Al Jolson (26 Mei 1886-23 Oktober 1950) merupakan seorang penyanyi, komedian, dan aktor berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dia merupakan satu dari orang yang terkenal pada abad ke-20 di bidang hiburan termasuk Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Jr., Eddie Fisher, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, dan Michael Jackson. Dia berkarier di dunia film dan musik sejak tahun 1911 sampai tahun 1950.
Al Jolson | |
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| Informasi latar belakang | |
| Nama lahir | Asa Yoelson |
| Lahir | 26 Mei 1886(?) Seredžius, Kegubernuran Kovno, Kekaisaran Rusia |
| Meninggal | 23 Oktober 1950 (umur 64) San Francisco, California, Amerika Serikat |
| Genre | Vaudeville Pop standards Jazz Pop |
| Pekerjaan | Aktor Komedian Penyanyi |
| Tahun aktif | 1911–1950 |
| Label | Victor, Columbia, Little Wonder, Brunswick, Decca |
| Situs web | The Al Jolson Society |
Filmografi
- Mammy's Boy (1923) (unfinished)
- A Plantation Act (1926)
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- The Singing Fool (1928)
- Hollywood Snapshots No. 11 (1929) (short subject)
- Sonny Boy (1929) (Cameo)
- Say It with Songs (1929)
- New York Nights (1929) (Cameo)
- Mammy (1930)
- Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) (Cameo)
- Big Boy (1930)
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
- Wonder Bar (1934)
- Go Into Your Dance (1935)
- Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) (short subject)
- The Singing Kid (1936)
- Hollywood Handicap (1938) (short subject)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939)
- Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
- Swanee River (1939)
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945) (brief scene with Jolson in blackface introducing "Swanee")
- The Jolson Story (1946) (double and singing voice for Larry Parks)
- Screen Snapshots: Off the Air (1947) (short subject)
- Jolson Sings Again (1949) (singing voice for Larry Parks)
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949) (voice only)
- Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (1950) (short subject) (narrator)
Teater
- La Belle Paree (1911)
- Vera Violetta (1911)
- The Whirl of Society (1912)
- The Honeymoon Express (1913)
- Children of the Ghetto (before 1915)
- Robinson Crusoe, Jr. (1916)
- Sinbad (1918)
- Bombo (1921)
- Big Boy (1925)
- Artists and Models of 1925 (1925) (added to cast in 1926)
- Big Boy (1926) (revival)
- The Wonder Bar (1931)
- Hold on to Your Hats (1940)
Lagu terkenal
- That Haunting Melodie (1911) Jolson's first hit.
- Ragging the Baby to Sleep (1912)
- The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (1912)
- That Little German Band (1913)
- You Made Me Love You (1913)
- Back to the Carolina You Love (1914)
- Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (1916)
- I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles (1916)
- I'm All Bound Round With the Mason Dixon Line (1918)
- Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (1918)
- Tell That to the Marines (1919)
- I'll Say She Does (1919)
- I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now (1919)
- Swanee (1920)
- Avalon (1920)
- O-H-I-O (O-My! O!) (1921)
- April Showers (1921)
- Angel Child (1922)
- Coo Coo' (1922)
- Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (1922)
- That Wonderful Kid From Madrid (1922)
- Toot, Toot, Tootsie (1922)
- Juanita (1923)
- California, Here I Come (1924)
- I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (1924)
- All Alone (1925)
- I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1926)
- When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (1926)
- My Mammy (1927)
- Back in Your Own Backyard (1928)
- There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1928)
- Sonny Boy (1928)
- Little Pal (1929)
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) (1929)
- Let Me Sing and I'm Happy (1930)
- The Cantor (A Chazend'l Ofn Shabbos) (1932)
- Ma Blushin' Rosie (1946)
- Anniversary Song (1946)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1947)
- Carolina in the Morning (1947)
- About a Quarter to Nine (1947)
- Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (1947)
- Golden Gate (1947)
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen (1947)
- If I Only Had a Match (1947)
- After You've Gone (1949)
- Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (1949)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1950)
Pranala luar
- Al Jolson di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Collected works of Al Jolson at the Internet Archive
- The International Al Jolson Society
- Mikes Jolson Site Diarsipkan 2007-08-14 di Wayback Machine.
- Great Song Stylists Site Diarsipkan 2020-10-20 di Wayback Machine.
- Al Jolson at Find-A-Grave
- Complete newsreel also covering Jolson's death and funeral (from the Internet Archive)
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