VH1 Artist Page: James Ingram | Soul Tracks: James Ingram |
James Ingram began performing with the band Revelation Funk in the early '70s, moving from Akron, OH, to Los Angeles in 1973. During the '70s, Ingram supported Ray Charles on the road with backup vocals and piano, played keyboards behind the Coasters on Dick Clark's oldies revues, and was Leon Haywood's musical director. After hearing a demo of him singing "Just Once," Quincy Jones asked Ingram to perform on his new album. Released in 1980 on The Dude, the number 17 "Just Once" was Ingram's first success, resulting in three Grammy nominations -- Best New Artist, Best Pop Male Vocal, and Best R&B Vocal -- winning in the two latter categories. Throughout the '80s, Ingram had steady popular success singing duets, but all of his solo albums failed to make a dent in the charts; in 1990 he scored his first solo hit, "I Don't Have the Heart."
All Music Guide -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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1 Party Animal 2 Yah Mo B There 3 She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be) 4 Try Your Love Again 5 Whatever We Imagine |
6 One More Rhythm 7 There's No Easy Way 8 It's Your Night 9 How Do You Keep the Music Playing? |
1 Always 2 Never Felt So Good 3 Red Hot Lover 4 Lately 5 Wings of My Heart |
6 Trust Me 7 Tuff 8 Say Hey 9 Love's Been Here and Gone 10 Right Back |
1 It's Real 2 I Wanna Come Back 3 Call on Me 4 So Fine 5 Love Come Down 6 Baby Be Mine |
7 A Natural Man (You Make Me Feel Like) 8 Love One Day at a Time 9 I Don't Have the Heart 10 Someday We'll All Be Free 11 When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry |
1 Someone Like You 2 Let Me Love You This Way 3 Always You 4 Treat Her Right 5 A Baby's Born |
6 This Is the Night 7 You Never Know What You Got 8 Too Much for This Heart 9 Sing for the Children 10 Any Kind of Love |