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Excerpt of the 21 Sep 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. Among the songs in the show are these two excerpts, featuring songs from then popular films. From the movie "Page Miss Glory," he sang the title song. From the movie "Top Hat," he sang "Isn't It A Lovely Day." More of Al Jolson's singing, along with a slew of guest stars, is contained in the full radio program. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 14 Sep 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson with guest star Fannie Brice. Al Jolson begins the segment with a medley of three songs: "Whispering," "My Melancholy Baby," and "Poor Butterfly."

Jolson then introduces Fannie Brice, the original Funny Girl, singing her signature piece, "My Man." The segment concludes with Al Jolson singing a song introduced in his movie, "Mammy," although this time in dialect, "Yes, We Have No Bananas." More of Al Jolson, Fannie Brice, and others, is contained in the full radio program. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 07 Sep 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. Jolson took some time plugging a movie, starring his wife, Ruby Keeler, "Shipmates Forever." Among his performances in this hour long program, this podcast includes two songs from the movie, "I'd Like To Take Orders From You," and "I'd Rather Listen To Your Eyes." The segment concludes with Jolson singing sign off. More of Al Jolson, along with comedian Joe Penner and others, is contained in the full radio program. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 31 Aug 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson with guest star George Jessel. Enjoy these segments of the program, featuring Al Jolson in an encore performance of "Coney Island" and introducing "Plain Old Me," along with part of George Jessel's routine, including his rendition of "Life Is A Song." More of both Jolson and Jessel are included in the complete, one hour, radio show. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 24 Aug 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. Enjoy these segments of the program, featuring Al Jolson introducing the show, and singing two of the songs included in the show, "I Feel A Song Coming On," and "Isn't It A Lovely Day." More of Jolson's singing is in the full presentation of this radio show on the Jolson website, as always. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 17 Aug 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. Enjoy these segments of the program, featuring Al Jolson introducing and singing two great songs, "Hello 'Tucky" and "When I Leave The World Behind." More of Jolson is in the full presentation of this radio show on the Jolson website, as always. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 10 Aug 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. Although the audio quality of this clip is sub-par, enjoy Al Jolson with jokes and patter, along with two great songs. More of Jolson, another song and more patter, is in the full presentation of this radio show on the Jolson website, as always. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 03 Aug 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson with guest star George Jessel. The segment begins with Al Jolson's promo for George Jessel, followed by his singing "The Rose In Her Hair." Jessel then takes center stage with a routine capped by "It's Easy To Remember." Not to be outdone, Al Jolson completes the excerpt with the song, "Mighty Lak A Rose." The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 27 Jul 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. The segment begins with Al Jolson theme song introduction, then follows with two songs from the program, "You Little Mischief Maker" and "His Majesty, The Baby," with comments about both songs. Within the full program, available on the Jolson website, Jolson sings another song, and engages in comedy bits with guests, as well. The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.

Excerpt of the 20 Jul 1935 Shell Chateau starring Al Jolson. Al Jolson begins this excerpt of a one hour show with a contrived radio joke, and gives some background about the songs as he sings "Coney Island," "Banks of the Wabash," "My Gal Sal," and "Rose In Her Hair." The complete broadcast, along with other Jolson radio shows, is available at the Official Al Jolson Website at www.jolson.org.