20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Ink Spots

~ Release by The Ink Spots (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1If I Didn't Care
recording of:
If I Didn’t Care (on 1939-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Range Road Music Inc.
The Ink Spots3.353:05
2My Prayer
recording of:
My Prayer (on 1939-09-18)
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Georges Boulanger (Romani-Romanian violinist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music, Skidmore Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
The Ink Spots3.53:15
3Java Jive
cover recording of:
Java Jive (on 1940-07-16)
lyricist:
Milton Drake (in 1940)
composer:
Ben Oakland (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
The Ink Spots43:04
4I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (on 1941-08-27)
composer:
Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.), Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
The Ink Spots4.353:06
5Don't Get Around Much Anymore
cover recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (on 1942-07-28)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
The Ink Spots3:01
6I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
cover recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1943-12-22)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
The Ink Spots2:51
7I'm Making Believe
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1944-08-30)
recording of:
I'm Making Believe (on 1944-08-30)
writer:
Mack Gordon and James V. Monaco
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots3:12
8Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
recording of:
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (on 1944-08-30)
lyricist:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
composer:
Doris Fisher
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots3.53:11
9The Gypsy
recording of:
The Gypsy (on 1946-02-26)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
The Ink Spots2:46
10I'm Beginning to See the Light
recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light (on 1946-02-26)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots3.52:44
11Prisoner of Love
recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1946-03-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
The Ink Spots3:00
12To Each His Own
cover recording of:
To Each His Own (on 1946-07-08)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (US lyricist)
composer:
Jay Livingston
The Ink Spots33:10

Credits

Release

art direction:Vartan (art direction)
liner notes:Joseph F. Laredo
producer:Andy McKaie
editor:Jim Phillips (engineer)
compiler:Andy McKaie
design:t42design
part of:20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (releases) (order: 17)
ASIN:US: B00002MYY9 [info]