The Ink Spots - Maybe (1946)

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Fans of the Popular Video Game series Fallout will recognize this tune instantly. But many will be confused to here it this slow. This is the normal speed the song was recorded at. Interplay decided to speed it up for a more melancholy mood.

Note: these songs are not from '46, but this release is from 1946. Both songs had entirely different Flips, and were both from 1940.

The Ink spots have got to be one of the best bands of all time. They are solely responsible for half of Doo-Wop. Their music is very Iconic, yet they are very underrated. Even though this was just a four person quartet, they had 19 members. Bill Kenny wasn't even an original member. These records you see here are from a different time. This was from the Post-Care era of Inkspottery. This era was from 1939 - 1952. The Ballad/Romance era. Though this era would continue into 1954, this is the main part of that era. Starting from their romance records on the infamous the Black and Gold arches of the late Decca. It is from this era that The Ink Spots have been mostly compared to The Mills Brothers for there weird vocalizations and mimicking. This is where there some songs that would be covered greatly by Tommy Dorsey or Fats Waller would come from. It is defendant worth a listen to if you want a different taste of The Ink Spots with.

I love this band so much that i can't really talk about their discographical history or otherwise without me committing plagiarism. So I wont. But they only recorded on Victor, Decca, and for a little bit on V-Disc.

Now here is the official record review by Billboard themselves!

"Really hitting the high spots now is this ballad from the Prohibition era that had found new life in it's 1940 reincarnation. It's steady, speedy drive the past couple of weeks, in the INK SPOTS version, has carried it to the point of being one of the top coin phono numbers of the moment. The sepia quartet has the only recording to mean anything in a widespread, general way. (Billboard, 10/12/40)