Al Jolson
Born May 26, 1886
Seredzius, Lithuania
Died October 23, 1950
San Francisco, California
Vaudeville entertainer
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"You think that's noise—you...
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Jolson, Al (1886-1950)
Al Jolson lived "The American Dream." Born in Lithuania, Jolson rose through the ranks of vaudeville as a comedian and a blackface "Mammy" singer. By...
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Al Jolson (1886-1950) was a vaudeville, theater, and radio singing performer and a film actor.Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson) was born on May 6, 1886, in Srednike, Lithuania. Jolson's family immigrated to the...
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.Laine died of heart failure at Mercy Hospital in San Di...
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.Laine died of heart failure at Scripps Mercy Hospital i...
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Al Pacino made grand speeches on screen as Michael Corleone and Tony Montana. But when the actor was honored with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, he was practically speechless...
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Today is Saturday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2007. There are 86 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 6, 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz ...
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Oct 16 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on October 23 since 1900: 1911 - The first use of an aircraft during a war took place
during the Italo-Turkish war when a...
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If anyone deserves to be a salty about a lack of career recognition, it's Patti Austin.The 56-year-old singer, who grew up in the business and had Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington as godparents, i...
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Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls, from his own screenplay, with music from the original production by Henry Krieger and lyrics by Tom Eyen, has been adapted from the hit Broadway musical that opened ...
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Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls, from his own screenplay, with music from the original production by Henry Krieger and lyrics by Tom Eyen, has been adapted from the hit Broadway musical that opened ...
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Jolson, Al
Jolson, Al (1886-1950)
Al Jolson
1950s singer Frankie Laine dies at 93
