Episode 1 - Prologue

The first episode of The Best Song Podcast examines the early history of the movies, from the first words sung by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer in 1927 to the songs that could have won an Oscar in the later 1920s and early 1930s, if the Academy Award for Best Original Song had been created at that time. Host Jeff Commings gives you some background on the creators of such songs as "Isn't It Romantic" and "42nd Street," and their brief flames that burned bright in the years before the Best Original Song Oscar was born.