The Ink Spots

AJava Jive
BDo I worry?

Label: Brunswick
Catalogue number: 03197
Genre: Voice
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #11081

The Ink Spots were an American vocal quartet and one of the most commercially successful recording acts of the 1930s–40s; 'Java Jive' was one of their signature novelty hits, recorded here for Brunswick.

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