Greatest Hits 1939-1946: The Original Decca Recordings

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

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
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 (US songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Range Road Music Inc.
3.353:06
2Address Unknown
cover recording of:
Address Unknown (on 1939-08-17)
writer:
Dedette Lee Hill, Carmen Lombardo and Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
recording of:
Address Unknown
writer:
Dedette Lee Hill, Carmen Lombardo and Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
3.52:58
3My Prayer
recording of:
My Prayer (on 1939-09-18)
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Georges Boulanger (Romani-Romanian violinist, conductor, composer)
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 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
3.53:16
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
43:00
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. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:43
6Maybe
recording of:
Maybe (on 1940-06-11)
writer:
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins (publisher)
3.653:07
7I'll Never Smile Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1940-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
33:26
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 (songwriter) (in 1939) and Dick Robertson (US jazz vocalist, 1920s-1940s) (in 1939)
composer:
Nelson Cogane and Sammy Mysels (songwriter)
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 株式会社 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
43:23
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.
43:05
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 (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.
4.53:06
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
33:21
12Street 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.
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 (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)
2:46
15To Each His Own
cover recording of:
To Each His Own (on 1946-07-08)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
33:10

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