ORIGINAL INK SPOTS GROUP #11

26Oct/45 - mid 1946



 
 
MEMBERS:

Bill Kenny (tenor voice), 

Herb Kenny (bass voice), 

Billy "Butterball" Bowen (2nd tenor voice, guitar ), 

Charlie Fuqua (baritone voice, guitar, ukelele), 

Ray Tunia (pianist, arranger)

Clockwise from left, Herb Kenny (Sincerely), Billy Bowen (Butterball), Charlie Fuqua (To Le Nell Best wishes Charlie Fuqua Ink Spots) and Bill Kenny (leader Ink Spots) Photo from the collection of Ed Wood.

This group can be heard singing I'd Climb the Highest Mountain on a radio show called Let's Go Nightclubbing, NBC, from the Cafe Zanzibar in New York on Feb 28, 1946. Film out-takes also exist showing this group performing this song.

Last revised 11March2018