Featured In
ALBUMThe American SongbookThe Ink Spots
Albums by The Ink Spots
ALBUMThe Final AlbumThe Ink Spots
ALBUMStanley Morgan's Ink Spots in LondonThe Ink Spots
ALBUMSing Country and Their Own Hits (feat. George E. Brooks)The Ink Spots
ALBUMThe Ink SpotsThe Ink Spots
ALBUMPing Pong Percussion, The Ink Spots Sing Star DustThe Ink Spots
ALBUMIn Las VegasThe Ink Spots
ALBUMInk Spots Vol. 2The Ink Spots
Artist Playlists
The Ink Spots Essentials
Hear the harmony kings who paved the way for doo wop.
Artist Biography
Vocal quartet the Ink Spots were a major influence on 1950s doo-wop. Their beginnings were in Jerry & Charlie, the Indianapolis duo formed by Jerry Daniels and Charlie Fuqua (uncle of the Moonglows' Harvey Fuqua). By 1934, they had evolved into the Ink Spots. They began recording in '35, but it was only after Williams left and was replaced by Bill Kenny that the group really took off. Their first big hit was 1939's "If I Didn't Care," and the hits kept coming through the mid-'40s, including "The Gypsy" and "Do I Worry." An endless series of personnel changes began in 1944, but the group kept working for another 10 years until Kenny finally called it quits. Numerous knockoffs claiming (usually falsely) to contain original members proliferated throughout subsequent decades.
Hometown
Indianapolis, IN, United States
Genre
Vocal