The Best of the Ink Spots

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Stompin' at the Savoy
The Ink Spots2:55
2Cristopher Columbus
The Ink Spots3:15
3Bless You
recording of:
Bless You (For Being an Angel) (1939 song) (on 1939-10-11)
writer:
Don Baker (Dert) and Eddie Lane (American songwriter)
The Ink Spots32:51
4When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
recording of:
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano (on 1940-05-13)
lyricist:
Leon René
composer:
Leon René (in 1940)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
The Ink Spots42:57
5My 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 Spots3.53:13
6I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
The Ink Spots4.353:00
7Into 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 Spots3:12
8Whispering Grass
The Ink Spots2:44
9Don’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 Spots3:00
10We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
recording of:
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
writer:
Nelson Cogane (in 1939), Sammy Mysels (in 1939) and Dick Robertson (US jazz vocalist, 1920s-1940s) (in 1939)
composer:
Nelson Cogane and Sammy Mysels
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Penn Music Co.
The Ink Spots43:21
11I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (on 1939-10-11)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills Music, Inc., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Ink Spots2:48
12Java 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
13With Plenty of Money and You
The Ink Spots2:52
14Do I Worry?
recording of:
Do I Worry? (1940s song) (on 1940-08-08)
writer:
Stanley Cowan (composer, songwriter) and Bobby Worth (American songwriter)
publisher:
Melody Lane Publications Inc.
The Ink Spots32:42
15Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat
The Ink Spots3:13
16I'll Never Smile Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1940-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
The Ink Spots33:22
17Maybe
recording of:
Maybe (on 1940-06-11)
writer:
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins (publisher)
The Ink Spots3.653:06
18If 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 Spots3.353:06
19Coquette
The Ink Spots3:09
20I'm Beginning to See the Light
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots2:44
21Until the Real Thing Comes Along
The Ink Spots3:35
22Swing High, Swing Low
The Ink Spots2:40
23When the Sun Goes Down
The Ink Spots3:18