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The Ink Spots' song "Address Unknown" plays during the opening of the first episode of Better Call Saul. Additionally, the group's rendition of "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" plays over the opening scene of the episode "Smoke". The Ink Spots songs feature throughout Fallout Season 1; "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" closes episode 8.
"Alabamy Bound" is a Tin Pan Alley tune written in 1924, with music by Ray Henderson and words by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green.It was popularized by Al Jolson and included in the musical Kid Boots, where it was sung by Eddie Cantor.
Joseph Boatner (September 27, 1918 – May 8, 1989) was an American singer who gained some recognition in the 1950s–1960s for his forming a vocal group calling themselves "The Ink Spots". None of the members in the group ever sang with The Ink Spots however his group recorded a few records and had a cameo role in the 1965 "All Men Are Apes".
However, Bill Kenny kept performing with The Ink Spots and started billing them as "Bill Kenny & His Ink Spots". A few live recordings and "radio checks" of Bill Kenny's Ink Spots from 1952/1953 survive today. [2] After being with The Ink Spots for 18 years, Bill Kenny decided to leave the group for good in 1954, resulting in The Ink Spots ...
The Ink Spots reached No. 1 on the R&B chart for two non-consecutive weeks and No. 2 on the pop chart [26] (1943) Etta James – The Second Time Around (Argo, 1961) [27] B.B. King with the Maxwell Davis Orchestra – Compositions of Duke Ellington and Others (1960) Grace Knight – Come in Spinner, ABC TV (Australia) (1990) [28]
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The Ink Spots recording became the 10th best selling single of all time with over 19 million copies sold making it one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide. [1] According to Lawrence, he mailed the song before showing it to some of his friends.
Her mother was a singer/songwriter and her father, Gus Gordon, was a one-time member of the Ink Spots. She spent her early years in Canada after moving to Hamilton, Ontario , at the age of 12. As a teenager she began performing in local bands and was recruited to sing in a Toronto -based girl group called the Tiaras alongside Jackie Richardson ...