Al Jolson with Barry Gray - 27 Oct 1946

No video

Al Jolson with Barry Gray - 27 Oct 1946 - video podcast

Рет қаралды 8,518

Күн бұрын

Posted by the International Al Jolson Society, www.jolson.org, this is an excerpt of the 27 Oct 1946 Barry Gray Show with Guest Star Al Jolson. Al Jolson appeared on the late night talk show just after the opening of The Jolson Story, and for almost 90 minutes told stories of his life, joked, and sang. This ten minute video podcast contains three of the songs from that evening, Ma Blushin' Rosie, April Showers, and Swanee, augmented with a photo of the evening, and photos for some of the stories that Jolson told that night. There is, of course, much more in the whole program. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org, from its posting in October through the end of November.

Пікірлер: 13

@walterwheeler5465 6 жыл бұрын

Radio does not get better than this - the great Al Jolson singing three songs and engaging in a good conversation with Barry Gray.

@the0netheycallgod413 10 ай бұрын

Goddamn this is a gem

@geatorella 6 жыл бұрын

The richest voice in show business! .p.s. Very well done video, love the photos of all the places he mentions

@amandalively1 4 жыл бұрын

He knew his territory vocally.

@MarcLeavey 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed he did, Amanda. See and hear more of Jolson's work on the IAJS website, www.jolson.org

@JackMSutton-JMS96 15 күн бұрын

GOAT. ❤❤❤❤❤

@stagelifelv9324 3 жыл бұрын

He was the greatest!

@MarcLeavey 3 жыл бұрын

We certainly agree. Please do check the over 130 other Video Podcasts in this channel, and subscribe as well. And see more of Jolson at the IAJS website www.jolson.org - Thanks for your comment.

@iandaniels8386 5 жыл бұрын

hope they do a remake of jolson life think it go well

@MarcLeavey 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that that could happen today, but supporting what we have and being a member of the International Al Jolson Society is the best way to keep his name alive.

@margaretthomas8899 9 ай бұрын

They have Hudini. Bessie Smith. P T Barnum, Chaplin etc etc , what's the difference?@@MarcLeavey

@DigitalWraith 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't he the guy who did blackface?

@MarcLeavey 2 жыл бұрын

Along with many other performers of the early 20th Century, including Eddie Cantor, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Bert Williams, and others, Al Jolson did wear blackface early in his career. Contrary to that image, he actively promoted African American entertainers, brought the first black dancers to his Broadway shows, backed black writers in the theater, and insisted that Cab Calloway, with whom he starred in a film, be given star accommodations equal to his. He abandoned the makeup in the 1930s, and went on to become the most popular male entertainer in the country, and was loved worldwide, in the 1940s. Please do subscribe to this channel if you've not already, check out more material at the website, www.jolson.org, and consider joining the International Al Jolson Society for even more material and access to Jolson's legacy.