Al Jolson - You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet
by Doc Braham
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Al Jolson - You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet
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Doc Braham
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Photograph - Photograph, Black And White, Cbs, Mammy, Pencil, Oil, Picture, Master
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Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, stage and film actor. 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, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, David Bowie 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
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