Discover 8 essential Al Wilson songs that showcase the soul singer’s range, passion, and storytelling. From the iconic “Show ...

A look at the way movies were made as a way of showcasing musicians of the 1930s and 1940s, via a short film on jazz guitar ...

Set in the 1920s, during the Prohibition Era in the United States, Boardwalk Empire follows Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi), a man who rises to power.

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 ...

Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" (IMDB) A third-season episode of the television show “Mad Men,” titled “My Old Kentucky Home,” finds Don Draper and the crew from Sterling Cooper at a ...

Bernstein analyzes Jolson’s role in “The Jazz Singer” (1927), the first feature-length talkie, and explores how the film reflects tensions between embracing assimilation and honoring Jewish ...

Al Jolson lived “The American Dream.” Born in Lithuania, Jolson rose through the ranks of vaudeville as a comedian and a blackface “Mammy” singer. By 1920, he had become the biggest star ...

Withdrawal of Jolson’s “jazz Singer” Demanded. December 3, 1929. See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date ... remove within three days the Al Jolson film, “The Jazz Singer.” ...

Upon receiving a copy of Richard Bernstein’s “Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer,” I thought: He wouldn’t say that today because few people under 60 know the voice or care.

Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer By Richard Bernstein Knopf, 272 pages, $28. Richard Bernstein wastes no time dealing with the radioactive subject of blackface in his fascinating new ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated synchronized speaking parts for its actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. Primitive by today’s ...