Name:
Jolson, Al

Songs written or composed

Back in Your Own Back Yard

Author:
Jolson, Al
Additional song notes:
From "Say it with Songs"

Recording

On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35327
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:59

There's a Rainbow 'Round my Shoulder

Author:
Jolson, Al
Additional song notes:
From "The Singing Fool"

Recording

On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35329
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:43

Anniversary Song (Jolson)

Author:
Jolson, Al
Additional song notes:
From "The Jolson Story"

Recordings

On album:
S-134(a) (Brighton Beach Memories / Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish)
Track ID:
38160
On album:
K-132(a) (Kona's Traveling Jewish Wedding Band/Ahaloha Oy/Barry Blum, Musical Director)
Track ID:
39070
guitar, recorder:
Binder, Matt
musical director, contra-bass balalaika:
Blum, Barry
vocal, tambourine:
Blum, Gloria Itman
congas:
Breier, Morty
vocal:
Cohen, Roz
violin:
Gimpel, Joel
clarinet, soprano sax, hawaiian steel guitar:
Mohala, Ahti
keyboard:
Olson, Judy
balalaika, bouzouki, domra, halil, alto sax, taragot:
Welsh, Clark
French horn:
Olson, Orrin
Length:
3:02
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35336
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:08

Other tracks with this artist

You Made Me Love You

Author:
Monaco, James V.
Additional song notes:
From "The Honeymoon Express"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35323
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
4:56

Swanee

Author:
Gershwin, George
Additional song notes:
From "Sinbad"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35324
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:32

I'm Sitting on Top of the World

Author:
Lewis, Sam M.
Additional song notes:
From "The Singing Fool"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35325
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:29

When the Red, Red Robin...

Author:
Woods, Harry
Additional song notes:
Full Title "When the Red, Red Robbin Catches Bob, Bobbin' Around," From A Plantation Act"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35326
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:33

My Mammy (Jolson)

Author:
Lewis, Sam M.
Additional song notes:
From "Sinbad"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35328
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
3:10

Let Me Sing, and I'm Happy

Author:
Berlin, Irving
Additional song notes:
From " From "Mammy"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35331
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:35

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!

Author:
Rodgers, Richard
Additional song notes:
From "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35332
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
2:32

April Showers

Author:
DeSylva, B.G.
Additional song notes:
From "Bombo"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35333
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
3:01

Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody

Author:
Young, Joe
Additional song notes:
From "Sinbad"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35334
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
3:17

You Are Too Beautiful

Author:
Rodgers, Richard
Additional song notes:
From Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35335
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
3:24

Toot, Toot, Tootsie!

Author:
Kahn, Gus
Additional song notes:
See "Goo'bye" From "Bombo"
On album:
J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
Track ID:
35337
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Language:
English
Length:
1:39

I Dream of Jeanie

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
6972
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair, born like a...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת

Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
320
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, Orch Cond
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת

Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
330
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, Orch Cond
Arranger:
Binder, Abraham Wolf
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish

Beautiful Dreamer

Author:
Foster, Stephen
Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Genre:
Folk/American
Subject:
Courtship/Dreamer/Melody/Cares/Waken
Related information in folder 699:
Comments:
1. Text from the internet
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
2163
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me, starlight and dewdrops...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English

De Camptown Races (Eng)

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
2947
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Oh, de Camptown ladies sing dis song, do da, do da,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Israel (Eng)

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
7518
Composer:
Russell, Benee
Artist:
Rady, Simon, chorus dir
Author/Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Lift your voice, let us rejoice. Our dream was not in vain.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Melody based on "Khusn, Kale, Mazltov"

Hatikva — התקוה

Author:
Imber, Naftali Herz — אימבּר, נפתלי ה.
Genre:
Anthem/Zionist
Subject:
Hope
Song comment:
Yiddish Translation Ephemera 455
Origin:
Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 31/Metro Album 36
Transliteration:
Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Alb S-092(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Vorbei 426/Metro Scher 28/
Translation:
Alb B-067(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb S-092(a)/Vorbei 426/Binder 40
Music:
Netzer 5/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 28/Binder 40/
Additional song notes:
Remember that text changed after establishment of the State of - Israel. See Heskes 1, index for various entries respecting sheet - musi/ See also Vorbei 211 and 426 for history of the song. One Samuel Cohen set the text to a Moldavian Melody, "Carul ca Boi" (The Wagon and the Ox).
Related information in folder 410:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Isacaar Fater
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/5/2001
Comments:
Article titled, "Vi Azoy Hatikva Iz Gevorn Der Himen Fun Folk Un Medina".
Document type:
Text
Author:
Berele Chagy
Comments:
2. Yiddish adaptation by Berele Chagy published in Yiddishe Folks Lieder, Berlin, 1918.
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
6188
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Rady, Simon, choral dir
First line:
Kol od balevav penima, Nefesh yehudi homiya, Ulfa'atey...
First line:
כּל עוֹד בּלבב פּנימה, נפש יהוּדי הוֹמיה. וּלפאתי מזרח קדימה עין...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"So long as still within our breasts, The Jewish heart..."

Jolson, Al (Eng)

On album:
R-024(a) (Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Montage/Documentary)
Track ID:
7673
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Narrator:
Willens, Rita Jacobs
Track comment:
From "Fifty Years Of Film" Warner Bros 3XX 2737

Kol Nidre — כּל נדרי

Genre:
Religious/Liturgical/Yom Kipur
Subject:
Vows
Origin:
Alb B-033(i)
Translation:
Alb R-009(b)/Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/V0121
Related information in folder 779:
Comments:
1. English Translation
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
8576
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, dir choir and orch
First line (Hebrew):
כּל נדרי ואסרי וחרמי וקוֹנמי וכנוּיי ןקנוּסי וּשבוּעוֹת דנדרנא
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew

Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
9818
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Round de meadows am a ringin, de old...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Old Folks At Home (Eng)

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
11427
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
All round de little farm I wandered when I was young,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

My Old Kentucky Home (Eng)

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
10842
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
The sun shines bright in de old kentucky home, tis summer...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Oh Susannah (Eng)

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
11409
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Oh, I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I gwine...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Old Black Joe (Eng)

On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
11423
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Gone are de days when my heart was young and gay,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת

Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
On album:
G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)
Track ID:
20567
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Track comment:
Recorded Dec 20, 1932
Language:
Yiddish

Lovely Face (Eng, Libes Ponem) — ליבעס פּנים (ענג)

On album:
S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
Track ID:
21425
Author/Composer:
Hersher/ Lewin/ H. Jolson
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
We met one night beneath the stars, we danced to music of...

Israel (Eng)

On album:
L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
26543
Composer:
Russell, Benee
Author/Artist:
Jolson, Al
Author/Artist:
Jolson, Al
Author/Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Lift your voice, let us rejoice. Our dream was not in vain.
Track comment:
Recorded 1948 - To melody of Khusn Kale Mazletov

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Author:
Green
Composer:
Stept, Sammy H.
Genre:
Pop/Vaudeville
Subject:
Optomism/Adversity
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28539
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
First line:
I don't mind a little bit of sorrow, and I know how to face it with a smile,
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1930/ Unknown Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Theatrical

Hooray For Baby And Me

Genre:
Vaudeville/Theatre
Subject:
Love
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28540
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
First line:
I'm as happy as I can be, can't you see, I'm boo boo, something happened to...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded Sept 1930/ Unknow Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Dixieland

Hatikva — התקוה

Author:
Imber, Naftali Herz — אימבּר, נפתלי ה.
Genre:
Anthem/Zionist
Subject:
Hope
Song comment:
Yiddish Translation Ephemera 455
Origin:
Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 31/Metro Album 36
Transliteration:
Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Alb S-092(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Vorbei 426/Metro Scher 28/
Translation:
Alb B-067(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb S-092(a)/Vorbei 426/Binder 40
Music:
Netzer 5/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 28/Binder 40/
Additional song notes:
Remember that text changed after establishment of the State of - Israel. See Heskes 1, index for various entries respecting sheet - musi/ See also Vorbei 211 and 426 for history of the song. One Samuel Cohen set the text to a Moldavian Melody, "Carul ca Boi" (The Wagon and the Ox).
Related information in folder 410:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Isacaar Fater
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/5/2001
Comments:
Article titled, "Vi Azoy Hatikva Iz Gevorn Der Himen Fun Folk Un Medina".
Document type:
Text
Author:
Berele Chagy
Comments:
2. Yiddish adaptation by Berele Chagy published in Yiddishe Folks Lieder, Berlin, 1918.
On album:
037k (Jolson, Al/ Hatikva/ Israel)
Track ID:
29871
Artist:
Jolson, Al

Israel

On album:
037k (Jolson, Al/ Hatikva/ Israel)
Track ID:
29872
Artist:
Jolson, Al

A Khazendl Oyf Shabos

On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31679
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Arranger:
Caesar, Irving
Arranger:
Katscher, Robert
First line:
S'iz gekumen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele, tsu davenen a shabos,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Cantorial/Adonay Malakh Mode
Length:
1:30

A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת

Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
On album:
Z-025(a) (Las Canciones Del Zeide)
Track ID:
32649
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
First line:
S'iz gekumen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele, tsu davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קליין שטעטעלע צו דאַווענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:05

From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video)

Genre:
Documentary/Show Business
Subject:
Immigration/Integration/Music/Acculturation/Music/Persona
On album:
V0147 (From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video))
Track ID:
35728
Performer:
Brice, Fanny
Performer:
Calloway, Cab
Performer:
Cantor, Eddie
Performer:
Garland, Judy
Performer:
Jolson, Al
Performer:
Marx Brothers
Performer:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Performer:
Schwartz, Maurice
Performer:
Tucker, Sophie
Performer:
Berlin, Irving
Narrator:
Fierstein, Harvey
Language:
English
Style:
Narrative/Performances/Spoken Word