Al Jolson
Highest Rated: 88% Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
Lowest Rated: 78% The Jazz Singer (1927)
Birthday: May 26, 1886
Birthplace: Srednik, Russian Empire
Celebrated song-and-dance man who was a major Broadway attraction before gaining worldwide fame as the star of the so-called "first" talking picture, "The Jazz Singer" (1927). Known as both "The World's Greatest Entertainer" and the biggest egomaniac in show business, Jolson got his start as a blackface singer in vaudeville around 1906. By the 1910s, he was starring in both book and variety shows on Broadway, including "The Honeymoon Express" (1913), "Robinson Crusoe Jr." (1916), "Sinbad" (1918) and "Bombo" (1921). His hammy, exuberant singing style and his obvious love of entertaining made him a huge star of both stage and recordings.
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| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Busby Berkeley - The Busby Berkeley Disc | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swanee River | Edwin P. Christy (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Rose of Washington Square | Ted Cotter (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Singing Kid | Al Jackson (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Go Into Your Dance | Al Howard (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Wonder Bar | Al Wonder (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio Highlights | Self | - | 1934 |
| 88% | 65% | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Bumper (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mammy | Al Fuller (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Boy | Gus (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Say It With Songs | Joe Lane (Character) | - | 1929 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Singing Fool | Al Stone (Character) | - | 1928 |
| 78% | 56% | The Jazz Singer | Unknown (Character) | - | 1927 |