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N the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". He popularised many songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach." For the first time a 3-CD Al Jolson set containing the master takes of every one of his 1945-1950 Decca recordings (his last commercial recordings) with a total of 71 selections in chronological order and with recording details. Also includes previously unreleased material including alternative takes
N the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". He popularised many songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach." For the first time a 3-CD Al Jolson set containing the master takes of every one of his 1945-1950 Decca recordings (his last commercial recordings) with a total of 71 selections in chronological order and with recording details. Also includes previously unreleased material including alternative takes
5055122113430

Details

Format: CD
Label: SEPI
Rel. Date: 09/13/2019
UPC: 5055122113430

Decca Years 1945-1950
Artist: Al Jolson
Format: CD
New: In Stock $24.99
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Swanee
2. April Showers
3. Ma Blushin? Rosie
4. My Mammy
5. You Made Me Love You
6. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
7. California, Here I Come
8. Sonny Boy
9. Avalon 1
10. Anniversary Song 1
11. Alexander's Ragtime Band 1
12. The Spaniard That Blighted My Life 1
13. All My Love 1
14. Keep Smiling at Trouble 1
15. Back in Your Own Backyard 1
16. I'm Sitting on Top of the World 1
17. Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow 1
18. Toot, Toot Tootsie! 1
19. Carolina in the Morning 2
20. Liza 2
21. For Me and My Gal 2
22. About a Quarter to Nine 2
23. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee 2
24. Golden Gate 2
25. When You Were Sweet Sixteen 2
26. There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder 2
27. If I Only Had a Match 2
28. Let Me Sing and I'm Happy 2
29. I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) 3
30. By the Light of the Silvery Moon 3
31. I Wish I Had a Girl 3
32. When I Leave the World Behind 3
33. Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone 3
34. When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along 3
35. Kol Nidre 3
36. Cantor on the Sabbath 3
37. Hatikvoh 3
38. Israel 3
39. Down Among the Sheltering Palms 4
40. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? 4
41. I'm Crying Just for You 4
42. I Only Have Eyes for You 4
43. That Wonderful Girl of Mine 4
44. In Our House 4
45. Pretty Baby 4
46. Medley: I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover/Baby Face 4
47. Chinatown, My Chinatown 4
48. After You've Gone 4
49. It All Depends on You 5
50. Give My Regards to Broadway 5
51. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? 5
52. I'm Just Wild About Harry 5
53. (Just One Way to Say) I Love You 5
54. Paris Wakes Up and Smiles 5
55. Some Enchanted Evening 5
56. Let's Go West Again 5
57. God's Country 5
58. Remember Mother's Day 5
59. My Mother's Rosary 6
60. The Old Piano Roll Blues 6
61. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 6
62. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 6
63. No Sad Songs for Me 6
64. Old Black Joe 6
65. My Old Kentucky Home 6
66. Beautiful Dreamer 6
67. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground 6
68. Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) 6
69. I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 7
70. Oh! Susannah 7
71. De Camptown Races 7
72. Swanee (Alternative Take) 7
73. You Made Me Love You (Alternative Take) 7
74. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Incomplete Take) 7
75. California, Here I Come (Alternative Take) 7
76. About a Quarter to Nine (Alternative Take) 7
77. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (Alternative Take) 7
78. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Alternative Take) 7
79. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Solo Version) 8
80. Alabamy Bound (Previously Unreleased)

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N the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". He popularised many songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach." For the first time a 3-CD Al Jolson set containing the master takes of every one of his 1945-1950 Decca recordings (his last commercial recordings) with a total of 71 selections in chronological order and with recording details. Also includes previously unreleased material including alternative takes
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