The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

The Best of Jolson

Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberDXA 169
Matrix Number DL 9100: MG 8492/3 / DL 9100: MG 8494/5
Record Label Decca
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number401250
Number of Tracks28
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes The Best of Jolson

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1 - Swanee
Composer(s) : G Gershwin; I. Caesar
2 - You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
Composer(s) : J.V. Monaco; J. McCarthy
3 - When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
Composer(s) : H. Woods
4 - Medley: I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover; Baby Face
Composer(s) : H. Woods; M. Dixon; B. Davis; H. Akst
5 - Sonny Boy
Composer(s) : A. Jolson; B. G. DeSylva; L. Brown; R. Henderson
6 - There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Composer(s) : A. Jolson; B. Rose; D. Dreyer
7 - Avalon
Composer(s) : V. Rose; A. Jolson; B. G. DeSylva
8 - Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo'Bye)
Composer(s) : G. Kahn; E. Erdman; D. Russo
9 - April Showers
Composer(s) : L. Silvers; B. G. DeSylva
10 - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
Composer(s) : J. Schwartz; S. Lewis; J. Young
11 - Medley: Ma (She's Makin' Eyes At Me); Dinah
Composer(s) : S. Clare; C. Conrad; S. Lewis; J. Young; H. Akst
12 - Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
Composer(s) : G. Gershwin; G. Kahn; I. Gershwin
13 - Carolina In The Morning
Composer(s) : W. Donaldson; G. Kahn
14 - I Wish I Had A Girl
Composer(s) : G. Le Boy; G. Kahn
15 - California, Here I Come
Composer(s) : J. Meyer; A. Jolson; B. G. DeSylva
16 - Ma Blushin' Rosie (Ma Posie Sweet)
Composer(s) : J. Stromberg; E. Smith
17 - Medley: My Melancholy Baby; My Blue Heaven
Composer(s) : E. Burnett; G. Norton; M. E. Watson; W. Donaldson; G. Whiting
18 - My Mammy
Composer(s) : W. Donaldson; S. Lewis; J. Young
19 - Margie
Composer(s) : C. Conrad; I. R. Robinson
20 - Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
Composer(s) : I. Berlin
21 - When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Composer(s) : J. Thornton
22 - Anniversary Song
Composer(s) : A. Jolson; S. Chaplin
23 - If I Only Had A Match
Composer(s) : L. Morris; A. Johnston; G. W. Meyer
24 - Easter Parade
Composer(s) : I. Berlin
25 - About A Quarter To Nine
Composer(s) : H. Warren; A. Dubin
26 - Ol' Man River
Composer(s) : O. Hammerstein II; J. Kern
27 - She's A Latin From Manhattan
Composer(s) : H. Warren; A. Dubin
28 - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
Composer(s) : H. Carroll; J. McCarthy