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"How Deep Is the Ocean?" is a #popular song written by #IrvingBerlin in 1932. The song was developed from an earlier Berlin song "To My #Mammy" which was sung by #AlJolson in his film Mammy (1930). In the earlier song, the lyrics include the questions "How deep is the ocean? / How high is the sky?" and this was the genesis of "How Deep Is the Ocean?".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0BFpo8huU8

Barbra Streisand - How Deep Is the Ocean (Official Video) ft. Jason Gould

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50+ Music Oct 23

#OnThisDay in 1950, #AlJolson, American-Lithuanian jazz #singer and silent film #actor (Mamie, Swanee), died at 64.
#RIP 🥀

50+ Music Oct 6

#OnThisDay in 1927, "The Jazz Singer," directed by Alan Crosland and starring #AlJolson and May McAvoy, is released as the first film with a synchronized soundtrack (Honorary Academy Award 1929).

50+ Music Sep 25, 2025

California, Here I Come 🈁
#AlJolson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNYWWsRGt7Y

California Here I Come (Remastered)

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50+ Music Jul 24, 2025

California, Here I Come 😐
#AlJolson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjpAGf0oks

California Here I Come - Al Jolson

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50+ Music May 31, 2025

"How Deep Is the Ocean?" is a #popular song written by #IrvingBerlin in 1932. The song was developed from an earlier Berlin song "To My #Mammy" which was sung by #AlJolson in his film Mammy (1930). In the earlier song, the lyrics include the questions "How deep is the ocean? / How high is the sky?" and this was the genesis of "How Deep Is the Ocean?".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9yMDRdXj3E

How Deep Is The Ocean [Song by Irving Berlin] 1932

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50+ Music May 26, 2025

#OnThisDay in 1886, #AlJolson, American-Lithuanian jazz #singer and silent film #actor (Mamie, Swanee), born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1950).
#RIP 🪦

Julie Howlin May 26, 2025

His real name was Asa Yoelson, and he was born in Seredzius, Lithuania.
10 things you might not know about Al Jolson.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/05/26-may-al-jolson.html

#BirthAnniversary #AlJolson #FilmStars #MovieStars #Actors #Singers

26 May: Al Jolson

On this date in 1886 Al Jolson, US singer and actor, was born. Here are 10 facts about him. His real name was Asa Yoelson, and he ...

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Sim Barr May 25, 2025

"Boys Will Be Boys"

Wonder Bar (1934) starring Al Jolson, May Francis + Dolores Del Rio was a pre-code film released just before the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines (known as the Hays Code) were adaped more rigorously. This scene in particular is often sited as an example of the 'Pansy Craze' - a term coined in 1994 - referring to a period in the late 1920s + early 30s when homosexual visibility in stage + film was increasing.

#boyswillbeboys #aljolson #wonderbar #pansycraze #hayscode #censorship #visibility #precode #precodefilm #film #kino #cinema #filmclip