- Al Jolson( Asa Yoelson )【 225 songs in total 】
- Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and stage and film actor. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed 'The World's Greatest Entertainer.' His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized a large number of songs that benefited from his 'shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach.' Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music, including Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, David Bowie and others. Dylan once referred to him as 'somebody whose life I can feel.' Broadway critic Gilbert Seldes compared him to the Greek god Pan, claiming that Jolson represented 'the concentration of our national health and gaiety.'
In the 1920s, 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 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. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with The Jolson Story (1946), for which Larry Parks played Jolson, with the singer dubbing for Parks. The formula was repeated in a sequel, Jolson Sings Again (1949). In 1950, he again became the first star to entertain GIs on active service in the Korean War, performing 42 shows in 16 days. He died just weeks after returning to the U.S., partly owing to the physical exertion of performing. Defense Secretary George Marshall posthumously awarded him the Medal of Merit.
According to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 'Jolson was to jazz, blues, and ragtime what Elvis Presley was to rock 'n' roll.' Being the first popular singer to make a spectacular event out of singing a song, he became a rock star before the dawn of rock music. His specialty was performing on stage runways extending out into the audience. He would run up and down the runway, and across the stage, 'teasing, cajoling, and thrilling the audience', often stopping to sing to individual members; all the while the 'perspiration would be pouring from his face, and the entire audience would get caught up in the ecstasy of his performance'. According to music historian Larry Stempel, 'No one had heard anything quite like it before on Broadway.' Author Stephen Banfield agreed, writing that Jolson's style was 'arguably the single most important factor in defining the modern musical'.
Jolson also enjoyed performing in blackface makeup, a theatrical convention since the mid-19th century. With his unique and dynamic style of singing black music, such as jazz and blues, he was later credited with single-handedly introducing African-American music to white American audiences. As early as 1911, he became known for fighting against black discrimination on Broadway.
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Lyricist
Composer
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About A Quarter To Nine (Digitally Remastered)
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About A Quarter To Nine
Al Dubin, Harry Warren
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3
After You've Gone (Remastered)
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4
After You've Gone (Remastered)
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5
After You've Gone - (Digitally Remastered 2009)
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6
After You've Gone
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7
After You've Gone
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8
After You've Gone
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9
After You've Gone
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10
After You've Gone
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11
Alabamy Bound (Remastered)
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12
Alexander's Ragtime Band (Live)
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13
Alexander's Ragtime Band (Remastered)
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14
Alexander's Ragtime Band
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15
Alexander's Ragtime Band
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16
All Alone
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17
Almost Like Being in Love (Live)
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18
Almost Like Being in Love
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19
Anniversary Song (Live)
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20
Anniversary Song
Saul Chaplin, Al Jolson
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21
April Showers (Digitally Remastered)
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22
April Showers (Digitally Remastered)
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23
April Showers (Digitally Remastered)
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24
April Showers (Remastered)
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25
April Showers (Remastered)
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26
April Showers - Remastered
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27
April Showers
Buddy De Sylva, Louis Silvers
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28
April Showers
Buddy De Sylva, Louis Silvers
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29
April Showers
Buddy De Sylva, Louis Silvers
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30
April Showers
Buddy De Sylva, Louis Silvers
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31
April Showers
Buddy De Sylva, Louis Silvers
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32
Are you lonesome tonight (remastered)
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33
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Lou Handman, Roy Turk
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34
At Peace With The World (Digitally Remastered)
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35
At Peace With the World (Remastered)
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36
Avalon (Digitally Remastered)
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37
Avalon (Remastered)
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Avalon (Remastered)
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39
Avalon (Remastered)
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40
Avalon - Digitally Remastered
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41
Avalon - Remastered
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42
Avalon
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43
Avalon
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Avalon
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45
Back In Your Own Backyard (Digitally Remastered)
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46
Back in Your Own Backyard (Remastered)
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47
Back in Your Own Backyard
Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose
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48
Blue Skies
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49
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (Digitally Remastered)
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50
California Here I Come (Live)
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51
Carolina In The Morning (Digitally Remastered)
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52
Carolina In the Morning
Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
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53
Chicago (Remastered)
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54
Chinatown My Chinatown
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55
Chinatown, My Chinatown (Digitally Remastered)
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56
Chinatown, My Chinatown
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57
Chinatown, My Chinatown
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58
Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!
Clarke, Al Jolson, Edgar Leslie, James Monaco
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59
Down Where the Swanee River Flows (Remastered)
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60
Easter Parade (Remastered)
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61
Easter Parade
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62
Easter Parade
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63
For Me and My Gal (Remastered)
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64
For Me And My Gal - (Digitally Remastered 2009)
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65
For Me and My Gal
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66
For Me and My Gal
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67
For Me And My Gal
E. Ray Goetz, Edgar Leslie, George Meyer
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68
Give My Regards To Broadway (Digitally Remastered)
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69
Give My Regards To Broadway
George Cohan
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70
Golden Gate (Digitally Remastered)
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71
Golden Gate (Live)
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72
Hallelujah I'm A Bum
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73
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!
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74
Hello 'Tucky
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75
Hooray for Baby and Me
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76
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
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77
I Love to Sing-A
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78
I Only Have Eyes For You (Digitally Remastered)
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79
I Want A Girl - Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad (Digitally Remastered)
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80
I Want a Girl
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I Wish I Had A Girl (Digitally Remastered)
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82
I Wish I Had A Girl (Remastered)
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83
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew I'd Find You)
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84
I'll See You in My Dreams (Live)
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85
I'm In Seventh Heaven
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86
I'm Just Wild About Harry (Live)
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87
I'm Just Wild About Harry
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88
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover / Baby Face - Digitally Remastered
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I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Baby Face
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90
I'M Sitting On The Top Of The World
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91
I'm Sitting on Top of the World (Remastered)
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92
I'm Sitting on Top of the World
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93
Is It True What They Say About Dixie (Digitally Remastered)
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94
Is It True What They Say About Dixie (Remastered)
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95
Is It True What They Say About Dixie
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96
Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Digitally Remastered)
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97
Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Digitally Remastered)
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Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Live)
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99
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
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100
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
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101
It All Depends On You (Digitally Remastered)
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102
It All Depends on You (Remastered)
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103
It All Depends on You - Digitally Remastered
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It All Depends on You
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105
It All Depends On You
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106
It All Depends On You
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107
It All Depends on You
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108
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
Irving Berlin
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109
Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
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110
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
Irving Berlin
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111
Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
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112
Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
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113
Let Me Sing, and I'm Happy
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114
Little Pal (Remastered)
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115
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
2004
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116
Look for the Silver Lining
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117
Ma Blushin' Rose
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118
Ma Blushin' Rosie (Remastered)
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119
Ma Blushin' Rosie
Sears Gerald A Jerry
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120
Ma Blushing Rosie
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121
Mammy (Remastered)
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122
March Winds and April Showers
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123
My Mammy (Digitally Remastered)(Provided)
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124
My Mammy
Walter Donaldson, Sam Lewis, Joe Young
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125
My Mommy (From 'the Jazz Singer')
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126
My Mother's Rosary (Remastered)
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127
Near You
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128
Never Again
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129
Now He's Got a Beautiful Girl
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130
Oh Danny Boy
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131
Oh You Beautiful Doll (Remastered) [Live]
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132
Oh You Beautiful Doll
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133
Oh! Susannah (Digitally Remastered)
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134
Oh, Susanna! (Remastered)
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135
Oh, Susanna! - Digitally Remastered
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136
Ol' Man River (Remastered)
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137
Ol' Man River - (Digitally Remastered 2009)
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138
Ol' Man River - Digitally Remastered
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139
Ol' Man River
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140
Ol' Man River
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141
Ol' Man River
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142
Ol' Man River
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143
Pasadena (Remastered)
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144
Pasadena
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145
Pretty Baby (Digitally Remastered)
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146
Rock a Bye Your Baby
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147
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Digitally Remastered)
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148
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
Sam M Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
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149
Some Enchanted Evening
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150
Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone (Remastered)
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151
Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone
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152
Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone
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153
Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone
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154
Sonny Boy (Digitally Remastered)
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155
Sonny Boy (Digitally Remastered)
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156
Sonny Boy (Remastered)
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157
Sonny Boy (Remastered)
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158
Sonny Boy (Remastered)
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159
Sonny Boy - (Digitally Remastered 2009)
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160
Sonny Boy - Digitally Remastered
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161
Sonny Boy - Remastered
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162
Sonny Boy
Lew Brown, B.g. Desylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson
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163
Sonny Boy
Lew Brown, B.g. Desylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson
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164
Sonny Boy
Lew Brown, B.g. Desylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson
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165
Sonny Boy
Lew Brown, B.g. Desylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson
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166
Sonny Boy
Lew Brown, B.g. Desylva, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson
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167
Stella (Remastered)
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168
Swanee (Digitally Remastered)
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169
Swanee - (Sinbad)
Irving Caesar, George Gershwin
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170
Swanee
Irving Caesar, George Gershwin
1996
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171
Tell That to the Marines (Remastered)
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172
Tell That To The Marines
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173
That Haunting Melody (Remastered)
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174
The Anniversary Song (Digitally Remastered)
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175
The Anniversary Song
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176
The Anniversary Waltz
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177
The Best Things In Life Are Free
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178
The Best Things In Life Are Free
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179
The Old Piano Roll Blues (Digitally Remastered)
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180
The Old Piano Roll Blues (Digitally Remastered)
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181
The Old Piano Roll Blues
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182
The Old Piano Roll Blues
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183
The Old Piano Roll Blues
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184
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (Live)
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185
The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (Remastered)
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186
There's a Lump of Sugar Down In Dixie
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187
There's a Rainbow 'round My Shoulder
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188
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose
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189
Tonight's My Night With Baby
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190
Toot Toot Tootsie
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191
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Digitally Remastered)
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192
Toot, Toot, Tootsie - Remastered
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193
Toot, Toot, Tootsie! Goodbye
Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Russo
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194
Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
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195
Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
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196
Toot, Toot, Tootsie
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197
Toot, Toot, Tootsie
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198
Used To You (Digitally Remastered)
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199
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee (Digitally Remastered)
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200
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (Live)
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201
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Digitally Remastered)
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202
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Remastered)
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203
When I Leave the World Behind (Digitally Remastered)
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204
When I Leave The World Behind
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205
When I Leave the World Behind
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206
When I Leave This World
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207
When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbing Along
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208
When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Aling
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209
When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Digitally Remastered)
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210
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
James Thornton
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211
Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
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212
You Are Too Beautiful (Digitally Remastered)
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213
You Flew Away From The Nest (Digitally Remastered)
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214
You Flew Away From The Nest (Remastered)
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215
You Made Me Love You (Digitally Remastered)(Provided)
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216
You Made Me Love You (Digitally Remastered)(Provided)
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217
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) - Remastered(Provided)
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218
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)
Joseph Mccarthy, James Vincent Monaco
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219
You Made Me Love You - (Digitally Remastered 2009)(Provided)
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220
You Made Me Love You
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221
You Made Me Love You
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222
You Made Me Love You
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223
You Made Me Love You
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224
You Made Me Love You
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225
'California, Here I Come'
B.g. Desylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer