James Ingram
James Ingram (born February 16, 1952 in Akron , Ohio , † January 29, 2019 in Los Angeles ) was an American soul singer , musician, songwriter and producer . He received two Grammy awards and reached number one on the US singles charts in 1982 with Baby, Come to Me and 1990 with I Don't Have the Heart .
Life
James Ingram taught himself piano , guitar , electric bass , drums and synthesizer and began his career in the early 1970s with the group Revelation Funk. In 1980, he headed for the album The Dude by Quincy Jones lyrics and lead vocals for two tracks ( Just Once and One Hundred Ways in). Both songs became hits in the US. In 1981 Ingram was briefly the lead singer of the group Zingara, which released a self-titled album that same year and had a top 30 hit on the R&B charts with Love's Calling .
Ingram recorded the ballad Baby, Come to Me with Patti Austin in 1981 , which made it to number one in the United States in 1983. Another duet by the two, How Do You Keep the Music Playing? reached the charts in the following year (USA No. 45). He also sang in the background for colleagues such as Phyllis Hyman , Donna Summer , Bill Medley and The Brothers Johnson .
In 1982 Ingram wrote the title PYT (Pretty Young Thing) with Quincy Jones for Michael Jackson's hit album Thriller , on which he also sang in the background. In 1983 Ingram recorded his debut album It's Your Night , which included the ballad There's No Easy Way and Michael McDonald’s hit hit , Yah Mo Be There . In the following years he worked with artists such as Ray Charles and Natalie Cole . Ingram could not repeat the success of his debut with his second album Never Felt So Good (1986) despite prominent support from musicians such as El DeBarge , Michael Bolton and Howard Hewett .
His greatest successes were Somewhere Out There (1986), a duet with Linda Ronstadt , which can be heard in the cartoon Feivel, der Mauswanderer , and the US number one hit I Don't Have the Heart (1990). He also won two Grammys in 1982 and 1985. In total, he had ten hits in the American pop and 20 hits in the R&B charts. Here he was placed for the last time in 1995: he sang the ballad When You Love Someone (71st place) with Anita Baker for the soundtrack to Vergiß Paris .
In 1985 he took part in the USA for Africa project and sang a line in the global hit We Are the World , written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. In 1997 he dubbed the dog Buster from the film The Fearless Four . 16 years after his last album, Ingram released Stand (In the Light) in January 2009 , which marked a return to his gospel roots . In January 2019, Ingram died of complications from a brain tumor at the age of 66 . A little later, his family announced on his official Facebook account that he had also suffered from early stages of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UK | US | |||
1983 | It's your night |
UK25 (17 weeks) UK |
US46
gold
(42 weeks)US |
First published: July 27, 1983
|
1986 | Never Felt So Good |
UK72 (2 weeks) UK |
US123 (9 weeks) US |
First published: July 1986
|
1989 | It's real | - |
US117 (10 weeks) US |
First published: May 23, 1989
|
1993 | Always you | - | - |
First published: May 25, 1993
|
2008 | Stand (In the Light) | - | - |
First published: October 14, 2008
|
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UK | US | |||
1991 | Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music | - |
US168
gold
(3 weeks)US |
First publication: 1991
|
1999 | Forever More (Love Songs, Hits & Duets) | - |
US165 (1 week) US |
First published: 1999
|
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UK | US | |||
1981 | Just Once Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music / The Dude |
- |
US17 (23 weeks) US |
First published: August 1981
(with Quincy Jones ) |
One Hundred Ways Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music / The Dude |
- |
US14 (21 weeks) US |
First published: December 1981
(with Quincy Jones) |
|
1982 |
Baby, Come to Me Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music / The Very Best of Patti Austin |
UK11 (11 weeks) UK |
US1
gold
(32 weeks)US |
First published: April 1982
(with Patti Austin ) |
1983 | How Do You Keep the Music Playing It's Your Night / The Very Best of Patti Austin |
- |
US45 (17 weeks) US |
First published: April 1983
(with Patti Austin) |
Yah Mo B There It's Your Night / Sweet Freedom |
UK12 (19 weeks) UK |
US19 (18 weeks) US |
First published: December 9, 1983
(with Michael McDonald ) |
|
1984 | There's No Easy Way It's Your Night |
- |
US58 (10 weeks) US |
First published: March 1984
|
1985 | It's your night, it's your night |
UK82 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 1985
|
1986 | Somewhere out There Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music / The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt |
UK8 (13 weeks) UK |
US2
gold
(22 weeks)US |
First published: December 1986
(with Linda Ronstadt ) |
1989 | It's real, it's real |
UK83 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1989
|
1990 |
I don't have the heart it's real |
- |
US1 (26 weeks) US |
First published: August 1990
|
1994 | The Day I Fall in Love Forever More (Love Songs, Hits & Duets) |
UK64 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1994
(with Dolly Parton ) |
As a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UK | US | |||
1984 | What About Me? What About Me? |
UK92 (3 weeks) UK |
US15 (19 weeks) US |
|
1990 | The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) Back on the Block |
UK67 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 1990
(Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram, Al B. Sure !, El DeBarge & Barry White ) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/james-ingram
- ^ Revelation Funk. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Zingara Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Billboard , accessed January 25, 2014
- ^ Homepage of James Ingram
- ↑ People magazine press release
- ^ Ingram's Facebook page
- ↑ a b c Music Sales Awards: US
Web links
- James Ingram in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- James Ingram at Discogs (English)
- James Ingram on SoulTracks
- Agency page
- Official website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ingram, James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soul musician, songwriter and producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron , Ohio , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | 29 January 2019 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |