Jolson,Al Decca Years 1945-1950 CD

N 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 "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach." For the first time a 3-CD Al Jolson set containing the master takes of every one of his 1945-1950 Decca recordings (his last commercial recordings) with a total of 71 selections in chronological order and with recording details. Also includes previously unreleased material including alternative takes

1. Swanee 2. April Showers 3. Ma Blushin? Rosie 4. My Mammy 5. You Made Me Love You 6. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody 7. California, Here I Come 8. Sonny Boy 9. Avalon 10. Anniversary Song 11. Alexander's Ragtime Band 12. The Spaniard That Blighted My Life 13. All My Love 14. Keep Smiling at Trouble 15. Back in Your Own Backyard 16. I'm Sitting on Top of the World 17. Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow 18. Toot, Toot Tootsie! 19. Carolina in the Morning 20. Liza 21. For Me and My Gal 22. About a Quarter to Nine 23. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee 24. Golden Gate 25. When You Were Sweet Sixteen 26. There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder 27. If I Only Had a Match 28. Let Me Sing and I'm Happy 29. I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) 30. By the Light of the Silvery Moon 31. I Wish I Had a Girl 32. When I Leave the World Behind 33. Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone 34. When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along 35. Kol Nidre 36. Cantor on the Sabbath 37. Hatikvoh 38. Israel 39. Down Among the Sheltering Palms 40. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? 41. I'm Crying Just for You 42. I Only Have Eyes for You 43. That Wonderful Girl of Mine 44. In Our House 45. Pretty Baby 46. Medley: I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover/Baby Face 47. Chinatown, My Chinatown 48. After You've Gone 49. It All Depends on You 50. Give My Regards to Broadway 51. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? 52. I'm Just Wild About Harry 53. (Just One Way to Say) I Love You 54. Paris Wakes Up and Smiles 55. Some Enchanted Evening 56. Let's Go West Again 57. God's Country 58. Remember Mother's Day 59. My Mother's Rosary 60. The Old Piano Roll Blues 61. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 62. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 63. No Sad Songs for Me 64. Old Black Joe 65. My Old Kentucky Home 66. Beautiful Dreamer 67. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground 68. Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) 69. I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 70. Oh! Susannah 71. De Camptown Races 72. Swanee (Alternative Take) 73. You Made Me Love You (Alternative Take) 74. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Incomplete Take) 75. California, Here I Come (Alternative Take) 76. About a Quarter to Nine (Alternative Take) 77. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (Alternative Take) 78. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Alternative Take) 79. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Solo Version) 80. Alabamy Bound (Previously Unreleased)