Aliases
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Al Jolson with Orchestra
- Real name
- Asa Yoelson
- Born
- May 26, 1886
- Died
- October 23, 1950
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00015453015 25 works
15453015 2 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP, DP
- Comments
- Singer, songwriter, comedian and actor, self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer". Although best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), Jolson has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers".
- Family
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Ruby Keeler Wife (1928-1939)
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