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Al Jolson

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Aliases
Al Jolson with Orchestra
Al Jolson with Victor Young and His Orchestra
Real name
Asa Yoelson
Born
May 26, 1886
Died
October 23, 1950
Country
United States
IPI
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
Ruby Keeler Wife (1928-1939)
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Songs written by Al Jolson

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Back in Your Own Back Yard Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson Ruth Etting January 3, 1928 Covered by (126 artists)
California, Here I Come B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC October 6, 1921 Covered by (111 artists)
Dirty Hands Dirty Face Grant Clarke, Al Jolson, Jimmy Monaco, Edgar Leslie Covered by (19 artists)
Four Walls Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson Mark Fisher with Piano by Ted Shapiro December 10, 1927 Covered by (5 artists)
I'm in Seventh Heaven Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey REC, Al Jolson BRD April 4, 1929 Covered by (11 artists)
Keep Smiling at Trouble (Trouble's a Bubble) B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lewis Gensler Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring REC, Al Jolson BRD December 10, 1924 Covered by (21 artists)
Little Pal Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown Al Jolson Covered by (20 artists)
Me and My Shadow Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano April 28, 1927 Covered by (115 artists)
Miami B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Con Conrad The Ambassadors under direction of Louis Katzman August 26, 1925 Covered by (7 artists)
Morning Will Come B.G. DeSylva, Con Conrad, Al Jolson Al Jolson June 1923 Unverified
Some Beautiful Morning (I'll Find You in My Arms) Al Jolson, Cliff Friend Ernest Hare September 1919 Covered by Al Jolson
Sonny Boy Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown Al Jolson REC,BRD August 20, 1928 Covered by (143 artists)
Stella Harry Akst, Al Jolson, Benny Davis William West (Billy Jones [US1]) April 1923 Covered by (11 artists)
Swanee River Trail Al Jolson, Irving Caesar Covered by (6 artists)
Sweet One Al Jolson, Louis Silvers Covered by (9 artists)
The Egg and I Bert Kalmar, Al Jolson, Harry Ruby, Harry Akst Dinah Shore with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra (Sonny Burke, Dinah Shore) March 1947 Unverified
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Al Jolson BRD,REL August 9, 1928 Covered by (63 artists)
Yoo-Hoo B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson Al Jolson PRF, The Happy Six REC,REL October 6, 1921 Covered by (9 artists)
You'll Never Know Billy Rose, Al Jolson, Arthur Franklin Ed Blossom and His New Englanders – Vocal Chorus by Tommy Weir October 3, 1928 Covered by (2 artists)

Adapted songs