For sale is a 1946 78 RPM ALBUM SET – THE INK SPOTS from Decca Records. This album set (Record Set A-477) is a four record set. The 10 inch shellac records are untested but appear playable. The records in the set for sale include the following songs:
If I Didn’t Care
Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell The Trees)
Do I Worry?
Java Jive
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
Maybe
I’ll Never Smile Again
(It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along
The Ink Spots were a vocal pop group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Their unique musical style predated the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doo-wop. The Ink Spots were widely accepted in both the white and black communities, largely due to the ballad style. In 1938, the group introduced a new format that they called “Top & Bottom”. This format was used primarily for ballads called for the tenor (Kenny or Watson) to sing the lead for one chorus followed by a chorus performed by bass singer Jones reciting the lyrics rather than singing them. After a chorus of the “talking bass” the lead tenor sang the rest of the song until the end.
