James Ingram

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James Ingram (left) and Dave Koz (2007)

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 UK US US
1983 It's your night UK25 (17 weeks)
UK 		US46
gold
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 UK US US
1991 Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music - US168
gold
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 UK US 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
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
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 UK US US
1984 What About Me?
What About Me? 		UK92 (3 weeks)
UK 		US15 (19 weeks)
US
First published: September 1984
( Kenny Rogers feat. James Ingram & Kim Carnes )
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

  1. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/james-ingram
  2. ^ Revelation Funk. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Zingara Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Billboard , accessed January 25, 2014
  5. ^ Homepage of James Ingram
  6. ↑ People magazine press release
  7. ^ Ingram's Facebook page
  8. ↑ a b c Music Sales Awards: US

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personal data
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