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When The Red Red Robin, April Showers, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

A Plantation Act

Al Jolson

1926
First film appearance of Jolson's 'You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet' catchphrase

When The Red Red Robin, April Showers, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

A Plantation Act

Al Jolson

Short filmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 7344

Kol Nidre, Dirty Hands Dirty Face, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), Blue Skies, Mother Of Mine I Still Have You, My Mammy

The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson

1927
First feature-length motion picture with sections of lip-synchronous singing and speech.

Kol Nidre, Dirty Hands Dirty Face, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), Blue Skies, Mother Of Mine I Still Have You, My Mammy

The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 1161

There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Golden Gate, I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World, It All Depends On You, Keep Smiling At Trouble, Sonny Boy

The Singing Fool

Al Jolson

1928

There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Golden Gate, I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World, It All Depends On You, Keep Smiling At Trouble, Sonny Boy

The Singing Fool

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 27548

I'm In Seventh Heaven, Little Pal, Used To You, Why Can't You, Back In Your Own Backyard,I'm Karazy For You, Mem'ries Of One Sweet Kiss

Say It With Songs

Al Jolson

1929
*Cut from TV versions of film

I'm In Seventh Heaven, Little Pal, Used To You, Why Can't You, Back In Your Own Backyard,I'm Karazy For You, Mem'ries Of One Sweet Kiss

Say It With Songs

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 7328

Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody*, If Your Best Friend Won't Tell You

The Show Of Shows

Sid Silvers

1929
*Impression of Al Jolson

Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody*, If Your Best Friend Won't Tell You

The Show Of Shows

Sid Silvers

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 9162

Across The Breakfast Table Looking At You, Let Me Sing And I'M Happy, To My Mammy, My Mammy, Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle, Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany, Yes We Have No Bananas

Mammy

Al Jolson

1930

Across The Breakfast Table Looking At You, Let Me Sing And I'M Happy, To My Mammy, My Mammy, Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle, Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany, Yes We Have No Bananas

Mammy

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 28062

What Will I Do Without You?,Tomorrow Is Another Day, Liza Lee, Hooray For Baby And Me, All God's Children Got Shoes, Go Down Moses

Big Boy

Al Jolson

1930

What Will I Do Without You?,Tomorrow Is Another Day, Liza Lee, Hooray For Baby And Me, All God's Children Got Shoes, Go Down Moses

Big Boy

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 6894

I Gotta Get Back To New York, Hallelujah I'm A Bum, Dear June,What Do You Want With Money, I'd Do It Again, You Are Too Beautiful, My Pal Bumper, Bumper Found A Grand, Kangaroo Court

Hallelujah I'm A Bum

Al Jolson

1933

I Gotta Get Back To New York, Hallelujah I'm A Bum, Dear June,What Do You Want With Money, I'd Do It Again, You Are Too Beautiful, My Pal Bumper, Bumper Found A Grand, Kangaroo Court

Hallelujah I'm A Bum

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 6960

Vive La France, Goin' To Heaven On A Mule, Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)

Wonder Bar

Al Jolson

1934

Vive La France, Goin' To Heaven On A Mule, Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)

Wonder Bar

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 7232

Cielito Lindo, Mammy I'll Sing About You, About A Quarter To Nine, She's A Latin From Manhattan, Casino De Paree

Go Into Your Dance

Al Jolson

1935

Cielito Lindo, Mammy I'll Sing About You, About A Quarter To Nine, She's A Latin From Manhattan, Casino De Paree

Go Into Your Dance

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 6870

Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)

Swanee River

Al Jolson

1939
Portraying E.P. Christie, leader of Christie's Minstrels

Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)

Swanee River

Al Jolson

FilmUSAColourMimedEntry id = 21059

I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, Pretty Baby, My Mammy, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), California Here I Come

Rose Of Washington Square

Al Jolson

1939

I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, Pretty Baby, My Mammy, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), California Here I Come

Rose Of Washington Square

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 10426

We've Come A Long Way Together, My Mammy, When My Baby Smiles At Me

Hullabaloo

Frank Morgan

1940
Includes impressions of Al Jolson and Ted Lewis

We've Come A Long Way Together, My Mammy, When My Baby Smiles At Me

Hullabaloo

Frank Morgan

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 29246

Elmer's Tune

Soundie

The Dorn Brothers and Mary

1941
Includes impressions of Ted Lewis, Al Jolson, Harry Richman, Jimmy Durante,

Elmer's Tune

Soundie

The Dorn Brothers and Mary

Jukebox filmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 12251

My Mammy

Show Business At War

Al Jolson

1943

My Mammy

Show Business At War

Al Jolson

Cinema news filmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 7418

Swanee

Rhapsody In Blue

Al Jolson

1945

Swanee

Rhapsody In Blue

Al Jolson

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 7345

Includes - Ma Blushin' Rosie, My Mammy, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, You Made Me Love You, April Showers, California Here I Come, About A Quarter To Nine, The Anniversary Song, Waiting For The Robert E. Lee, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

The Jolson Story

Larry Parks

1946
Biography of Al Jolson. Voice dubbed by Al Jolson

Includes - Ma Blushin' Rosie, My Mammy, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, You Made Me Love You, April Showers, California Here I Come, About A Quarter To Nine, The Anniversary Song, Waiting For The Robert E. Lee, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

The Jolson Story

Larry Parks

FilmUSAColourMimedEntry id = 8211

Swanee

The Jolson Story

Al Jolson

1946
Filmed in longshot

Swanee

The Jolson Story

Al Jolson

FilmUSAColourMimedEntry id = 8213

Is It True What They Say About Dixie, Baby Face

Screen Tests

Al Jolson

1948
Tests made for the film Jolson Sings Again

Is It True What They Say About Dixie, Baby Face

Screen Tests

Al Jolson

Short filmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 7419

Includes - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, For Me And My Gal, Back In Your Own Backyard, I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover, Give My Regards To Broadway, Chinatown My Chinatown, I'm Just Wild About Harry, Baby Face, You Made Me Love You

Jolson Sings Again

Larry Parks

1949
Performing as Al Jolson. Voice dubbed by Al Jolson.

Includes - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, For Me And My Gal, Back In Your Own Backyard, I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover, Give My Regards To Broadway, Chinatown My Chinatown, I'm Just Wild About Harry, Baby Face, You Made Me Love You

Jolson Sings Again

Larry Parks

FilmUSAColourMimedEntry id = 10117

April Showers, My Mammy

Concert (Chicago)

Al Jolson

1949
Soldier's Field, Chicago, August 20, 1949

April Showers, My Mammy

Concert (Chicago)

Al Jolson

Concert filmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 7524

I Was Born Too Late, Al Jolson Medley

The Jack Benny Program

Connie Francis

1964
First broadcast October 30, 1964

I Was Born Too Late, Al Jolson Medley

The Jack Benny Program

Connie Francis

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 18741

This Train, Al Jolson Medley, Look At That Face*

Hollywood Palace

Jane Morgan

1966
First broadcast February 12, 1966. *With Donald O'Connor

This Train, Al Jolson Medley, Look At That Face*

Hollywood Palace

Jane Morgan

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 11391

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When The Red Red Robin, April Showers, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

When The Red Red Robin, April Showers, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Kol Nidre, Dirty Hands Dirty Face, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), Blue Skies, Mother Of Mine I Still Have You, My Mammy

Kol Nidre, Dirty Hands Dirty Face, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), Blue Skies, Mother Of Mine I Still Have You, My Mammy

There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Golden Gate, I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World, It All Depends On You, Keep Smiling At Trouble, Sonny Boy

There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Golden Gate, I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World, It All Depends On You, Keep Smiling At Trouble, Sonny Boy

I'm In Seventh Heaven, Little Pal, Used To You, Why Can't You, Back In Your Own Backyard*,I'm Karazy For You*, Mem'ries Of One Sweet Kiss

I'm In Seventh Heaven, Little Pal, Used To You, Why Can't You, Back In Your Own Backyard*,I'm Karazy For You*, Mem'ries Of One Sweet Kiss

Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody*, If Your Best Friend Won't Tell You

Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody*, If Your Best Friend Won't Tell You

Across The Breakfast Table Looking At You, Let Me Sing And I'M Happy, To My Mammy, My Mammy, Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle, Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany, Yes We Have No Bananas

Across The Breakfast Table Looking At You, Let Me Sing And I'M Happy, To My Mammy, My Mammy, Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle, Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany, Yes We Have No Bananas

What Will I Do Without You?,Tomorrow Is Another Day, Liza Lee, Hooray For Baby And Me, All God's Children Got Shoes, Go Down Moses

What Will I Do Without You?,Tomorrow Is Another Day, Liza Lee, Hooray For Baby And Me, All God's Children Got Shoes, Go Down Moses

I Gotta Get Back To New York, Hallelujah I'm A Bum, Dear June,What Do You Want With Money, I'd Do It Again, You Are Too Beautiful, My Pal Bumper, Bumper Found A Grand, Kangaroo Court

I Gotta Get Back To New York, Hallelujah I'm A Bum, Dear June,What Do You Want With Money, I'd Do It Again, You Are Too Beautiful, My Pal Bumper, Bumper Found A Grand, Kangaroo Court

Vive La France, Goin' To Heaven On A Mule, Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)

Vive La France, Goin' To Heaven On A Mule, Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)

Cielito Lindo, Mammy I'll Sing About You, About A Quarter To Nine, She's A Latin From Manhattan, Casino De Paree

Cielito Lindo, Mammy I'll Sing About You, About A Quarter To Nine, She's A Latin From Manhattan, Casino De Paree

Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)

Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)

I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, Pretty Baby, My Mammy, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), California Here I Come

I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, Pretty Baby, My Mammy, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), California Here I Come

We've Come A Long Way Together, My Mammy, When My Baby Smiles At Me

We've Come A Long Way Together, My Mammy, When My Baby Smiles At Me

Elmer's Tune

Elmer's Tune

My Mammy

My Mammy

Swanee

Swanee

Includes - Ma Blushin' Rosie, My Mammy, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, You Made Me Love You, April Showers, California Here I Come, About A Quarter To Nine, The Anniversary Song, Waiting For The Robert E. Lee, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Includes - Ma Blushin' Rosie, My Mammy, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, You Made Me Love You, April Showers, California Here I Come, About A Quarter To Nine, The Anniversary Song, Waiting For The Robert E. Lee, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Swanee

Swanee

Is It True What They Say About Dixie, Baby Face

Is It True What They Say About Dixie, Baby Face

Includes - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, For Me And My Gal, Back In Your Own Backyard, I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover, Give My Regards To Broadway, Chinatown My Chinatown, I'm Just Wild About Harry, Baby Face, You Made Me Love You

Includes - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, For Me And My Gal, Back In Your Own Backyard, I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover, Give My Regards To Broadway, Chinatown My Chinatown, I'm Just Wild About Harry, Baby Face, You Made Me Love You

April Showers, My Mammy

April Showers, My Mammy

I Was Born Too Late, Al Jolson Medley

I Was Born Too Late, Al Jolson Medley

This Train, Al Jolson Medley, Look At That Face*

This Train, Al Jolson Medley, Look At That Face*

Al Jolson Medley

Al Jolson Medley

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I'm In Seventh Heaven, Little Pal, Used To You, Why Can't You, Back In Your Own Backyard,I'm Karazy For You, Mem'ries Of One Sweet Kiss

I'm In Seventh Heaven, Little Pal, Used To You, Why Can't You, Back In Your Own Backyard,I'm Karazy For You, Mem'ries Of One Sweet Kiss