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Al Jolson
Al Jolson (1886-1950)
Photographed By Orval Hixon 1920
Al Jolson was called the greatest entertainer of his era. He was born in Imperial Russia and traveled to America with his family. His mother died when he was eight years old. He and his brother learned ragtime songs and performed in the streets. They were determined to break into show business.
Al started performing in blackface in 1904. The mask gave him a sense of confidence while on stage. He danced, stamped, cried real tears, improvised risqué jokes and outrageous physical gags—even sashayed about with wildly effeminate gestures. Once he had an audience, Jolsen wouldn’t let go until they were begging for more.
With the film version of The Jazz Singer, Al turned himself from a Broadway icon into a silver screen fixture in a series of 1930’s movie musicals. He extended his career by becoming a popular recoding star and the singing host of radio shows. His career capped in the late 1940’s with a movie musical based on his life called The Al Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again.
Al was married to Ruby Keeler. He was the first person to sell over 10 million records and Al had 23 number 1 hits. Jolson has 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. He was back on top until he died of a massive heart attack while playing cards in 1950.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson
http://www.jolson.org/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427231/
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