Al Jolson Research Paper

Al Jolson was born on May 26, 1886 to Cantor Moishe Yoelson in srednike, Russia[1][2].Al was born into a family with three older siblings. When Al was at the age of seven years old him and his family immigrated to the U.S. Al and his family settled in Washington D.C.. Al would sing and dance on the streets to get some money. [3]. Al’s First appearance on stage was in 1899 in Washington D.C. Not too longer after that Al starred in a movie called the jazz singer[4]. Als real name was Asa Yoelson. Al was frustrated at his father, so Al and his brother Harry changed their last names to Jolson and moved to new York.[5] People were saying that Al was “The world’s greatest entertainer”. Al was also known as jolie because of his last name. After