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Great songs full of memories
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I bought the CD as part of my mother's 80th birthday gifts. Born on July 4 1927 - the year that Al Jolson did the first talking picture 'The Jazz Singer' - she grew up listening to him and right through until today she has loved his singing - she says that it makes her heart miss a beat when he sings and that when they talked about him in years gone by they said he had a 'cry' in his voice and that is what she loved so much about him. A fan from when she was a very little girl, the songs remind her of the time when her dreams were more than just the memories that she has now. The records that she had in the past are lost or broken as she raised her family and I have looked everywhere for anything on Al Jolson in preparation for a birthday as token gifts and after months of searching I finally found the CD on e-bay, along with another Al Jolson item so rare to find. The CD was perfect, time has not affected his songs and his voice is as he might have sang the songs all those years ago - it has a collection of his most loved songs and if listened to by anyone today, especially for the first time for the songs are timeless - it will convey to the listener the very magic that my mother always speaks of which she will experience again today, her 80th birthday - as she did the first time she heard the songs.Read full review