Golden Greats (1985)

About this title: The Ink Spots hit the American Top Ten 19 times between 1939 and 1949. Thirteen of those Top Ten hits are among the 20 tracks on this British compilation, along with the chart entries "Java Jive," "Someone's Rocking My Dream Boat," and "(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along," and the group's non-hit covers of four other songs, two of them U.S. standards ("I'll Never Smile Again," "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie") and the other two better known in Britain ("No Orchids for My Lady," "We'll Meet Again"). Twenty tracks on a single disc is a generous selection, and most of the Ink Spots' ... read more

Tracks:

1. Java Jive [Oakland/Drake]
2. If I Didn't Care [Lawrence]
3. Whispering Grass [Fisher/Fisher]
4. Bless You [Baker/Lane]
5. My Prayer [Boulanger/Kennedy]
6. I'm Getting Sentimental over You [Bassman/Washington]
7. Your Feet's Too Big [Fisher/Benson]
8. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano [Rene]
9. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire [Benjamin/Durham/Mar]
10. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) [Cogane/Robertson/My]
11. Stompin' at the Savoy [Goodman/Webb/Sampso]
12. Address Unknown [Lombardo/Marks/Hill]
13. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie [Mayhew]
14. Maybe [Flynn/Madden]
15. Brown Gal [Armstorng/Acon]
16. Swing High, Swing Low [Lane/Freed]
17. Coquette [Lombardo/Green/Kahn]
18. Memories of You [Blake/Razaf]
19. Do I Worry? [Worth/Cowan]
20. When the Sun Goes Down [Carr]
21. With Plenty of Money and You [Warren/Dubin]
22. I'll Never Smile Again (Until I Smile at You) [Lowe]
23. Just for a Thrill [Armstrong/Raye]
24. Someone Is Rocking My Dreamboat [Scott/Rene]
25. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Chaplin/Cahn/Hollne]
26. Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington/Russell]
27. Ev'ry Night About This Time [Monaco/Koehler]
28. Ring Telephone Ring [Ram/Tinturin]
29. Puttin' and Takin' [Jacobs/DePaul]
30. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain [Brown/Clare]
31. Shout, Brother, Shout [Watson/Fairbanks]
32. So Sorry [Tobias/Simon]
33. We'll Meet Again [Charles/Parker]
34. A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening [Adamson/McHugh]
35. Cow Cow Boogie [Raye/DePaul]
36. That Cat Is High [Williams]
37. Street of Dreams [Lewis/Young]
38. I'm Making Believe [Monaco/Gordon]
39. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) [Turk/Ahlert]
40. You Bring Me Down [Jacobs/DePaul]
41. Pork Chops and Gravy [Watson]
42. It's Funny to Everyone But Me [Lawrence]
43. Why Didn't You Tell Me? [Lawrence]
44. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall [Fisher/Roberts]
45. Keep Away from My Doorstep [Gerlach]
46. I Wish I Coud Stay the Same [Burton/Stride]
47. I Hope to Die If I Told a Lie [Little]
48. Thoughtless [Livingston/David]
49. I'm Beginning to See the Light [Ellington/James/Hod]
50. To Each His Own [Livingston/Evans]
51. No Orchids for My Lady [Stranks/Strachey]
52. The Best Things in Life Are Free [DeSylva/Brown/Hende]
53. The Gipsy [Reid]
54. I Cover the Waterfront [Green/Heyman]
55. That's the Way It Is [Kramer/Whitney]
56. You're Breaking My Heart [Skylar/Genaro]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.