There two clips here: one of Al Jolson doing a demo for his 1946 bio-pic "The Al Jolson Story" and the second is Larry Parks who played Al Jolson in the movie doing the same song. Parks received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and the film became one of the highest-grossing films of 1946.
If I had a hammer, I’d crack some folks over the head, but yeah, I know, we need our eyes on the prize. Whatever!
Yet another hit by the Hollies. Perhaps their greatest. A love song – I know because I lived it and it was great!
All this talk of Rick Perry being the front runner for the Republicans is really weird to me. It’s like de ja vu all over again. First of all I can’t say Republican and Texas in the same sentence without visions of an occupying army, Phil Sheridan, and the Reconstruction. When I was a kid, Texas was a one-party state and yeah, yeah I know that’s bad. But after two Bush regimes, I can’t imagine another Republican Texan in the White House without visions of Hell.
So, if anyone is looking for a Texan for the White House, my suggestion is that you consider finding a daughter (not a son) of Texas, such as these two fine role models: Barbara Jordan and Ann Richards.
Barbara Jordan – DNC Keynote – 1976
Ann Richards – DNC Keynote – 1988
