The Ink Spots: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1989

Their career in links.

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-ink-spots/bio/

The Ink Spots music helped lead to doo-wop, rock, and R&B.
The band formed in the early 1930s and recorded for the first time in 1935. The following year, they appeared on television, in the medium’s experimental phase.

If I Didn’t Care (1939):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwfLe6sLis

Address Unknown (1939):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2A2AMU5JkQ

My Prayer (1939):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KJCns5v3g

When the Swallow Return to Capistrano (1940):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-p71lleUY

Maybe (1940):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1j1_baQwH8

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) (1940):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViDxZkPfdms

Until the Real Thing Comes Alone (1941):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejtId5NLnP8

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (1943):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZHMySBX_A

Cow Cow Boogie w/Ella Fitzgerald (1944):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGu2ArpzeA

The band began to break apart in 1944. The army drafted Charlie Fuqua, Hoppy Jones died, and Bill Kenney feuded with Deek Watson leading to the latter’s departure from the Ink Spots. Fuqua returned after being discharged in 1945.
Their biggest hit…

The Gypsy (1946):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5_4Wo-5E1I

To Each His Own (1946):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqb8GlXANT0

You’re Breaking My Heart (1949):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRxeWMsGB_Y

Kenny went solo in the 1950s.

Melody of Love (1954):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1_bNjsItU

The band continued until 1965.
In 2009, 105-year-old Huey Long died. He was the last surviving member of the Ink Spots.
Here is a You Tube video covering their intros:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIRz9pGEp4c