Al Jolson – Sonny Boy

•    This is a must for your music collection with some of the best known songs sung by The World’s Greatest Entertainer

•    Hits include April Showers, Carolina In The Morning, Rock Bye Your Baby and Sonny Boy

In addition to releasing a string of successful records between 1912 and 1949, Al Jolson achieved pre-eminent stardom on Broadway, hosted several radio series and became the first important figure of the sound-era of motion pictures. His performing style was brash and extroverted; he billed himself as “the world’s greatest entertainer,” and he was known for his slogan, “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!”

Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music, including Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, David Bowie and others. In the 1930s, Jolson was America’s most famous and highest-paid entertainer. Between 1911 and 1928, Jolson had nine sell-out Winter Garden shows in a row, more than 80 hit records, and 16 national and international tours. Although he is best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), he later starred in a series of successful musical films throughout the 1930s. At his peak in the 1920s, he was the most successful entertainer in the U.S..

TRACKLISTING
    Let Me Sing And I’m Happy
    I Only Have Eyes For You
    My Mammy
    After You’ve Gone
    Easter Parade
    Rock Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
    Sonny Boy
    Anniversary Song
    April Showers
    When You Were Sixteen
    Carolina In The Morning
    Alexander’s Ragtime Band