I most DEFINATELY APPRECIATE YOUR WELL STUDIED ANALYSIS OF THIS AND ALL THE CLIPS YOU POST. some I agree with and others not. Firstly CAB CALLOWAY. whom you note as your IDOL and there could not be anybody better to have as an IDOL, or to me more as a significant link to a past entertainment, up until virtually now, with Blues Brothers etc. Mind you, he was a babe in the woods, compared to Al Jolson in 1936/ who's career began in 1896. CAB is about 27 here. AL is 51. I agree with you/ to me, Cab wins vocally here, and I am wondering if he had that swooping voice all his adult life, or it changed/ louis Armstrong's did . Not Sure about Fats Waller? I have never known any bodies to change as much as AL JOLSON'S did. Although others will say Frank Sinatra. Bing Crosby/ Elvis/ people like this. YES, they might have done different types of songs, and technology altered in their time. But the changing of technology, and his voice with it, is MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED WITH JOLIE FROM 1911 TO 1950. Which there is EVIDENCE OF ON RECORD. FILM AND RADIO. His vocalizing like every thing else he does is a mixed bag, but THERE IS SOME REAL CLASSICS IN THERE! To try and put it all into context and perspective. AL JOLSON WAS NOT ONLY BORN INTO, BUT ALSO DEVELOPED HIMSELF, AND DOMINATED, in a TIME, WHEN NOT THAT YOU EXACTLY HAD TO GET IT SPOT ON THE FIRST TIME, OR YOU WERE FINISHED, but in VAUDEVILLE, RECORDINGS. THEATRE YOU COULD NOT RELY ON SOME TECHNICIAN TO CORRECT YOUR STUFF UPS/ PUT IT THAT WAY! and you were here and there all over the place, More than not you had to DO IT RIGHT! I first got to know of AL JOLSON, when I was a toddler, in the early 1950S via his records then, relatives had, or just by his songs being sung or played, or talk about The Jolson Story/ Sings again, The combination of those movies in the mid 1940'S. played by somebody else. AND HIS GENERALLY FULLER RICHER MORE PALATABLE VOICE THEN IN BETTER TECHNOLOGY IS WHAT GENERATED A RE BIRTH OF INTEREST IN HIM WHICH REMAINS TO THIS DAY/ AND STILL IS THE MORE PREFERED WAY TO GET IN TO HIM. THE ODD ONE, WILL SAY THE JAZZ SINGER. GO INTO YOUR DANCE. HEARING AN EARLY RECORD ETC. BUT THERE MORE HISTORICAL INCLINED, Larry Parks who played him is more subdued, but catches the essence of him. many prefer that, than the generally more EXTROVERTED AL JOLSON WE SEE ON FILM. That to some, can be over the top, if you don't put it all in to context and perspective, that in film AL was restricted to THE LIMITED REQUIREMENTS. he just could not be everywhere. DO WHAT HE LIKED HE COULD ON STAGE. The technology particularly in early sound years was very limited also. You can still see however, his sheer joy of performing. even just imagining he is playing to an audience, even though it is studio technicians etc. CAB CALLOWAY, WHAT I HAVE SEEN DISPLAYS THIS AS WELL. Some of the more electric clips of him on film, AL are tootsie. the Jazz Singer, and in Rose Of Washington Square. Sitting on Top The World/ Rainbow Round My Shoulder/ The Singing Fool. Used To You./ Say it with Songs. Liza Lee/ Hooray For Baby and me/ BIG BOY. VIVA LA FRANCE/ WONDERBAR. Ones like About A quarter to nine, with Ruby keeler are nice, WELL produced and all, but he is not so dynamic. ALL, Or most are on You tube. AL insisted CAB GOT EQUAL TREATMENT WORKING WITH HIM IN THE SINGING KID. AND THAT HE STAYED IN AN APARTMENT LIKE HE DID. THE VERY BEST THEN!
Yes I have. After I watched this, I realized I recognized it. I grew up watching all these very old cartoons on TV, which they would play during the day. I was able to find it on TH-cam and watch. I remember how all those old cartoons would include caricatures of famous stars like Jolson, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Cagney, etc. At the time, my parents had to explain to me who all the people were. Later when I watched movies with the real actors I would realize the joke.
'Wake up with the South-a in my mouth-a' Al Jolson did some songs in blackface, most notably 'Mammy', in which he expressed his love for his southern mother. Songs about the southern United States have been popular at various times.
OK, that makes sense. I know there was a long tradition of singing about the South, often in a romantic way. I'm not sure if Stephen Foster was the first, writing song like "Camptown Races" and "My Old Kentucky Home." Many times the writers of the songs would never have even visited the South, they were from New York and following more of a tradition or a trope. At least the Gershwins had to go on vacation in the Carolinas before writing "Porgy and Bess."
@@DarlingReacts Stephen Foster may not have been the first, but he's certainly the most famous. I think we need to remember that this film was made barely 70 years after the Civil War.
@@DarlingReacts You might enjoy this clip from the contemporary cartoon 'I Love to Sing-a' (1936), about a young owl (Owl Jolson) who loves pop music, much to the dismay of his classical voice teacher father. There are references to Major Bowes (who ran a radio talent contest similar to the one portrayed) and 'Jack Bunny' (Jack Benny). th-cam.com/video/zj1FifK3bbg/w-d-xo.html
Please "normalize" your audio in future videos. That means making the clips the same volume as your voice. As a viewer, I had to hover on the mouse the whole time, and every time you spoke up, I had to turn the volume down. Then when the clip started again, I had to turn the volume way up. Most editing software has a feature to easily "Normalize" your audio automatically before rendering. Best of luck on your new channel.
I didn't notice the audio had come out this way until I was editing it and ran the raw video. I wanted to boost the audio of the clip without upping my voice but it didn't seem possible. Not sure why it recorded that way, as the others I recorded the same day didn't. Thought about re-recording this but it's never the same once you've seen it. Maybe I can find a way to fix the audio and re-upload.
Love it👍
Would love to see you react to Al Jolson singing “some enchanted evening” which showcases a more mellow jolson and his richer later voice
I most DEFINATELY APPRECIATE YOUR WELL STUDIED ANALYSIS OF THIS AND ALL THE CLIPS YOU POST. some I agree with and others not. Firstly CAB CALLOWAY. whom you note as your IDOL and there could not be anybody better to have as an IDOL, or to me more as a significant link to a past entertainment, up until virtually now, with Blues Brothers etc. Mind you, he was a babe in the woods, compared to Al Jolson in 1936/ who's career began in 1896. CAB is about 27 here. AL is 51. I agree with you/ to me, Cab wins vocally here, and I am wondering if he had that swooping voice all his adult life, or it changed/ louis Armstrong's did . Not Sure about Fats Waller? I have never known any bodies to change as much as AL JOLSON'S did. Although others will say Frank Sinatra. Bing Crosby/ Elvis/ people like this. YES, they might have done different types of songs, and technology altered in their time. But the changing of technology, and his voice with it, is MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED WITH JOLIE FROM 1911 TO 1950. Which there is EVIDENCE OF ON RECORD. FILM AND RADIO. His vocalizing like every thing else he does is a mixed bag, but THERE IS SOME REAL CLASSICS IN THERE! To try and put it all into context and perspective. AL JOLSON WAS NOT ONLY BORN INTO, BUT ALSO DEVELOPED HIMSELF, AND DOMINATED, in a TIME, WHEN NOT THAT YOU EXACTLY HAD TO GET IT SPOT ON THE FIRST TIME, OR YOU WERE FINISHED, but in VAUDEVILLE, RECORDINGS. THEATRE YOU COULD NOT RELY ON SOME TECHNICIAN TO CORRECT YOUR STUFF UPS/ PUT IT THAT WAY! and you were here and there all over the place, More than not you had to DO IT RIGHT! I first got to know of AL JOLSON, when I was a toddler, in the early 1950S via his records then, relatives had, or just by his songs being sung or played, or talk about The Jolson Story/ Sings again, The combination of those movies in the mid 1940'S. played by somebody else. AND HIS GENERALLY FULLER RICHER MORE PALATABLE VOICE THEN IN BETTER TECHNOLOGY IS WHAT GENERATED A RE BIRTH OF INTEREST IN HIM WHICH REMAINS TO THIS DAY/ AND STILL IS THE MORE PREFERED WAY TO GET IN TO HIM. THE ODD ONE, WILL SAY THE JAZZ SINGER. GO INTO YOUR DANCE. HEARING AN EARLY RECORD ETC. BUT THERE MORE HISTORICAL INCLINED, Larry Parks who played him is more subdued, but catches the essence of him. many prefer that, than the generally more EXTROVERTED AL JOLSON WE SEE ON FILM. That to some, can be over the top, if you don't put it all in to context and perspective, that in film AL was restricted to THE LIMITED REQUIREMENTS. he just could not be everywhere. DO WHAT HE LIKED HE COULD ON STAGE. The technology particularly in early sound years was very limited also. You can still see however, his sheer joy of performing. even just imagining he is playing to an audience, even though it is studio technicians etc. CAB CALLOWAY, WHAT I HAVE SEEN DISPLAYS THIS AS WELL. Some of the more electric clips of him on film, AL are tootsie. the Jazz Singer, and in Rose Of Washington Square. Sitting on Top The World/ Rainbow Round My Shoulder/ The Singing Fool. Used To You./ Say it with Songs. Liza Lee/ Hooray For Baby and me/ BIG BOY. VIVA LA FRANCE/ WONDERBAR. Ones like About A quarter to nine, with Ruby keeler are nice, WELL produced and all, but he is not so dynamic. ALL, Or most are on You tube. AL insisted CAB GOT EQUAL TREATMENT WORKING WITH HIM IN THE SINGING KID. AND THAT HE STAYED IN AN APARTMENT LIKE HE DID. THE VERY BEST THEN!
Have you seen the 'I Love to Singa' with Owl Jolson vintage cartoon?
@@sillybollox2244 Of course!!!
One of my favorites, when the papa owl finally lets him sing the song he wants to sing instead of "drink to me only with thine eyes...."
Yes I have. After I watched this, I realized I recognized it. I grew up watching all these very old cartoons on TV, which they would play during the day. I was able to find it on TH-cam and watch. I remember how all those old cartoons would include caricatures of famous stars like Jolson, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Cagney, etc. At the time, my parents had to explain to me who all the people were. Later when I watched movies with the real actors I would realize the joke.
'Wake up with the South-a in my mouth-a' Al Jolson did some songs in blackface, most notably 'Mammy', in which he expressed his love for his southern mother. Songs about the southern United States have been popular at various times.
OK, that makes sense. I know there was a long tradition of singing about the South, often in a romantic way. I'm not sure if Stephen Foster was the first, writing song like "Camptown Races" and "My Old Kentucky Home." Many times the writers of the songs would never have even visited the South, they were from New York and following more of a tradition or a trope. At least the Gershwins had to go on vacation in the Carolinas before writing "Porgy and Bess."
@@DarlingReacts Stephen Foster may not have been the first, but he's certainly the most famous. I think we need to remember that this film was made barely 70 years after the Civil War.
@@DarlingReacts You might enjoy this clip from the contemporary cartoon 'I Love to Sing-a' (1936), about a young owl (Owl Jolson) who loves pop music, much to the dismay of his classical voice teacher father. There are references to Major Bowes (who ran a radio talent contest similar to the one portrayed) and 'Jack Bunny' (Jack Benny). th-cam.com/video/zj1FifK3bbg/w-d-xo.html
@@DarlingReacts There's also this Lolcat from a few years ago: i.pinimg.com/736x/b0/2a/0f/b02a0f3d895b9f3fdab365f89fe822b6.jpg
Check out Cab Calloway Medley 1936 with Al Jolson on You Tube
Southa - Moutha - I Love To Singa. Ask Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen.
Creators of my favorite song, "Over the Rainbow," as well as dozen of other glassics.
NOT Southie, Mouthie. Hello? McFly❓❓❓
I think Jolson is singing " with the Southie in my moutha"......He is refering to his Southern accent
Thank you. I was speaking before thinking. It's obvious after it's explained. I swear I was thinking about a cigar or something.
Please "normalize" your audio in future videos. That means making the clips the same volume as your voice. As a viewer, I had to hover on the mouse the whole time, and every time you spoke up, I had to turn the volume down. Then when the clip started again, I had to turn the volume way up. Most editing software has a feature to easily "Normalize" your audio automatically before rendering. Best of luck on your new channel.
I didn't notice the audio had come out this way until I was editing it and ran the raw video. I wanted to boost the audio of the clip without upping my voice but it didn't seem possible. Not sure why it recorded that way, as the others I recorded the same day didn't. Thought about re-recording this but it's never the same once you've seen it. Maybe I can find a way to fix the audio and re-upload.