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Asa Yoelson Research Paper

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Jolson wanted to become a performer because of the singing he did at a young age. Asa Yoelson [who is known to most people as Al Jolson] was born in Serednik Russia (which is now Lithuania) in either 1885 or 1886. At the age of seven, he immigrated to Washington D.C, where pretty soon after his mother died (Friedwald 249-250) . As Will Friedwald says, Jolson enjoyed singing from a young age, he may have acquired a love of singing from his father. [So] he and his brother, Harry Yoelson would sing on street corners to earn money. Jolson also went to the theater whenever possible and soon [he also] discovered a deep desire to become a performer. [Even though] Jolson’s Father, Rabbi Yoelson, disapproved all music that all sung, it didn’t stop

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