Erle galbraith and al jolson biography

America&#;s Minstrel Man , May,
by Cameron Shipp

When Al Jolson opened up in the Kraft show in the fall of , he set a record for a &#;new&#; radio performer &#; an Hooper rating, or almost 20,, listeners.

Many of these were under the excitable impression that they had discovered a new vocal star. They weren&#;t old enough to know that Jolson was singing the same songs almost half a century ago.

Today, Jolson is as carefree, as full of vigor and gaiety and unashamed sentiment, as he was that memorable evening in New York&#;s Winter Garden when he dropped, on one knee and implored his Mammy.

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That was 30 years ago, the show was Sinbad, and the blackface singer was already world-famous.

Now, in , Jolson is an ebullient miracle of inexhaustible bounce. Old friends wag their eyebrows and admit defeat. Says George Jessel: &#;Explaining Jolie&#;s dynamics would be like trying to capture the power of the ocean by putting it in bottles.

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