Tracks:
Stompin' At The Savoy
Christopher Columbus
Bless You
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
My Prayer
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Whispering Grass
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Java Jive
With Plenty Of Money And You
Do I Worry?
Someones Rocking My Dreamboat
I'll Never Smile Again
Maybe
If I Didn't Care
Coquette
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Until The Real Thing Comes Along
Swing High, Swing Low
When The Sun Goes Down

Performer Notes:

• Recorded between 1939 and 1946. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo.
• Digitally remastered by Jim Phillips and Steven Lasker.
• The Ink Spots were the first modern black vocal group, and although chiefly known for their wonderful harmonies, which bridged the gap between 1940s pop styles and the street corner doo wop styles of the 1950s, they were also a self-contained band, and a versatile one. Led by lead singers Deek Watson and Bill Kenny (whose other worldly high tenor and mannered diction put him in a class by himself), and grounded by Hoppy Jones' innovative (and often improvised) talking-bass vocal lines, the Ink Spots charted nearly 50 Top 40 singles beginning with "If I Didn't Care" in 1939. The Best of the Ink Spots collection works as a decent introduction to this wonderful group. Highlights include a fine version of Duke Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" and a completely modern take on Leroy Carr's "When the Sun Goes Down," recast here as a pop blues with harmonies that would make the Beach Boys blush. ~ Steve Leggett

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date: 28 August, 2000

Label: MCA

Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.11 kg)