With Tyrone Power from the original cast, Dick Haymes, Margaret Whiting, and Dinah Shore joined forces to present the Irving Berlin musical Alexander's Ragtime Band. Only this time the play was rewritten to include Al Jolson as both name attraction and narrator.

The story line is the classic boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again, but it is surrounded by great performances and wonderful Berlin songs.

Jolson is written into the story as the narrator, advancing the plot to accomplish the radio adaptation. Along the way he gives stellar performances of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Lazy," and "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody." And at the end, a little "April Showers," even!

That this program was recorded during a busy time in Jolson's career may be an understatement. On Monday, March 31, he rehearsed a Philco program with Bing Crosby. He did a broadcast with Crosby on Wednesday, April 2. This program followed on Monday, April 7; and April 8 saw him on the Bob Hope show. Jolie was on a roll!