This oddly dishy young Lithuanian Jazz-Singer leaves the land of his birth for American shores at the tender age of eight - The young Asa Yoelson’s father deciding that Europe wasn’t all that & that he & his young family would be better off by far, as far away as possible…

“ If you don’t get a letter then you’ll know I’m in jail…”

Of course, the very first thing anyone thinks of upon hearing of his famous stage moniker is the rather bizzare rumour that Asa/Al was indeed a polydactyly*!

*.. Yes, indeed! It was often said that Jolson had six toes on his left foot!

—Hmmmm? That’s news to me…

Any-hoo, we think that’s really all that needs be said about the “…World’s Greatest Performer…” & we can’t think of anything even remotely controversial about this legendary lover of many a ‘Mammy’…

…Nope! Absolutely nothing…

Another not even remotely controversial character, D.D was born in Edinburgh with a othographical-phonological non-corresponant surname* along with the most unusual of ‘gifts’…

*…It’s actually pronounced Hume…

“…We all saw him rise from the ground slowly, remain there for about ten seconds & then gradually descend…”