[78-L] Musical Mobsters

[David Lennick]

Except that Jolson didn't record "Brother". He did record "Hallelujah I'm a 
Bum", entirely different song (Rodgers & Hart) from the older bum song of folk 
lore.

dl

Steve Thornton wrote:
> I'm sorry, you're right, I wasn't very specific. I was actually thinking of
> the Jolson clip from "The Jazz Singer" where he says "wait a minute, wait a
> minute" -- that's the ACTUAL MOMENT the movies changed. They have a clip of
> it up on the Wikipedia page. But, yeah, "Brother" would be an obvious
> choice.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com 
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of 
>> William A. Brent
>> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:45 AM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Musical Mobsters
>>
>> At 07:55 AM 4/11/2009, you wrote:
>>> Al  Jolson
>>> "Puttin' on the Ritz"
>>> "Minnie the Moocher"
>> are you saying - any song by Jolson (such as Brother can you 
>> spare a dime)
>> and
>> Harry Richman's Puttin on the ritz
>> and
>> Cab Calloway's Minnie the moocher
>>
>> ____