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Easter Parade (Original Post)
Purveyor
Mar 2016
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villager
(26,001 posts)1. What, no Al Jolson version?
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)2. I'll put it in the running for next year...
virgdem
(2,139 posts)3. He was too busy singing "Mammy"
villager
(26,001 posts)4. I thought that was "California, Here I Come?"
virgdem
(2,139 posts)7. That may have been another song that Jolson was famous for, but...
"Mammy" was one of his signature songs (sung in blackface, of course).
villager
(26,001 posts)8. I know, I know... I tease.
My late dad was a huge Jolson fan. Grew up with most of the canon...
What, no love for "Latin from Manhattan!?"
virgdem
(2,139 posts)9. Not as familiar with Jolson as your Dad, but I'm aware of...
some of his songs. Latin from Manhattan is not one that I'm familiar with, so thanks for the info. I was in somewhat of a puckish/facetious mood when I posted my original post, so I get where you are coming from. Have a good night!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)10. I remember my parents having a collectors set of Jolson on 78 rpm records
I played some of them as a kid in the '60s, but I was more interested in playing my older brother's 45s of doo wop, R&B and early Rock 'n' Roll.
villager
(26,001 posts)11. Hopefully someone saved both now-collectible sets of discs!
Journeyman
(15,075 posts)5. Not as refined as Como's, nor as lyrically smooth, but it had merit . . .
Thanks for posting.
He actually did an even "peppier" version later, which my dad would listen to, round this time of year...
trueblue2007
(17,318 posts)12. Easter Parade lllllll BING CROSBY
Easter Parade
trueblue2007
(17,318 posts)13. BING CROSBY AND ROSEMARY CLOONEY sigh..... they are so wonderful.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)15. Oh I love this one. Thanks for posting... eom
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)14. Oh yes. That was last years feature...
CamCake
(4 posts)16. I like the hats even more than the singing!
Is there such a thing as a hat fetish?