Norman Brooks - Al Jolson Sung By (1959) Vinyl LP • Vaudeville, Top Hat

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Vinyl plays with crackles and some clicks (play-graded). ***ADD DISCOGS MATRIX*** -S-3051A STAR Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing, surface impressions (front/back); writing in marker on front near top-left, remains of sticky (?) substance on back near bottom-left. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine has no-text with harsh surface wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge with splits across both, wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Top Hat, White Tie, Tails
2. Anniversary Song
3. Ida
4. Say It Isn't So
5. Mandy
6. My Wild Irish Rose
7. When The Saints Go Marching In
8. Honeymoon
9. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
10. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
11. When You Were Sweet 16
12. On The Banks Of The Wabash

About The Record:

Al Jolson Sung By Norman Brooks, features stereo arrangements by Al Goodman and His Orchestra that revive Jolson’s vaudeville-era classics with enthusiastic swing. The album emerged during a mid-century surge of nostalgia for early 20th-century American entertainment, capitalizing on Brooks’ established reputation as “the Canadian Al Jolson” after starring as the icon in the 1956 biopic The Best Things in Life Are Free. Historically significant for preserving Jolson’s theatrical style at a time when his blackface performances were increasingly controversial, the record reflects post-war cultural reverence for sentimental showmanship despite modest production values. Tracks include Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, Anniversary Song, Mandy, and Let Me Sing and I’m Happy, among others drawn from Jolson’s Broadway and film repertoire. The album produced no hit singles, though Brooks had previously scored a 1952 chart success with his original recording Hello Sunshine, Goodbye Rain.