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The Ink Spots

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

The Ink Spots is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Golden Gate Quartet, The Golden Gate Quartet, Kansas Joe McCoy and The Mills Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how The Ink Spots arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Al Bowlly, Peggy Lee, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Danny Kaye and Louis Jordan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Suzy Bogguss, I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, Brenda Russell, The Platters and Jackie Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around The Ink Spots, reaching back through Golden Gate Quartet and forward to Suzy Bogguss. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Ink SpotsGolden Gate QuartetThe Golden Gate Quar…Kansas Joe McCoyThe Mills BrothersSuzy BoggussI DONT KNOW HOW BUT …Brenda RussellThe PlattersJackie WilsonWill You Be ThereDanny KirwanLucasAl BowllyPeggy LeeLouis Jordan & His T…Danny KayeLouis JordanPerry ComoDoris DayFats Waller

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The Ink Spots connections

The Ink Spots grew out of Golden Gate Quartet, The Golden Gate Quartet, Kansas Joe McCoy and The Mills Brothers, shares an orbit with Al Bowlly, Peggy Lee, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five and Danny Kaye, went on to shape Suzy Bogguss, I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, Brenda Russell and The Platters. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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