Huey Long (singer)
Huey Long( April 25, 1904 – June 10, 2009) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist and singer and band leader who was a member of the quartet The Ink Spots.
Long's career began in the 1925 as a banjoist before moving to guitar.
He became a member of the Ink Spots in 1945 and participated in spinoff bands in the 1960s.
Ace Harris
Asa" Ace" Harris( April 1, 1910, New York City – June 11, 1964, Chicago) was an American jazz pianist.
Harris played in several territory bands in the 1930s, working with Billy Steward's Serenaders in 1932 and with Bill Mears's Sunset Royal Serenaders from 1935.
In 1937 Harris took over leadership of the Sunset Royal Serenaders, and recorded with them that same year; he remained with the group until 1939.
In 1940 Harris became Pianist for Bill Kenny& The Ink Spots replacing Bob Benson.
Harris can be heard playing Piano with The Ink Spots on many Top 10 Pop hits including" Whispering Grass
MaybeWe Three( My Echo, My Shadow& Me) Java Jive I'll Never Smile Again I'd Climb The Highest Mountain We'll Meet Again Do I WorryUntil The Real Thing Comes Along I Do n't Want To Set The World On FireSomeone's Rocking My Dreamboat It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" and more.
After Harris died in 1964, another Piano player named" Johnny Harris" toured with a group pretending to be The Ink Spots.
This other" Johnny Harris" pretended to be the Johnny" Ace" Harris that recorded toured and appeared in movies with the original Ink Spots and made that claim until his death in 2000.
In 1944, Harris recorded with Hot Lips Page, then joined the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, with whom he recorded several times.
He played with Hawkins until 1947, and returned to play with him again in 1950 – 51.
Harris also recorded with small ensembles in the 1940s and with a jump blues band in 1951 – 52.
He played at the Cloister Inn in Chicago in 1954.
A compact disc of Harris's recordings spanning 1937 – 52 was released by Jazz Classics in 2004.
Swing High, Swing Low (song)
Swing High, Swing Low is a popular song written by Ralph Freed and Burton Lane.
It was recorded by The Ink Spots in the year of 1937.
The Brown Dots
The Brown Dots were an American vocal group initially formed in late 1944, when second tenor Ivory "Deek" Watson (b. 18 July 1909, Mounds, Illinois - d. 4 November 1969, Washington, DC) left the Ink Spots.
He immediately put together a competing Ink Spots group consisting of lead tenor Joe King, bass Jimmy Gordon, and an unknown baritone.
By late January 1945, a lawsuit brought by the Ink Spots caused Deek Watson to claim that he would form a new group based on a "completely new idea".
This new idea was simply to change their name to the Brown Dots and to sound as much like the Ink Spots as possible (although the Brown Dots employed more extensive harmonies).
At this time, the unknown baritone left, to be replaced by baritone/guitarist William "Pat" Best.
Lilys
Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988.
The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line- up changing regularly.
Several of the band's tracks have been used in television advertisements, and the band's biggest hit was one of these," A Nanny In Manhattan", which reached No. 16 in the UK after being used in a Levi's advertisement directed by Roman Coppola.
The Brown Dots
The Brown Dots were an American vocal group initially formed in late 1944, when second tenor Ivory "Deek" Watson (b. 18 July 1909, Mounds, Illinois - d. 4 November 1969, Washington, DC) left the Ink Spots.
He immediately put together a competing Ink Spots group consisting of lead tenor Joe King, bass Jimmy Gordon, and an unknown baritone.
By late January 1945, a lawsuit brought by the Ink Spots caused Deek Watson to claim that he would form a new group based on a "completely new idea".
This new idea was simply to change their name to the Brown Dots and to sound as much like the Ink Spots as possible (although the Brown Dots employed more extensive harmonies).
At this time, the unknown baritone left, to be replaced by baritone/guitarist William "Pat" Best.
Swing High, Swing Low (album)
Swing High, Swing Low is a 1991 compilation album by American early R&B group The Ink Spots.
If I Didn't Care
" If I Did n't Care" is a song written by Jack Lawrence that was originally sung and recorded by the Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny in 1939.
The Ink Spots recording became the 10th best selling single of all time with over 19 million copies sold making it one of the fewer than forty all- time singles to have sold 10 million( or more) physical copies worldwide.
According to Lawrence, he mailed the song before showing it to some of his friends.
His friends' reaction to the song was almost unanimously negative, but he remained positive on it and later it became one of his biggest successes.
It was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame and was number 271 on the" Songs of the Century" list.
In 2018, the Ink Spots' recording of the song was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or artistically significant."
The song was featured in the 2013 documentary film" 50 Children: The Rescue Mission Of Mr. And Mrs. Klaus".
The Ink Spots
The Ink Spots were an American Vocal Jazz group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s.
Their unique musical style presaged the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doo- wop.
The Ink Spots were widely accepted in both the white and black communities, largely due to the ballad style introduced to the group by lead singer Bill Kenny.
In 1989, the Ink Spots( Bill Kenny, Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, Jerry Daniels and Orville Jones) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1999 they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Since the Ink Spots disbanded in 1954, there have been well over 100 vocal groups calling themselves" The Ink Spots" without any right to the name, and without any original members of the group.
These groups often have claimed to be" 2nd generation" or" 3rd generation" Ink Spots.
Joseph Boatner
Joseph Boatner( September 27, 1918 — May 8, 1989) was an American singer who gained some recognition in the 1950s- 1960s for his forming a vocal group calling themselves" The Ink Spots".
None of the members in the group ever sang with The Ink Spots however his group recorded a few records and had a cameo role in the 1965" All Men Are Apes".
Boatner led various groups using the" Ink Spots" name until the 1980s.
Boatner died on May 8, 1989 at the age of 70 at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire.

Question: Are The Ink Spots and Lilys from the same country?
Answer: yes