The Ink Spots — If I Didn\’t Care: An Anthology (2022)

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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 senntal \»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.
Tracklist
CD1
01. The Ink Spots — I Don\’t Want To Set The World On Fire
02. The Ink Spots — Maybe
03. The Ink Spots — If I Didn\’t Care
04. The Ink Spots — We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me)
05. The Ink Spots — Address Unknown
06. The Ink Spots — Java Jive
07. The Ink Spots — When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
08. The Ink Spots — Always
09. The Ink Spots — To Each Their Own
10. The Ink Spots — It\’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
11. The Ink Spots — Whispering Grass (Don\’t Tell The Trees)
12. The Ink Spots — The Gypsy
13. The Ink Spots — Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
14. The Ink Spots — My Prayer
15. The Ink Spots — My Wild Irish Rose
16. The Ink Spots — Just For A Thrill
17. The Ink Spots — I Love You Truly
18. The Ink Spots — I\’m Making Believe
19. The Ink Spots — You Always Hurt The One You Love
20. The Ink Spots — In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
CD2
01. The Ink Spots — Shout, Brother, Shout
02. The Ink Spots — I\’m Feeling Like A Million
03. The Ink Spots — A-Tisket, A-Tasket
04. The Ink Spots — No Wonder, A Stairway To The Stars, Pork Chops And Gravy, It\’s Funny To Everyone But Me, r Rag
05. The Ink Spots — If I Didn\’t Care (1944 Air Check)
06. The Ink Spots — Java Jive (1944 Air Check)
07. The Ink Spots — A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
08. The Ink Spots — Maybe (1940 Air Check)
09. The Ink Spots — Do I Worry
10. The Ink Spots — I\’ll Get By
11. The Ink Spots — A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Alternate Version)
12. The Ink Spots — Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me
13. The Ink Spots — Someday I\’ll Meet You Again
14. The Ink Spots — Waits For No One (How True!)
15. The Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald — Cow Cow Boogie
16. The Ink Spots — Your Feet\’s Too Big
17. The Ink Spots — Don\’t Believe Everything You Dream
18. The Ink Spots — So Little
19. The Ink Spots — Flat Foot Floogie