Lazy river by hoagy carmichael ukulele chords and pdf 50s music, music songs. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The brown dots its a pity to say goodnight youtube. I dont want to set the world on fire the ink spots, benjamin, bennie.
In late 1944 deek watson, who had at odds with bill kenny for some time, left to form his own ink spots but was stopped by a court injunction. Suits and countersuits followed, and courtrooms became the place for. Label image of waldorf lp containing for sentimental reasons, a song written by pat best. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. The ink spots the ink spots in hifi 1957, vinyl discogs. Their unique musical style presaged the rhythm and blue. The ink spots were an american vocal jazz group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s.
Best things in life are free the ink spots, desylva, buddy. The ink spots were an american pop vocal group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. The ink spots from 1939 like bill kenny on facebook. I wish i could say the same chords by the ink spots. Marv goldberg has written the definitive history of the ink spots in his 1998 book, more than words can say. The platters and the ink spots on the stage of the performing arts centre this friday one show only. At the end of october, deek watson tried to return to the ink spots. After 1953, the bill kenny led ink spots effectively only existed as an instrumental backing group for the lead singer. Ink spots greatest hits, volume 3 street of dreams little white lies you always hurt the one you love im gonna sit right down and write myself a letter bow wow wow with my eyes wide open im dreaming ill get by sweet sue, just you hes got the whole world in his hands ill be seeing you to make a mistake is human my. Death, world war ii, and personality clashes all led to the demise of the original group. The quartet performed as the riff brothers and the percolating puppies before settling on the ink spots name. Find the ink spots discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
Pat best lead vocal jim nabbie tenor vocal deek watson baritone vocal jimmy gordon bass vocal. The material here can be found on dozens of reissues and other various budget labels. Ink spots at male vocal gospel group the ink spots. After deek was kicked from the ink spots he decided to form a competing quartet and call his group. The songs, my happiness and thats when your heartaches begin, were both popularized earlier by the ink spots. Terrible album by deek watson s spin off ink spots group. Dont let old age creep upon you the ink spots, fuqua. The ink spots original group the ink spots offshoots added 3305. Clockwise from left bernie mackey with guitar, lorenzo conyers in back, johnny reed with bass, deek watson in front. One of the first africanamerican groups, along with the mills brothers, to reach both black and white audiences, the ink spots exerted great influence on the development of the doowop vocal style. Fuquas inkspots consisted of himself, deek watson, harold jackson, and high tenor jimmy holmes. Hoppy jones, bill kenny, deek watson, and the ink spots in nbcrca experimental television demonstration for the press 1936. In it, he gives a detailed history of the pre ink spots and early ink spots groups. A coasttocoast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Welcome to ray richardsons canadian ink spots trademarked. The ink spots, american vocal group prominent in the late 1930s and 40s. The brown dots sing its a pity to say goodnight from 1946. The ink spots were a vocal group in the 1930s and 1940s that helped define the musical genre that led to rhythm and. Their unique musical style led to the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doowop. Follow our artwork guideline to ensure your print job comes out the way you envisioned. Lorenzo conyers is singing lead tenor on this selection and possibly. You can find the list of the ink spots tour dates here. This was followed by kenny, who finished up singing the last refrain or the last half of the song. They and the mills brothers, another black vocal group of the 1930s and 1940s, gained much acceptance in the white community. There was some confusion in 1952 when two different groups began using the ink spots name, charlie fuqua and bill kenny each owning 50 per cent of the title.
Here is deek s group from the 1947 film sepia cinderella. Bill kenny charlie fuqua deek watson orville hoppy jones billy bowen herb kenny jerry daniels. The swing high, swing low the ink spots, lane, burton. Leon antoine replaced deek and this group had when charlie fuqua left bill kennys group, he sang with deek. The ink spots were an africanamerican pop vocal group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Ivory deek watson, orville hoppy jones, charlie fuqua, and bill kenny. We are a promotional product distributor and proud member of the advertising specialty institute. This is not the original ink spots group with bill kenny and its quite apparent.
All information displayed is provided to further the general publics knowledge of rnb vocal group harmony. The ink spots im getting sentimental over you youtube. The ink spots story begins in indianapolis, indiana in 1932, when four young men deek watson, charles fuqua, orville hoppy jones and jerry daniels formed the first version of the group. By march 1945, the brown dots, an ink spots like group whose members included william pat best guitar and vocals, joe king lead tenor, jimmy gordon bass and ivory deek watson 2nd tenor who himself had been a founding member of the ink spots, were recording for manor records in newark, new jersey.
Their best selling record if i didnt care sold over 19 million copies and is currently the 7th best selling single of all time. They gained much acceptance in both the white community and black community largely due to the ballad style introduced to the group by lead singer bill kenny. Buy the story of the ink spots first by watson, deek isbn. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them. The ink spots tour dates 2020 the ink spots concert.
Download the ink spots doo wop greatest hits cd 320k musicfromrizzo torrent or any other torrent from audio music direct download via magnet link. Watson made numerous recordings with his ink spots groups in the 1950s and 1960s. See more ideas about the ink spots, popular music and ink. One of the years most heralded events in record collecting fandom was the discovery of the legendary first acetate recordings, made in 1953, by the very first inductee into the rock and roll hall of fame, elvis presley. The quavering high tenor of bill kenny foreshadowed hundreds of streetcorner leads to come, and the sweet harmonies of charlie fuqua, deek watson, and bass. The quartet performed as the riff brothers and the percolating. The ink spots its funny to everyone but me youtube. In 1989, the ink spots bill kenny, charlie fuqua, deek watson, jerry daniels and orville jones were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, and. The ink spots were a vocal group in the 1930s and 1940s that helped define the musical genre that led to rhythm and blues and rock and roll, and the subgenre doowop.
The ink spots recording became the 10th best selling single of all time with over 19 million copies sold making it one of the fewer than forty alltime singles to have sold 10 million or more physical copies worldwide. In june 1944, during an engagement in chicago, hoppy jones became ill and the group had to finish a tour without him with deek watson filling in on the mandatory talking. Us billboard 1 oct 1940 15 weeks, uk sheet music 1 for 1 week mar 1941, uk 40s sheet music 1 mar 1941 3 weeks, us 1940s 3 oct 1940 14 weeks, your hit parade 5 of 1940, pop 5 of 1941, ddd 6 of 1940, us invalid bb 11 of 1941, nutsie 53 of 1940s, brazil 94 of. Deek watson left the ink spots after appearing at the state theater in hartford in early september44 even though, in his book, deek states that they stayed together until about 1951. In 1989, the ink spots bill kenny, charlie fuqua, deek watson, jerry daniels and orville jones were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, and in 1999 they were inducted into the vocal. The ink spots biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The group members were charles fuqua, hoppy jones, bill kenny, deek watson. The platters and the ink spots on the stage of the performing arts. This triggered a complex array of legal machinations, which unfolded throughout late 1944 and paved the way for lawsuits throughout the 1950s and 1960s. If i didnt care is a song written by jack lawrence that was originally sung and recorded by the ink spots featuring bill kenny in 1939. At the beginning, deek watson may have been the main force behind the ink spots as he suggests in his book. Bill kenny lead, 1st tenor deek watson 2nd tenor charlie fuqua. In 1989, the ink spots bill kenny, deek watson, charlie fuqua and hoppy jones were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, and in 1999 they were inducted into the vocal group hall.
On some songs deek watson would sing the lead rather than bill kenny. The ink spots modern songs of war and conflict umd libraries. Marv goldbergs interview with bernie mackey indicates he left because bill kenny got a raise from manager moe gale while he and hoppy did not. The four riff brothers miff campbell, deek watson, hoppy jones and slim green. Items like mugs, pens and tshirts are memorable and provide a better cost per impression for advertisers than almost every major marketing effort like tv, magazines and the internet. A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. Music profile for deek watsons ink s pots, born 1954. Hoppy is using a tenor guitar as a bass and had a cutoff cane to support it. When charlie fuqua left bill kennys group, he sang with deek watson in group dw.
Based on this song by the ink spots with lead singer deek watson. Sep 07, 2012 the ink spots from 1939 like bill kenny on facebook. The original ink spots bill kenny, deek watson, charlie fuqua and hoppy jones were. One of the first africanamerican groups, along with the mills brothers, to reach both black and white audiences, the ink spots exerted great influence on the development of.
Bill bowen of mckinneys cotton pickers took deeks place. The ink spots doo wop greatest hits cd 320k musicfromrizzo. Watson, who had been forced out of the original ink spots in 1944 and briefly sang with charlie fuquas ink spots in 19521953, started his own vocal group using the name the ink spots in 1954. The ink spots tour dates 2020 the ink spots concert tickets. Id climb the highest mountain the ink spots, clare, sidney. The ink spots formed in the early 1930s in indianapolis. Be sure to include all the details such as quantity, stock, fold, color ink, due date, etc. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another. He had recorded with an unknown studio vocal group for a 1977 cbs records lp entitled the ink spots if i didnt care. The story of the ink spots by deek watson with lee stephenson, vantage press, 1967 two years before his death from a stroke in 1969, deek watson, with the help of his wife who used the name lee stephenson, authored a book about the ink spots and their origins.
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