"The Living Voice of Al Jolson" Clive Baldwin and Rudy Wissler Together in SanFrancisco 1999
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2013
- Clive and Rudy perform together at the IAJS May 1999 Convention. Rudy Wissler was the singing voice for the young Al Jolson, Played by Scotty Beckett in "The Jolson Story" 1946.
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I am Clive's brother. I loved him. I miss him. Today was his birthday. He would have been 89 years old. I still do not know what he died of but I can guess. Thank you for posting this. I only wish my other brothers and sisters and our parents were alive to see it.
Sounds exactly like the great man!
Clive Baldwin, the living voice of Al Jolson, this man is amazing, who doesn't like this, and lets not forget the Jolson Story, with Larry Parks as Jolson, a great Performance, one of my all time favourite musical films
I can't stand musical's but I've watched the films with Larry parks so many times and bet I'd watch them again watched all jolsen too musical's today aren't the same x
Again if your up there Clive a great performance.
The underappreciated Rudy Wissler. He should have been a big star.
Rudy Wissler had a wonderful voice - he should have been a big star - it's nice that as recent as this he could still sing ~
SO WONDERFUL THAT THAT VOICE IS STILL WITH US :)
Great stuff in black face getting into the real atmosphere of yester year, lovely.
Wish I could have been at this show
Fantastic
A very special showing with Clive Baldwin paying homage to the great Al Jolson.
Good to see Clive entertaining as the legendary Al Jolson. Thanks for posting Jeff
Wow! This guy's great! Jolson lives on in him!
A great operson and a great singer
you sir are truly amazing. i have a good ear for music, after years on stage and this is by far the nearest and probably the only true spot on voice of jolson. bought tears to my eyes. wish i would have known about you earlier..:) i hope you are well and still doing it
He sounds just like him! That’s crazy
I was at this festival but sadly had to miss this performance. I’d always wanted to see Clive Baldwin because he was the only entertainer who could do Jolson. Everyone else was an imitator.
Clive Baldwin was never invited back for reasons no one will discuss to this day. That was when Al Jolson died for me. There’s no one else who could fill those shoes 😓
This was simply, “Outstanding” even
the “ Great Man” himself would be
hard pressed, to recognise if it was him
singing!!!’
Clive, you’ve brought the “ memories “
flooding back, even down to the whistling
No wonder he got, a “ Standing Ovation”
And what a “ special treat “ seeing Rudy!
This is one recording, I will be playing
back on a regular basis.
Thank You, for Posting!!! 😉
Wow - wish my old man was still around to witness this guy. He loved Jolson and passed it on to me. I know every nuance of Jolson's songs and this is absolutely spot on. Got the right personality/patter too.
I would give anything to meet this man---we have always been JOLSON FANS
Les. Attridge super channel I had to hear Clive again fantastic shame he has passed on he’s the best since Al Jolson him self I feel I did a good job singing three of his songs on my channel I have recorded seven of his songs I love his music
Les Attridge Super Channel this guy is good he even talks like Al Jolson my kind of music
what a wonderful copy.... beautiful !!
Awesome
What a brilliant performance! More than just an impression, it's like he's channelling the great Jolson himself!
wow.
The best
The World's 994,523rd greatest entertainer
Thanks for posting this
Wonderflu to hear AL :)
I saw him in aberdeen Scotland inspired me to do jolson im known as aberdeen jolson
Yes, he sounds like Jolson, but this guy also has Jolson's MOVES down. Parks was good, but I think Al would have said this guy is better.
What a great thrill to see and hear this performance! Clive Baldwin does a fantastic job of imatating Al Jolson! Are there anymore performances by Mr. Balwin around? Thanks so much for posting!
Iam stunned!!!! I am a huge jolson fan,ani i know hos voice hpw it should sound ,after 74yrs of listening and watching jolson i never heard anything like rudy,hes just fantastic, if jolson had never existed this man would ve been a great star.he still is,ASJOLSON USE TO SAY YOU AINT HEARD NOTHING YET,BUT I THINK I JUST HEARD IT ALL ,R,I,P, JOLIE
Dont think you can get much better GREAT.
Truly incredible! !
Wow, I moved to San Francisco in 1999. Wish I had known about this event so I could have attended
Brilliant,so sad Larry Parkes went so young,he could have mimed again.How Imiss the music ,voices and people involved,Jack Lester
There was an entertainer named Norman Brooks who sounded more like Al Jolson. You can find his performances or recordings on UA-cam, too. I think you will enjoy listening to him.
magic dun al proud
The VENETIAN ROOM at the Fairmont Hotel in S.F. was the first time I saw Mr.BALDWIN. or should I say "Mr.Jolson In person! Never forgot it!! JOLSON was truly the GREATEST ENTERTAINER of all time! CLIVE ...the very close second! Loved and still love Jolson even though he's become "politically incorrect" ... He's part of our history just as much as Burns n' Allen...or Fred Allen or any number of great entertainers! Don't like the fact that he was a Jew in "blackface"? GET OVER IT ! As hard as you try...you'll NEVER change history...Thank GOD! F**K all you haters! LONG LIVE JOLSON!☻
This guy is so great you cannot call him an " impersonator "...it is amazing but he has the exact same voice as the real Jolson. The same resonance, phrasing, vibrato, range and power. Of course he is copying Jolson's style but still he is Very special. And then he also whistles !!!
Si many talented people around . There are many Elvis impersonators and some are very close but a real fan can tell in a few bars that it is not the real McCoy. But this guy really sounds like Jolson in every way and it would be hard to take the Pepsi challenge on this guy and tell him apart from the real deal.
In some ways I have to say that he almost had a better voice in the sense that he has better vibrato. Really incredible but...let's not forget that the real Jolson sounded exactly like this
petty good mate.
impressive
Ma blushing rosie
No not a patch on the original.
Mr Jolson... 😃
I think what you have to remember is the audio difference brought about by the microphone and p.a. system. If you ever had the chance to hear this guy sing and talk live and better still with absolutely no mic/p.a. system I think you may well change your opinion.
He was the closest to sounding like Jolie!
Yes but the whistling is not even close to Jolson
Beats the ---- out of Eddie Fisher
Where can I see this man?
In Heaven
@@cjc4765 wow why are all the good ones in heaven.
Guess I was born to late
@@Ken-ci2lq Rudy Also died not long ago( that’s the man that did the voice of the young teenage Jolson in the Jolson Story)
@@cjc4765 yea I know he did young Jolson he was another fantastic singer.
Does the UK al Jolson society still exist?
@@Ken-ci2lq not sure about the UK. Here in the USA we have one. I used to be a member but I became super busy and just never had time to do many posts. Jolson is still much bigger in the UK than here because of the blackface so I would imagine there are some groups there.
The most interesting member we had here was Sybil Jason who played in a movie with Jolson. Sadly she is gone also. But she left a book “My Fifteen Minutes” and she devoted part of the book to her scenes with Jolson.
Look her up!
Double wow there's a difference vocally Clive seems as if he's straining his voice to sound like Jolly, he's pretty good but isn't Jolly just a good impersonator, he looks like he's enjoying himself.
My voiced craked around age 11, i became a bass singer in Choirs but could do some lower tenor lines My issue was that i needed time to pull my voice down for really low singing, and then, prior to Mandel's Messiah it took two weeks to get in the tenor range and stay there. Not too many 60'000 seat arena's filled just to hear a bass singer. Jolson and Johnny Cash were my fans .In an Orchestra I played bass-lines with a trombone and baritone. Sometimes, life isn't fair.
Fantastic