As long as Mike Gallo Sr. was alive, Al Jolson was never really gone. But Gallo, of Brigantine, died last month at 81, years after he retired from a career singing in nightclubs from the Red Garter in ...

For decades, Bobby “Al Jolson” Berger performed in blackface as Al Jolson, the 1920s vaudeville star. Now, Berger is running for Maryland’s House of Delegates — not in blackface but officially as ...

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A former Baltimore police officer who spent nearly four decades performing in blackface is running for the Maryland House of Delegates, entering a crowded Republican primary in Baltimore County’s ...

My friend Binky Sears’ grandfather actually knew Al Jolson. I'll tell you the story.>> See the video archive of Fritz's stories My friend Binky Sears’ grandfather actually knew Al Jolson. I'll tell ...

Al Jolson, world-renowned singer and entertainer, died here early this morning of a heart attack at the age of 64. He recently completed a tour of U.S. troop installations in Korea. The son of a ...

Al Jolson was in a class all by himself. From about 1912 until 1934, he was the most highly paid entertainer in the United States. What Enrico Caruso was to opera, Jolson was to popular song. Jolson’s ...

A third-season episode of the television show “Mad Men,” titled “My Old Kentucky Home,” finds Don Draper and the crew from Sterling Cooper at a Kentucky Derby party. But it’s not the racing horses ...

A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because people might ...

Donald Trump made liberal use of music in what’s being called a “surreal” or “bizarre” town hall meeting on Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pennsylvania. After two attendees at the event had medical problems, ...

Richard Bernstein wastes no time dealing with the radioactive subject of blackface in his fascinating new biography of the Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson. He puts the rightly reviled practice in ...

The Oscar-winning actor and author of the memoir 'Sonny Boy' shares stories with PEOPLE Marco Grob/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Long before The Godfather turned themes of loyalty and betrayal into ...