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Al Jolson : Command Performance

Although there is a great variety of Jolson material on this site, occasionally a favorite or meaningful song is not here, and one of the visitors to the site has requested it be posted. I'll try to post unique or requested audio or video clips of Al Jolson, based on your requests, time of year, or other criteria. While the commercially released recordings will not be included on this page, they will all be on the Monthly Recording Page within the course of a year, just about anything else is fair game. Use the convenient link below to request your favorites!

In 1912, Al Jolson had just broken through to his Broadway career, having debuted in La Belle Paree in 1911, then rising to fame in Vera Violetta, and becoming a star in his third production, The Whirl of Society. Towards the end of the run of this, third, show, Al Jolson recorded several numbers, including this one, "Ragging The Baby To Sleep," which rose to the number one popular song from July through August, 1912. This was his second #1 hit, the first being his first recording, George M. Cohan's "That Haunted Melody," which charted at #1 for two weeks the previous year.

Please send your requests for this page to me by Email to webmaster@jolson.org - be sure to put COMMAND PERFORMANCE in the Subject line of your Email!

COMMAND PERFORMANCE SONG SELECTION INFORMATION Songs for the Command Performance are selected by your votes. As a rule, the commercial recordings on the Victor, Columbia, Brunswick, and Decca label are not included on this page, as within a year, all will be featured on the Monthly Song Lists. A song may not be repeated on this list within 9 months of its being played, except for extenuating circumstances. Requests for songs go into a queue and, ordinarily, are used in the order received. However, the ultimate order and selection of songs played and whether a song is included or not is at the discretion of the webmaster.

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