If I Didn't Care

The Ink Spots · 1939 · Le grand succès du groupe, avec Bill Kenny

Context

Song by Jack Lawrence recorded for Decca on January 12, 1939, with "Knock Kneed Sal" on the B-side. It made the group, led by Bill Kenny, a major star.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Alabama Barbecue (1937)
• Slap That Bass (1937)
• Swing, Gate, Swing (1935)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: If I Didn't Care

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