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The Ink Spots: SMS 35

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Label: xxx Records
Released: 1995
Time:
 36:16
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.theinkspots.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2001.01.03
Price in €: 2,99



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[1] Yes Suh (Dowell-Razaf) - 2:42
[2] Swing High Swing Low (Freed-Lane) - 2:38
[3] Keep Away From My Doorsteps (Gerlach) - 2:51
[4] Oh Red (McCoy) - 3:12
[5] When The Sun Goes Down (Carr-Raye) - 2:59
[6] That Cat Is High (Williams) - 2:55
[7] Christopher Columbus (Barry-Davis-Razaf) - 3:01
[8] Stompin´at The Savoy (Goodman-Webb-Sampson) - 2:53
[9] Don´t Let Old Age Creep Up On You (Copyright Control) - 2:38
[10] With Plenty Of Money And You (Dubin-Warren) - 2:52
[11] My Prayer (Boulanger-Kennedy) - 3:13
[12] Thoughtless (Livingstone-David) - 3:03

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HAROLD WINLEY - Bass Singer, Narrator
SONNY HATCHETT - Second Lead, Second Tenor
GRANT KITCHINGS - Lead Tenor
MORRIS DOW - Baritone/Guitarist

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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 Carlie 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, All-Music Guide
 

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