The Ink Spots

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Early Influence

Inducted: 1989

Inducted by: Bobby McFerrin

Inducted Members: Orville "Hoppy" Jones, Ivory "Deek" Watson, Bill Kenny, Charlie Fuqua, Jerry Daniels

Snubbed Members: Billy Bowen, Herb Kenny, Adriel McDonald

Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2011 (ranked #36 in the Influences - Pre-Rock Era category) .
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
If I Didn't Care (1939)☆☊
Maybe (1940)☆☊
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (1941)☆☊
Gypsy (1946)☆☊
You're Breaking My Heart (1949)☆☊

The Ink Spots @ Wikipedia



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Jerry Butler once said this about The Ink Spots: "They were the heavywights of quartet singing." Clyde McPhatter said: "We patterned ourselves after them."

One of the frist popular black groups, The Ink Spots had a huge part to play in pioneering the back vocal harmonies and one could call them the forerunners of doo-wop and R&B.

With their quavering high tenors and sweet vocal sounds, Bill Kenny, Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson and Hoppy Jones took people on a wonderful musical trip with songs like "If I Didn't Care", "The Gypsy" and "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire".

The Ink Spots continued to influence many doo-wop groups of the 50s like The Drifters and The Moonglows.

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 03/27/2013 @ 13:22pm

Inducted members not listed here.

Posted by Roy on Friday, 07/22/2016 @ 20:25pm

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