Talk:The Ink Spots

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Could someone edit the caption under the photograph to note the members of the band from left to right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorothy Vivian (talk • contribs) 01:24, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Versus the Vlocano

For the Cultural Use section, I believe their song "I Cover the Waterfron" was used in Joe Versus the Volcano.

Claim to fame: Fallout games

I understand this act was probably quite big “in its day” one hundred years ago. But these days most people have not heard of the Ink Spots. If you asked someone in the street, she would probably think you meant the White Stripes. However they reached a new and MUCH larger audience in the 21st century, when their music was featured on the soundtrack of Fallout 3 (2008) and later Fallout: New Vegas (2010). These games need no introduction; they were extraordinarily influential, and introduced many people all over the world who otherwise would not have heard of an old timey band such as The Ink Spots, to their wonderful music. I should know, I was myself introduced to The Ink Spots through Fallout 3. I assume 99% of visitors to this Wikipedia page are in the same boat—Fallout fans who want to explore the Fallout universe a little more.So please, let us give credit where credit is due. We should acknowledge this claim to (modern, greater) fame in the opening paragraph of the article. 2406:3003:2001:2853:C486:C32A:B785:9BFA (talk) 22:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for Claim

The claim that the Ink Spots were the first African-Americans on television is a massive claim but one that seems to lack any citation. Indeed, I see the same claim made on a few other sites but none of them that I saw actually cite where this claim came from. When I search for the first African-American on TV, I find most reputable sources cite Ethel Waters in 1939 instead, stating specifically what broadcast she was on.

I don't want to remove this sentence since I can't prove they weren't on TV three years before Waters in 1936 but I think we need to have a citation here or we may just be spreading an urban myth. Katosepe321 (talk) 06:18, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After a bit more research, I find this claim especially dubious considering this would have been the same year Bill Kenny joined and several years before their first major hit that defined their style. Still, I'd like to wait and see if I or someone else can determine where this claim came from. Katosepe321 (talk) 06:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Someone else added a citation so I did more research into that citation and was able to find the context for this claim. I added more detail so this should now be verifiable for others as well. Katosepe321 (talk) 19:16, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additional members

As per this revision of the article, I've since removed the Additional members section claiming a William Bowen and George Bledsoe to be from the group.

William Bowen:

The cited article from the New York Times claims a William Bowens replaced Deek Watson after the latter's departure, which would correlate with Billy Bowen's timeline. After a quick search, I found this article by UPI written just two days before the New York Times article, with the exact same story except the name "William Bowen" was replaced with "Billy Bowen". This would therefore indicate that the two Bowens were in fact the exact same person.

George Bledsoe:

Both the cited article and an article by UPI talks of a George Bledsoe from the Ink Spots. However, both sources also mentions Stanley Morgan as the leader of "The Ink Spots" that Bledsoe was part of. Morgan was in fact not the leader or member of the legitimate Ink Spots group, but rather an imitation of the group formed by Morgan himself. The line "The Ink Spots were created in 1929 by Deek Watson" present in both articles, suggesting that Bledsoe was part of the legitimate Ink Spots group, is most likely a factual error as a result of blatant lack of research by the authors. George13lol2 (talk) 03:55, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]