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A comprehensive study of Jolson’s career and touring data, providing extensive information on each of the performances. Bibliography.

« What a life it was, and what a career…I wouldn’t have dreamed that I could get lost in the pages of a bio-discography, but that’s exactly what happened when I started to thumb this volume. »—from the foreword by Leonard MaltinWho could forget Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody or The Jazz Singer? Al Jolson (1886-1950) was billed as « The World’s Greatest Entertainer » and to this day is still considered the standard by which entertainers’ goals are measured. He achieved the top spot in virtually every medium in which he performed: stage, film, records, and radio. This is a comprehensive study of Jolson’s career and touring data, providing extensive information on each of the performances. Bibliography and indexes.