Best of Al Jolson [Import]

Al Jolson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Half Moon UK
• ASIN: B000024SYF
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,888 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

2. When The Red Red Robin Comes Bobbin' Along

3. Swanee

4. California Here I Come

5. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

6. You Made Me Love You

7. Avalon

8. After You've Gone

9. April Showers

10. Ma Blushin' Rosie

11. There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

12. For Me And My Gal

13. Always

14. I Only Have Eyes For You

15. Anniversary Song

16. Oh You Beautiful Doll

17. Give My Regards To Broadway

18. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy

19. Toot, Toot, Tootsie

20. My Mammy

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

22 sentimental journeys from the World's Greatest Entertainer! Includes Let Me Sing and I'm Happy; There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder; Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody; For Me and My Gal; Avalon; I Only Have Eyes for You , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good budget collection of Al's music, May 12, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Al Jolson (Audio CD)

Born in Lithuania as Asa Yoelson, Al Jolson migrated to America as a teenager, eventually becoming the first superstar of popular music. Some aspects of his career have to be seen in the context of the time especially his policy of blacking up his face, which would cause outrage these days but back then it was a gimmick that helped him.

An extrovert showman, Al generally recorded upbeat, fun songs such as There's a rainbow round my shoulder, Let me sing and I'm happy, California here I come, Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody, For me and my gal, I'm sitting on top of the world and When the red red robin comes bob-bob bobbing along.

Al could sing ballads when he chose to, as he shows on the perennial classic I only have eyes for you, which was revived in the fifties by the Flamingos and again in the seventies by Art Garfunkel, who both had considerable success with the song. New covers of this classic song continue to appear at regular intervals.

All those classic songs and others are to be found here. This is not the strongest collection of Al's music but it contains the tracks that most people are looking for at a budget price. As such, it serves its purpose brilliantly. Always remember, however, that Al recorded using equipment that now seems primitive and you cannot expect perfect sound quality.