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Only In America: Al Jolson And The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson was in a class all by himself. From about 1912 until 1934, he was the most highly paid entertainer in the United States. What Enrico Caruso was to opera, Jolson was to popular song. Jolson’s friend, the comedian George Burns, once said, “There was nobody as good as Jolson. When he got through, […]