In this film, he notes, "Jolson had the confidence to rhyme 'Mammy' with 'Uncle Sammy'", adding "Mammy songs, along with the vocation 'Mammy singer', were inventions ... [81] Despite their close ...

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: 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 ...

Celebrated song-and-dance ... Signed with Warner Bros., Jolson made a series of popular, sentimental musicals, including "The Singing Fool" (1928), "Sonny Boy" (1929), "Mammy" and "Big Boy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bush’s advantage in perceived strength of leadership, which was in part burnished by his adoption of a cowboy persona. Harding, Jolson and the Cubs While Reagan’s attempt to woo 1980s rock fans is one ...

Harding, Jolson and the Cubs While Reagan’s attempt to woo 1980s rock fans is one of the best-known attempts to campaign on a mantra of popular culture, it was far from the first. Harding’s ...