Kenny's impeccable diction and Jones's deep drawl were both prominent on the Ink Spots' first smash on Decca in 1939, the sentimental If I Didn't Care. From then through 1951, the group was seldom absent from the pop charts, topping the lists with We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) (1940), I'm Making Believe and Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (both in 1944), and The Gypsy and To Each His Own (both in 1946).
Watson eventually split to form his own group, the Brown Dots, and appeared in numerous low-budget film musicals, while Kenny attempted a solo career, notching a solo hit in 1951 with the uplifting It Is No Secret. Countless groups masquerading as the Ink Spots have thrived across the nation since the '50s. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi