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RIP: James Ingram
- Thread starter ElectroVibe
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Damn...loved his Gospel-influenced R&B/Pop albums.
Ingram's debut, It's Your Night is solid...great players & tunes.
RIP.
Ingram's debut, It's Your Night is solid...great players & tunes.
RIP.
I still remember bringing home the Dude album and being blown away.
Fly on James...……………………………………..
Fly on James...……………………………………..
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I used to be in a band that played "Yah Mo Be There". Loved playing that song, and came to really appreciate Mr. Ingram.
RIP and sing with the angels, James.
RIP and sing with the angels, James.
He also co-wrote Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" from the Thriller album.
So sad. From allmusic:
James Ingram began performing with the band Revelation Funk in the early '70s, moving from Akron, Ohio 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."
So sad. From allmusic:
James Ingram began performing with the band Revelation Funk in the early '70s, moving from Akron, Ohio 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."
Oh man... 
That guy could sing! And he always had stellar arrangers & producers around him.
That guy could sing! And he always had stellar arrangers & producers around him.
Ingram and Luther Vandross both hit the mainstream about the same time, two of the best R&B singers in my generation both gone way too soon.
I don't know if James played the soft piano that opens "Just Once" but I know I'll never be able to listen to it the same way again without thinking of his passing.
The track listing has both Robbie Buchanan and David Foster on acoustic piano for Just Once.
James Ingraham truly had a great voice. He was not of that era, but he had the grit of a Sixties soul singer even though his voice worked perfectly with slick arrangements of the Eighties.
