If I Didn't Care (album)
''If I Didn't Care'' is a 1979 compilation album by the Ink Spots originally issued by Columbia Records. All tracks are stereo Re-recording (music), re-recordings of their original Decca Records hits. Although the Ink Spots formally broke up in 1954, former lead singer Bill Kenny (singer), Bill Kenny serves an uncredited role as the lead tenor on the album, according to his widow Audrey Kenny. Bill Kenny died in 1978 and the album was posthumously released the following year. Two of the 1979 album's re-recorded tracks, "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" and "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie", were prominently featured in a 1982 Chanel No. 5 commercial and in the 2010 video game ''Fallout: New Vegas'', respectively. Recording At the time of release in 1979, many original members of the Ink Spots had died. Prior to the group's breakup in 1954, bass Orville "Hoppy" Jones died in on-stage in 1944. After the breakup, Deek Watson died in 1969 and shortly thereafter, Charlie Fuqua in 19 ...
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Ink Spots
The Ink Spots were an American 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 introduced to the group by lead singer Bill Kenny. In 1989, the Ink Spots (Bill Kenny, Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, Jerry Daniels, and Orville Jones) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1999 they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Since the Ink Spots disbanded in 1954, there have been well over a hundred vocal groups calling themselves "The Ink Spots", with and without any original members of the group. It has often been the case that these groups claimed to be "second generation" or "third generation" Ink Spots.Goldberg, Marv (1998). ''More Than Words Can Say: The Ink Spots And Their Music''. Scarecrow Press 1930s Early b ...
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