The Ink Spots - The Ink Spots: If I Didn't Care (2024)

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Artist: The Ink Spots
Title: The Ink Spots: If I Didn't Care (Album)
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Retrospective
Genre: Pop, Easy Listening, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:39:05
Total Size: 436 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. If I Didn’t Care
02. Just For A Thrill
03. Your Feet’s Too Big
04. Stompin’ At The Savoy
05. Christopher Columbus
06. With Plenty Of Money And You
07. Yes, Suh!
08. Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
09. Swing High, Swing Low
10. Slap That Bass
11. Oh, Red!
12. That Cat Is High
13. When The Sun Goes Down
14. Address Unknown
15. Coquette
16. My Prayer
17. Memories Of You
18. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
19. Bless You
20. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
21. Whispering Grass
22. Maybe
23. Stop Pretending
24. We Three
25. Java Jive
26. I'll Never Smile Again
27. Do I Worry?
28. We’ll Meet Again
29. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
30. I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire
31. Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat
32. It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
33. Who Wouldn’t Love You?
34. Ev’ry Night About This Time
35. Street Of Dreams
36. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
37. Cow Cow Boogie
38. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
39. I’ll Get By
40. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
41. I’m Making Believe
42. I’m Beginning To See The Light
43. That’s The Way It Is
44. The Gypsy
45. Prisoner Of Love
46. I Cover The Waterfront
47. To Each His Own
48. It’s All Over But The Crying
49. You Were Only Fooling
50. You’re Breaking My Heart
51. If
52. I Still Feel The Same About You
53. Do Something For Me

The Ink Spots played a large role in pioneering the Black vocal group-harmony genre, helping to pave the way for the doo wop explosion of the '50s. The quavering high tenor of Bill Kenny presaged hundreds of street-corner leads to come, and the sweet harmonies of Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, and bass Hoppy Jones (who died in 1944) backed him flawlessly.

Kenny's impeccable diction and Jones's deep drawl were both prominent on the Ink Spots' first smash on Decca in 1939, the sentimental "If I Didn't Care." From then through 1951, the group was seldom absent from the pop charts, topping the lists with "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)" (1940), "I'm Making Believe" and "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" (both in 1944), and "The Gypsy" and "To Each His Own" (both in 1946).

Watson eventually split to form his own group, the Brown Dots, and appeared in numerous low-budget film musicals, while Kenny attempted a solo career, notching a solo hit in 1951 with the uplifting "It Is No Secret." Countless groups masquerading as the Ink Spots have thrived across the nation since the '50s. © Bill Dahl

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