Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Al Jolsonwas an American singer, film actor, and comedian. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized a large number of songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach". Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music, including Bing Crosby, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and others. Dylan once referred to him as "somebody whose life I can feel". Broadway critic Gilbert Seldes...
NationalityLithuanian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth26 May 1886
CountryLithuania
I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive feeling was in the air. I could not make the people laugh.
I'd like to do radio just like pictures - leave the imperfect stuff on the cutting-room floor.
California, here I come, right back where I started from.