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  • My Mammy

    - 30 Oct 2017
    Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra issued :"My Mammy" (Walter Donaldson - Joe Young - Sam Lewis) in 1921 and topped the chart. It was Paul who commissioned and introduced George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue". "My Mammy" (Walter Donaldson - Joe Young - Sam

  • Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

    - 30 Oct 2017
    In 1918 Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson) recorded "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" (Schwatrz - Lewis - Young) while appearing in the Broadway musical "Sinbad". This topped the charts of the day. There was a decade when Al Jolson was the most famous and