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...that wasn't all. His brassy-voiced renderings of 20-year-old Jolsoniana (My Mammy, Sonny Boy, April Showers) were issued by Decca, and turned out to be the biggest selling album of all time (800,000). His single record of the Anniversary Song (from The Jolson Story) was a best-seller in the U.S. and is currently No. 1 on England's hit parade. His guest appearances on the Bing Crosby show shot it to its highest Hooper rating. A patter record he and Bing Crosby made of Alexander's Ragtime Band and The Spaniard That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happy Ending | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

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