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The Ink Spots played a large role in pioneering the Black vocal group-harmony genre, helping to pave the way for the doo wop explosion of the '50s. The quavering high tenor of Bill Kenny presaged hundreds of street-corner leads to come, and the sweet harmonies of Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, and bass Hoppy Jones (who died in 1944) backed him flawlessly.

Kenny's impeccable diction and Jones's deep drawl were both prominent on the Ink Spots' first smash on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Decca%22">Decca</a> in 1939, the sentimental "If I Didn't Care." From then through 1951, the group was seldom absent from the pop charts, topping the lists with "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)" (1940), "I'm Making Believe" and "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" (both in 1944), and "The Gypsy" and "To Each His Own" (both in 1946).

Watson eventually split to form his own group, the Brown Dots, and appeared in numerous low-budget film musicals, while Kenny attempted a solo career, notching a solo hit in 1951 with the uplifting "It Is No Secret." Countless groups masquerading as the Ink Spots have thrived across the nation since the '50s. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi

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1
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

Oct 24, 1995

169.8 million

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I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

May 29, 1935

169.8 million

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Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Single Version

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Single Version

Sep 13, 1994

55.1 million

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Into Each Life some Rain Must Fall

Into Each Life some Rain Must Fall

Aug 30, 2011

55.1 million

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We'll Meet Again

We'll Meet Again

Jun 16, 1998

35.9 million

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Maybe

Maybe

Jun 16, 1998

34.4 million

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If I Didn't Care

If I Didn't Care

Jun 16, 1998

24.2 million

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I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire

I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire

Feb 21, 2012

18.3 million

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We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me)

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me)

Jun 16, 1998

16.8 million

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I'm Beginning To See The Light

I'm Beginning To See The Light

Sep 13, 1994

15.8 million

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