Some creators still want audiences to focus on what they see and hear on screen, not what their characters say. Here are a ...

Rod Stewart's musical influences span decades and genres. Explore the tracks that have resonated with him, from soulful ballads to rock anthems.

As the first feature-length “talkie,” “The Jazz Singer” holds a special place in film history. Its poster, featuring Al ...

A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz. A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss ...

like George Gershwin’s recording of ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ or ‘California Here I Come’ by Al Jolson, known as one of the actors in one of the first talking pictures in film history, The Jazz Singer.

He also had a chart-topping single “We're In This Love Together." Before he was a pop star, R&B singer, and a successful cross-over artist, Al Jarreau was the purest of jazz talents. He gained ...

Elsewhere, Lee deconstructs the Al Jolson-associated “Me And My Shadow ... s “Love Story (You And Me),” the opening cut on the singer-songwriter’s 1968 debut album for Reprise, which ...

Al Di Meola, in 1974, Connors played on the group’s seminal Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy album and takes his place among the world’s best jazz guitarists thanks to his importance in the ...

About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing ...

About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...