The Anthology

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

Annotation

Copyright: © 1998 Geffen Records
This Compilation ℗ 1998 Geffen Records

Excluded Regions

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-02 18:11 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media
2▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along
The Ink Spots3:30
2I 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 (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.), Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
The Ink Spots4.53:01
3Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat
recording of:
Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat (on 1941-10-13)
writer:
Leon René, Otis René and Emerson C. Scott
The Ink Spots33:15
4Don’t Tell a Lie About Me, Dear (And I Won’t Tell the Truth About You)
The Ink Spots3:05
5Who Wouldn’t Love You?
The Ink Spots2:14
6Ev’ry Night About This Time
The Ink Spots3:15
7Street of Dreams
recording of:
Street of Dreams (on 1942-07-28)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1932)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
The Ink Spots2:56
8Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
cover recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (on 1942-07-28)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
The Ink Spots33:00
9I’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
The Ink Spots2:50
10I’m Making Believe
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1944-08-30)
recording of:
I’m Making Believe (on 1944-08-30)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
James V. Monaco
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald3:10
11I’m Beginning to See the Light
cover recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light (on 1946-02-26)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
The Ink Spots3.52:43
12The Sweetest Dream
The Ink Spots2:42
13The Gypsy
recording of:
The Gypsy (on 1946-02-26)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
The Ink Spots2:45
14Prisoner of Love
recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1946-03-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
The Ink Spots2:59
15I Cover the Waterfront
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1946-03-18)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
The Ink Spots2:55
16I Get the Blues When It Rains
recording of:
I Get the Blues When It Rains (on 1946-07-08)
lyricist and composer:
Marcy Klauber and Harry Stoddard
The Ink Spots2:40
17To Each His Own
cover recording of:
To Each His Own (on 1946-07-08)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
The Ink Spots33:10
18That’s Where I Came In
The Ink Spots2:50
19Ask Anyone Who Knows
recording of:
Ask Anyone Who Knows (on 1947-02-27)
writer:
Alvin S. Kaufman, Sol Marcus and Edward Seiler
The Ink Spots3:18
20You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)
The Ink Spots2:52
21You’re Breaking My Heart
recording of:
You’re Breaking My Heart (based on the Italian song Mattinata) (on 1949-06-27)
lyricist and arranger:
Pat Genaro (Songwriter) and Sunny Skylar
is based on:
Mattinata
The Ink Spots3:21
22Sometime
recording of:
Sometime (on 1950-06-15)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
The Ink Spots2:53
23The Way It Used to Be
The Ink Spots3:17
24If
recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s) (on 1950-10-23)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
The Ink Spots2:58