Al Jolson

The show is a mix of theatrical classics and tunes by iconic singers such as Al Jolson, Bessie Smith and Rudy Vallee.

JSOnline.com 2010

In 1918, Al Jolson performed “Swanee,” a minstrel song written by the young Jewish songwriter George Gershwin.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Historian Mark Slobin points to “the fact that virtually every Jewish American stage personality, from Weber and Fields through Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, and Eddie Cantor, first reached out to American audiences from behind a mask of burnt cork.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Working constantly in New York City as well as across the country and the Pond, Nadler is known but not in the way, say, Al Jolson or Danny Kaye or Victor Borge or Jerry Lee Lewis -- all of whom he resembles in one way or another -- were or are known and celebrated.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Mark Nadler's Outstanding, Outrageous 'Crazy 1961' David Finkle 2012

His closing number is an Al Jolson medley in tribute to the fact that "even a century later" Jolson is still influencing performers.

Ellen Sterling: David Campbell: A Child of Rock 'n' Roll Who Is Making His Own Kind Of Music Ellen Sterling 2011

Parks's career vanished overnight, just a few years after he had received an Oscar nomination for his performance as entertainer Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story" 1946.

Comedienne Betty Garrett, '40s co-star of Frank Sinatra, dies at 91 Emma Brown 2011

I'd always thought that it was Judy Garland who had the original hit You Made Me Love You but, no, it was, we learn from Campbell, actually Al Jolson who recorded the song when it was new in 1913.

Ellen Sterling: David Campbell: A Child of Rock 'n' Roll Who Is Making His Own Kind Of Music Ellen Sterling 2011

Working constantly in New York City as well as across the country and the Pond, Nadler is known but not in the way, say, Al Jolson or Danny Kaye or Victor Borge or Jerry Lee Lewis -- all of whom he resembles in one way or another -- were or are known and celebrated.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Mark Nadler's Outstanding, Outrageous 'Crazy 1961' David Finkle 2012

I'd always thought that it was Judy Garland who had the original hit You Made Me Love You but, no, it was, we learn from Campbell, actually Al Jolson who recorded the song when it was new in 1913.

Ellen Sterling: David Campbell: A Child of Rock 'n' Roll Who Is Making His Own Kind Of Music Ellen Sterling 2011

His closing number is an Al Jolson medley in tribute to the fact that "even a century later" Jolson is still influencing performers.

Ellen Sterling: David Campbell: A Child of Rock 'n' Roll Who Is Making His Own Kind Of Music Ellen Sterling 2011