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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

May 26, 1886: Born: Al Jolson, popular singer and actor in first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer.

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phonogfp wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 9:17 am “On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

May 26, 1886: Born: Al Jolson, popular singer and actor in first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer.

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The Jazz Singer is actually quite good, even though, as you probably know, it only features a few sound sequences. (It's mostly silent, using subtitles.) I hate to admit it, but I always "tear up" at the ending when he sings to his mother.