Mammy-Singer Jolson ... He had been turned down cold. Al’s version of it sounded like the lyric of an oldtime Jolson song: “So I told the sponsor, ‘I’m the guy that can do it.

About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own ... "Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody," "My Mammy," "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," "You-Hoo ...

Penguin Press The famously private Scarface actor — who titled the book after the childhood nickname his mother, Rose, gave him from the Al Jolson song of the same name — says he wanted to ...

Richard Bernstein wastes no time dealing with the radioactive subject of blackface in his fascinating new biography of the Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson ... his songs about “my mammy ...

About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...

A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because ...

The Scarface actor titled the book after the childhood nickname his mother, Rose, gave him from the Al Jolson song of the ...

Is anyone a match for the brash and strong-willed Katherine? The dashing adventurer Petruchio thinks he’s up to the challenge. Two of the sexiest figures in all of world theatre set off sparks ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matt Harris, Park University (THE CONVERSATION) It’s 2016 all over again. And ...

The Oscar-winning actor and author of the memoir 'Sonny Boy' shares stories with PEOPLE Long before The Godfather turned ...