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The focus of this set is on the Ink Spots' early years: it begins with their third recording session and continues through the first year of their widespread success. During what annotator Peter Gammond calls "the transitional years," they experimented with different styles, cutting everything from swing standards like "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "Christopher Columbus" to the Gershwins' "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and "Slap That Bass." But soon after their commercial breakthrough with "If I Didn't Care" in the spring of 1939, they adopted that record's arrangement as a formula style. There was also a personnel changeover before the hit-making period set in, with lead singer Jerry Daniels replaced by Bill Kenny. This evolution is obscured by the sequencing of the album, which goes back and forth between the earlier and later work. Nevertheless, most of the group's first batch of hits, 1939-40, is included, though oddly their first chart-topper, "Address Unknown," is missing.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Carl Fisher, composer
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Andy Razaf, composer
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Percy Grainger, composer
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Jean Gabriel-Marie, composer
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Chick Webb, composer
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George Gerswhin, composer
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Lilian Hardin-Armstrong, composer
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Mayo J. Williams, composer
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Joe Jacobs, composer
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Ivory Deek Watson, composer
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Henry Hadley, composer
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Carmen Lombardo, composer
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George Gershwin, composer
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Andy Razaf, composer
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Ralph Freed, composer
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Ben Oackland, composer
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Douglas Fairbanks, composer
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Herbie Hancock, composer
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Album review
The focus of this set is on the Ink Spots' early years: it begins with their third recording session and continues through the first year of their widespread success. During what annotator Peter Gammond calls "the transitional years," they experimented with different styles, cutting everything from swing standards like "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "Christopher Columbus" to the Gershwins' "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and "Slap That Bass." But soon after their commercial breakthrough with "If I Didn't Care" in the spring of 1939, they adopted that record's arrangement as a formula style. There was also a personnel changeover before the hit-making period set in, with lead singer Jerry Daniels replaced by Bill Kenny. This evolution is obscured by the sequencing of the album, which goes back and forth between the earlier and later work. Nevertheless, most of the group's first batch of hits, 1939-40, is included, though oddly their first chart-topper, "Address Unknown," is missing.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:45
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ink Spots, The
- Composer: Herbie Hancock
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Jazz
- Collection: Naxos Nostalgia
(C) 2001 Naxos (P) 2001 Naxos
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