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
Sonny Boy
- Author:
- Henderson, Ray
- Author:
- De Sylva, Buddy
- Author:
- Brown, Lew
- Composer:
- Henderson, Ray
- Composer:
- De Sylva, Buddy
- Composer:
- Brown, Lew
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Father/Son/Love/Aging
- Translation:
- Yiddish Translation Ephemera 1364
- Additional song notes:
- From The Singing Fool"
- On album:
- J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
- Track ID:
- 35330
- Vocal:
- Jolson, Al
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 3:14
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..."
In Our House (Eng)
- On album:
- J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
- Track ID:
- 7412
- Composer:
- Russell, Benee
- Author:
- Jolson, Al / Martin Fried
- Artist:
- Jolson, Al
- Artist:
- Stoloff, Morris, orch dir
- First line:
- In our we greet the morning sun, in our house we have our...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
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)
Remember Mother's Day (Eng)
- On album:
- J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
- Track ID:
- 12711
- Author:
- Violinsky, Solly
- Composer:
- Ryan, Ben
- Artist:
- Jolson, Al
- Artist:
- Schoen, Vic, orch and choral dir
- Author:
- Akst, Harry
- First line:
- There are many Sundays in the year, but the best one comes..
- 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
Hebrew Chant
- Composer:
- Young, Victor
- Genre:
- Classical
- On album:
- 015e (Young Victor/ Jolson, Al/ Hebrew Chant/ The Cantor)
- Track ID:
- 29215
- Artist:
- Young, Victor
- Artist:
- Jolson, Al
The Cantor
- On album:
- 015e (Young Victor/ Jolson, Al/ Hebrew Chant/ The Cantor)
- Track ID:
- 29216
- Artist:
- Young, Victor
- Artist:
- Jolson, Al
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