Greatest Hits 1939-1946: The Original Decca Recordings

~ Release by The Ink Spots (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1If I Didn't Care
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
If I Didn’t Care (on 1939-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Lawrence
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Range Road Music Inc.
3:06
2Address Unknown
cover recording of:
Address Unknown (on 1939-08-17)
writer:
Dedette Lee Hill, Carmen Lombardo and Johnny Marks
recording of:
Address Unknown
writer:
Dedette Lee Hill, Carmen Lombardo and Johnny Marks
2:58
3My Prayer
recording of:
My Prayer (on 1939-09-18)
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy
composer:
Georges Boulanger
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., 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 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
3:16
4When 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
3:00
5Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)
vocals:
The Ink Spots
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 1940)
recording of:
Whispering Grass (on 1940-06-11)
writer:
Doris Fisher and Fred Fisher
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., EMI Mills Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Corp.
2:43
6Maybe
recording of:
Maybe (on 1940-06-11)
writer:
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden
publisher:
Robbins
3:07
7I'll Never Smile Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1940-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music, MCA Music Publishing, MCA, Inc., Pickwick Music, Universal Music Corp. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing
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
3:26
8We 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 (in 1939)
composer:
Nelson Cogane and Sammy Mysels
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. and Penn Music Co.
sub-publisher:
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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 株式会社 Synch事業部
3:23
9Java Jive
cover recording of:
Java Jive (on 1940-07-16)
lyricist:
Milton Drake (in 1940)
writer:
Drake and Oakland
composer:
Ben Oakland (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
3:05
10I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (on 1941-08-27)
composer:
Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
3:06
11Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat
recording of:
Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat (on 1941-10-13)
writer:
Leon René, Otis René and Emerson C. Scott
3:21
12Street of Dreams
recording of:
Street of Dreams (on 1942-07-28)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (in 1932)
composer:
Victor Young (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
3:01
13I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
cover recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1943-12-22)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
2:55
14The Gypsy
recording of:
The Gypsy (on 1946-02-26)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Reid
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and MCA, Inc.
2:46
15To Each His Own
cover recording of:
To Each His Own (on 1946-07-08)
lyricist:
Ray Evans
composer:
Jay Livingston
3:10

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