Ink Spots Fifty Favourites

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Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Java Jive
cover recording of:
Java Jive (on 1940-07-16)
lyricist:
Milton Drake (in 1940)
composer:
Ben Oakland (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
43:03
2Whispering Grass
recording of:
Whispering Grass
writer:
Doris Fisher and Fred Fisher
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
32:45
3My 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
3.53:09
4Always
2:51
5It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
2:22
6I Cover the Waterfront
3:01
7Ring Telephone Ring
3:12
8I’ll Get By
2:54
9Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat
recording of:
Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat (on 1941-10-13)
writer:
Leon René, Otis René and Emerson C. Scott
33:19
10Until the Real Thing Comes Along
33:35
11The Gypsy
2:45
12You Were Only Fooling
2:52
13Sincerely Yours
3:04
14A Kiss and a Rose
3:09
15Just for a Thrill
recording of:
Just for a Thrill
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:49
16I’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)
2:48
17I’m Not the Same Old Me
3:17
18Don’t Ever Break a Promise
3:19
19I Was Dancing With Someone
3:02
20You’re Looking for Romance
3:29
21Prisoner of Love
33:05
22This Is Worth Fighting For
3:04
23Maybe
recording of:
Maybe (on 1940-06-11)
writer:
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins (publisher)
3.653:07
24We 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.
3:16
25Bless You
recording of:
Bless You (For Being an Angel) (1939 song) (on 1939-10-11)
writer:
Don Baker (Dert) and Eddie Lane (American songwriter)
32:54
26To Each His Own
cover recording of:
To Each His Own (on 1946-07-08)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (US lyricist)
composer:
Jay Livingston
33:12
27Coquette
3:11
28If 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.
3.353:06
29Address Unknown
cover recording of:
Address Unknown (on 1939-08-17)
writer:
Dedette Lee Hill, Carmen Lombardo and Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
32:58
30I’m Beginning to See the Light
cover 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.
3.52:47
31Every Night About This Time
3:15
32A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
3:17
33I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
4.352:58
34Home Is Where the Heart Is
3:07
35Dream a While
3:04
36I Could Make You Care
3:26
37We’ll Meet Again
3:15
38I’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
33:24
39When 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
42:59
40Do 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.
32:42
41You’re Breaking My Heart
3:21
42My Greatest Mistake
3:20
43Sometime
2:52
44If
2:57
45Just for Now
2:45
46I Woke Up With a Teardrop in My Eye
recording of:
I Woke Up With a Teardrop in My Eye
writer:
Herb Jeffries
3:19
47Say Something to Your Sweatheart
3:06
48It’s All Over but the Crying
2:49
49Street of Dreams
recording of:
Street of Dreams (on 1942-07-28)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1932)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
2:56
50I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance
3:09