The Ink Spots
Leading with a simple, plaintive guitar pattern from Charles Fuqua, there’s no
mistaking the beginning of an Ink Spots song. Once the pioneering vocal group
landed on a successful formula, the quartet stuck to its guns, set the stage for
the doo-wop explosion of the ‘40s and ‘50s, and experienced a resurgence in the
21st century.
Formed in 1934 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Ink Spots made their debut (as “the
4 Ink Spots”) at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater, and began recording in early
1935. Early songs were more in the then-popular jump blues style of Big Joe
Turner and ...
It's All Over But the CryingThe Ink Spots
That Fifties Flavour Vol 130
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The GypsyThe Ink Spots
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I Don't Want To Set The World On FireThe Ink Spots
The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
MaybeThe Ink Spots
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I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)The Ink Spots
The Anthology
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Into Each Life Some Rain Must FallElla Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots
Ella And Her Fellas
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