The Ink Spots - Stanley Morgan's Ink Spots in London - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Ink Spots played a large role in pioneering the black vocal group-harmony genre, helping to pave the way for the doo wop explosion of the '50s. Featuring 12 of their best loved songs. Digitally remastered.

One of the most popular vocal groups of all time, The Ink Spots, formed in the 1930's, helped to define the rhythm & blues genre which eventually morphed into rock n' roll and doo-wop. Versions of the original group recorded extensively from the mid-1930's through the mid 1960's and appeared on radio and television frequently. The group also extensively and headlined large shows and became favorites of the Las Vegas show crowd. Presented here is one of their legendary Las Vegas shows, performing the big hits of their career including InchIt's a Sin to Tell a Lie,Inch InchFrankie And JohnnyInch and InchWhen the Saints Go Marching In.Inch All selections newly re-mastered.

Frank Sinatra dubbed Robert Farnon 'The Guv'nor' in 1962 when the two men first came together in London to work on an album. This summed up Farnon's reputation as being synonymous with the highest standards of craftsmanship across the widest spectrum of music-making, earning him four Ivor Novello awards and the Order of Canada. His fame was established with BBC wartime radio broadcasts and the ubiquitous Portrait of a Flirt. Further success came with TV themes such as the stirring Colditz March and the impressionistic beauty of such gems as À la claire fontaine. The performances on this acclaimed recording are given with 'warmth, Polish and a remarkable naturalness of idiomatic feeling' (The Penguin Guide).