BEST OF AL JOLSON - 86 Shows - Old Time Radio In MP3 Format OTR On 1 DVD

THE BEST OF AL JOLSON

This collection of "The Best of Al Jolson" radio programs features 86 shows on 1 DVD. Each episode is presented in the .mp3 format. There are many hours of entertaining programs featuring as a host or guest star, Al Jolson. The DVD is labeled and provided in a highly protective jewel case. A list of the programs on the disc as well as the date the program originally aired (if known) is also provided. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR EQUIPMENT WILL PLAY MP3 FORMATTED FILES BEFORE PURCHASING THIS ITEM. IT IS ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO ENSURE THAT HIS OR HER EQUIPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE MP3 FORMAT. A note concerning sound quality. The sound quality for the shows in this collection is very good to good. It is difficult to find perfect recordings from the golden age of radio due to the equipment used for recording and the fact that many of the recordings were made 60, 70 or even 80 years ago.

HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR "AL JOLSON":

Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson) (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer and comedian. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized a large number of songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach". Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music, including Bing Crosby, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and others. Dylan once referred to him as "somebody whose life I can feel". Broadway critic Gilbert Seldes compared him to the Greek god Pan, claiming that Jolson represented "the concentration of our national health and gaiety." In the 1930s, he was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer. Between 1911 and 1928, Jolson had nine sell-out Winter Garden shows in a row, more than 80 hit records, and 16 national and international tours. Although he's best remembered today as the star of the first 'talking picture', The Jazz Singer (1927), he later starred in a series of successful musical films throughout the 1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Jolson became the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with The Jolson Story (1946). Larry Parks played Jolson, with the singer dubbing for Parks. The formula was repeated in the sequel, Jolson Sings Again (1949). In 1950 he again became the first star to entertain GIs on active service in the Korean War, performing 42 shows in 16 days. He died just weeks after returning to the U.S., partly owing to the physical exertion of performing. Defense Secretary George Marshall afterward awarded the Medal of Merit to Jolson's family. Jolson had been a popular guest star on radio since its earliest days, including on NBC's The Dodge Victory Hour (January 1928), singing from a New Orleans hotel to an audience of 35 million via 47 radio stations. His own 1930s shows included "Presenting Al Jolson" (1932) and "Shell Chateau" (1935), and he was the host of the "Kraft Music Hall" from 1947 to 1949, with Oscar Levant as a sardonic, piano-playing sidekick. Despite such singers as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Perry Como being in their primes, Jolson was voted the "Most Popular Male Vocalist" in 1948 by a poll in Variety. The next year, Jolson was named "Personality of the Year" by the Variety Clubs of America. When Jolson appeared on Bing Crosby's radio show, he attributed his receiving the award to his being the only singer not to make a record of Mule Train, which had been a widely covered hit of that year (four different versions, one of them by Crosby, had made the top ten on the charts). Jolson even joked that he had tried to sing the hit song "I got the clippetys all right, but I can't clop like I used to."

Episode Listing for the "Best of Al Jolson" programs included in this collection:

Al Jolson Show - 430105 - Guest - Monty Woolley Al Jolson Tribute - XXXXXX - Al Jolson Amos N' Andy - 461207 - 'The Cigar Stand' Guest - Al Jolson Bing Crosby Show - 491130 - Guest - Al Jolson Bing Crosby Show - 491228 - Guest - Al Jolson Bing Crosby Show - 500104 - Guest - Al Jolson Bing Crosby Show - 500215 - Guest - Al Jolson Bing Crosby Show - 500503 - Guests Ella Fitzgerald And Al Jolson Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show - 470306 - Guest - Al Jolson Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show - 490107 - Guest - Al Jolson Heres To Veterans - XXXXXX - Guest - Al Jolson Jimmy Durante Show - 480121 - Guest - Host Al Jolson Kraft Music Hall - 471002 - Guests Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy Kraft Music Hall - 471016 - Guest - Bing Crosby Kraft Music Hall - 471023 - Guest - Groucho Marx Kraft Music Hall - 471030 - Guest - William Bendix Kraft Music Hall - 471106 - Guest - Humphrey Bogart Kraft Music Hall - 471127 - Guest - Dorothy Lamour Kraft Music Hall - 471204 - Guest - Red Skelton Kraft Music Hall - 471218 - Guest - Jimmy Durante (Poor Quality) Kraft Music Hall - 471225 - Guest - Boris Karloff Kraft Music Hall - 480101 - Guest - Madeline Carroll Kraft Music Hall - 480108 - Guest - William Powell Kraft Music Hall - 480212 - Guest - Charles Laughton Kraft Music Hall - 480304 - Guest - Cary Grant Kraft Music Hall - 480325 - Guest - Clifton Webb Kraft Music Hall - 480415 - Guest - Charles Boyer Kraft Music Hall - 480506 - Guest - Groucho Marx Kraft Music Hall - 480520 - Guest - Henry Morgan Kraft Music Hall - 481104 - Guests - Burns And Allen Kraft Music Hall - 481118 - Guest - Groucho Marx Kraft Music Hall - 481202 - Guest - Peggy Lee Kraft Music Hall - 481209 - Guest - Dennis Day Kraft Music Hall - 481216 - Guest - Dinah Shore Kraft Music Hall - 481223 - Guest - Kraft Choral Club Kraft Music Hall - 481230 - Guest - Doris Day Kraft Music Hall - 490106 - Guest - Larry Parks Kraft Music Hall - 490113 - Guest - Groucho Marx Kraft Music Hall - 490120 - Guest - Victor Moore Kraft Music Hall - 490127 - Guest - Arthur Treacher Kraft Music Hall - 490203 - Guest - Dennis Day Kraft Music Hall - 490210 - Guest - Peggy Lee Kraft Music Hall - 490217 - Guest - Joan Davis Kraft Music Hall - 490224 - Guest - The Andrews Sisters Kraft Music Hall - 490303 - Guest - Dorothy Kirsten Kraft Music Hall - 490310 - Guest - Jimmy Durante Kraft Music Hall - 490317 - Guests - Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Kraft Music Hall - 490324 - Guest - George Jessel Kraft Music Hall - 490407 - Guest - Groucho Marx Kraft Music Hall - 490414 - Guest - Margaret Whiting Kraft Music Hall - 490421 - Guest - Jimmy Durante Kraft Music Hall - 490428 - Guest - Doris Day Kraft Music Hall - 490505 - Guest - Dennis Day Kraft Music Hall - 490512 - Guest - Victor Moore Kraft Music Hall - 490519 - Guest - Dorothy Kirsten Kraft Music Hall - 490526 - Guest - Groucho Marx Kraft Music Hall - 491021 - Guest - Jimmy Durante Leave It To Joan - 500120 - Guest - Al Jolson Let Yourself Go - 450606 - Guest - Al Jolson Lucky Strike Show - 470518 - Guest - Al Jolson Lux Radio Theater - 360615 - 'Burlesque' With Al Jolson And Ruby Keeler Lux Radio Theater - 450402 - 'Swannee River' With Dennis Morgan, Al Jolson And Frances Gifford Lux Radio Theater - 470602 - 'The Jazz Singer' With Al Jolson And Gail Patrick Lux Radio Theater - 480216 - 'The Jolson Story' With Al Jolson Lux Radio Theater - 500522 - 'Jolson Sings Again' With Al Jolson And Barbara Hale Maxwell House Coffee Time - 470220 - Guest - Al Jolson Operation Dawn - 490522 - Al Jolson And Agnes Moorehead Philco Radio Time - 470507 - Guests - Al Jolson And Irving Berlin Shell Chateau - 350629 - Guests - Maxie Rosenbloom, Otto Kruger, Sylvia Froos Shell Chateau - 350706 - Guest - Dixie Lee Crosby Shell Chateau - 350713 - Guest - Joan Blondell Shell Chateau - 350720 - Guests - Henry Hull And Willie Howard Shell Chateau - 350727 - Guest - Ruth Chatterton Shell Chateau - 350803 - Guests - Bette Davis And Estelle Taylor Shell Chateau - 350810 - Guests - Alice Brady And Irvin S. Cobb Shell Chateau - 350817 - Guests - Lionel Barrymore And Pat C. Flick Shell Chateau - 350824 - Guests - Delores Del Rio And Roscoe Ates Shell Chateau - 350831 - Guest - Boris Karloff Shell Chateau - 350907 - Guest - Betty Borden Shell Chateau - 350914 - Guest - - Henry Fonda Shell Chateau - 350921 - Guests - Ricardo Cortez And June Marlowe Shell Chateau - 350928 - Guests - Ginger Rogers, Harry Savoy, Edward Everett Horton Shell Chateau - 360125 - Guest - - Cab Calloway Texaco Town - 370103 - 'Texaco Town Follies (Act 02)' With Al Jolson And Diana Durbin The Pepsodent Show - 470408 - Guest - Al Jolson Your All-Time Hit Parade - 440723 - Guest - Al Jolson

IMPORTANT NOTE! : The DVD presented for sale contains radio programs recorded and preserved in the MP3 audio format. The MP3 format allows for audio compression and can allow the storage of over 400 hours of audio per DVD. The MP3 format is compatible with many newer DVD and MP3 players. The MP3 format is also playable on Windows based computers with DVD drives using Real Player, Windows Media Player or other players.

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