I could never understand why the foreigners always pronounce some words of this song ending with -A. They are Ochi chyornyE, ochi strastnyE, ochi zhguchiE y prekrasnyE (Black eyes, passionate eyes, fiery eyes and beautiful eyes).
@gatabella3 Dummy, of all the singers that have sung this song, very few were like Jolson, from Lithuania, where he grew up speaking RUSSIAN. His father, a well-known Cantor, also studied Opera and voice for the Russian opera. I think there must be some validity or reason for him singing with -ah., . .
What a great recording Al was actually born in Lithuania which was part of the Russian empire and his pronunciation is perfect. This is a very good rendition although not complete.
Хорошо спел! Душевно!
f40676 2 weeks ago
Foreign to what? Jolson was born in Lithuania and spoke Russian as a native tongue.
diarci 7 months ago
I could never understand why the foreigners always pronounce some words of this song ending with -A. They are Ochi chyornyE, ochi strastnyE, ochi zhguchiE y prekrasnyE (Black eyes, passionate eyes, fiery eyes and beautiful eyes).
gatabella3 7 months ago
@gatabella3
I think it was sung in that way in old Russia.
Shalyapin sung it with-A.
Still Al Jolson's pronanciation is not perfect, but it's not because of E-A business.
mazaika1 3 months ago
@gatabella3 Dummy, of all the singers that have sung this song, very few were like Jolson, from Lithuania, where he grew up speaking RUSSIAN. His father, a well-known Cantor, also studied Opera and voice for the Russian opera. I think there must be some validity or reason for him singing with -ah., . .
LazlosPlane 2 days ago
@LazlosPlane Well, if you think that you know Russian language better than me (native speaker) then you're for sure no Dummy at all, lol
gatabella3 2 days ago
AL JOLSON, LIKE AMERICAS BLUE
YODLER, JIMMIE RODGERS, ONE
OF THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL.
IGOROZKARSKY 7 months ago
What a great recording Al was actually born in Lithuania which was part of the Russian empire and his pronunciation is perfect. This is a very good rendition although not complete.
jkiselis 10 months ago
@jkiselis Believe me, his pronunciation is far from being perfect!
gatabella3 7 months ago
Jolson was in excellent voice for this movie
Jolson1950 1 year ago
What a voice, never to be heard again. Thanks so much for posting.
ruthy102 1 year ago
Neat cap, thanks for posting! Can't get enough of this song :)
HerrNookenstien 1 year ago