He was a hugely influential and distinctive performer

Al Jolson was one of the biggest showbiz stars of the first decades of the 20th century, his career spanning vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio and recording, and he legendarily recorded some of the most memorable songs of the era. During the early decades of his career, he performed regularly in blackface make-up, during the era when this was an acceptable and normal style of presentation, which lasted well into post-war years. As a result of his popularity, success and high profile, he had a huge number of hits, and this 91-track 4-CD collection consists entirely of all his career hits as listed in Joel Whitburn's book 'Pop Memories 1890-1954' and also in the early Billboard charts. Among those are the 22 records listed as No. 1s, which include 'Sonny Boy', 'Swanee', 'Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye' 'You Made Me Love You', 'Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody', 'When The Red Robin', 'There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder', 'I'm Sitting On Top Of The World', 'California Here I Come', and many more from Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley. He was a hugely influential and distinctive performer and this substantial collection, capturing the essence of his style and talent, is a fine showcase for his significant recorded legacy.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• That Haunting Melody
• Ragging The Baby To Sleep
• Snap Your Fingers
• The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
• You Made Me Love You, I Didn’t Want To Do It
• That Little German Band
• Pullman Porters' Parade
• Back To The Carolina You Love
• Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers
• Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
• Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night
• Down Where The Swanee River Flows
• I Sent My Wife To The Thousand Isles
• You're A Dangerous Girl
• I'm Saving Up The Means To Get To New Orleans
• Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone
• Pray For Sunshine (But Always Be Prepared For Rain)
• Ev'ry Little While
• From Here To Shanghai
• I'm All Bound Round With The Mason Dixon Line
• N Everything
• Wedding Bells (Will You Ever Ring For Me)

Disc 2:

• Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land
• Rock A Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
• Tell That To The Marines
• On The Road To Calais
• I'll Say She Does
• I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now
• Tell Me (Why Nights Are Lonely)
• I Gave Her That
• You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet
• Chloe
• Swanee
• That Wonderful Kid From Madrid
• In Sweet September
• Avalon
• O-H-I-O (O-My O)
• Scandinavia (Sing Dose Song And Make Dose Music)
• April Showers
• Yoo Hoo
• Give Me My Mammy
• Angel Child
• Coo Coo
• Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)
• Lost (A Wonderful Girl)

Disc 3:

• Who Cares
• Coal Black Mammy
• Morning Will Come
• Stella
• You've Simply Got Me Cuckoo
• Arcady
• California, Here I Come
• The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else
• I'm Goin' South
• Steppin' Out
• Mr. Radio Man (Tell My Baby To Come back)
• Lazy
• My Papa Doesn’t Two-Time No Time
• Mandalay
• I Wonder What's Become Of Sally
• Follow The Swallow
• All Alone
• Hello, 'Tucky
• I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
• Miami
• I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again
• I'd Climb The Highest Mountain (If I Knew I'd Find You)
• At Peace With The World
• When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along

Disc 4:

• Mother Of Mine, I Still Have You
• Blue River
• Golden Gate
• Ol' Man River
• My Mammy
• Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!
• Sonny Boy
• There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder
• Little Pal
• I'm In Seventh Heaven
• Why Can't You
• Used To You
• Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
• Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
• When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues
• To My Mammy
• Hallelujah! I'm A Bum
• The Anniversary Song
• My Mammy
• April Showers
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• If I Only Had A Match

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 288 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/08/26

UPC: 824046719722