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May 26: Al Jolson

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Al Jolson, born this day in 1886 as Asa Yoelson in Russia, was a popular American singer and blackface comedian of the musical stage and motion pictures from before World War I to 1940. His unique singing style and personal magnetism established an immediate rapport with audiences.