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other peopleBLP sources|date=June 2010Advert|date=March 2011Infobox musical artist|image = James_Ingram_and_Dave_Koz.jpg| name = James Ingram| caption = James Ingram and Dave Koz | image_size =| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1952|2|16|| birth_place = Akron, Ohio , United States| death_date =| origin = Los Angeles, California , United States| instrument = Singing|Vocals , piano , synthesizer|keyboards , guitar , bass guitar , drum kit|drums | genre = Soul music|Soul , Rhythm and blues|R& B , crossover jazz | occupation = Singing|Singer , songwriter , record producer , actor | years_active = 1975–present| label = Intering| associated_acts = Ray Charles , Quincy Jones , The Coasters , Ingram , Leon Haywood | website = http://www.jamesingramsmusic.com James Ingram's Official Website| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = James Ingram (born February 16, 1952, Akron, Ohio|Akron , Ohio ) is an United States of America|American Soul music|soul musician. He is best known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano , guitar , bass guitar|bass , Drum kit|drums and synthesizer|keyboards . Additionally, he is a Record producer|producer and songwriter .
Biography
Early life
Born in 1952, Ingram lived with his mom and dad until he was 10, then moved in with his grandmother.
Career
In 1981, Ingram provided the vocals to "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" on Quincy Jones 's album The Dude (Quincy Jones album)|The Dude . He won a Grammy award for best R& B vocal performance for his work on this album. Ingram's debut album, ''It's Your Night'', appeared in 1983, including the ballad "There's No Easy Way." He also worked with other notable R& B artists such as Ray Charles , Anita Baker , Viktor Lazlo , Nancy Wilson (singer)|Nancy Wilson , Natalie Cole , and Kenny Rogers . In October, 1990, he scored a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the love ballad " I Don't Have the Heart ", http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100? chartDate=1990-10-20 from his ''It's Real album.
But Ingram was best known throughout the decade for his hit collaborations. He went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in Feb. 1983 with Patti Austin on "Baby, Come to Me", http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100? chartDate=1983-02-19 a song made popular on TV's General Hospital . A second Austin–Ingram duet, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing? ", was featured in the movie Best Friends (film)|Best Friends and earned an Oscar nomination. A few years later, he won a Grammy Awards of 1985|1985 Grammy Award for " Yah Mo B There ", a duet with Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald . And he teamed up with Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes for the Top 40 ballad "What About Me? " in 1984. In 1985, he participated in the charity single " We Are the World ".
He teamed with American vocalist Linda Ronstadt and had a US Billboard Hot 100 hit which peaked at No. 2 in March, 1987 http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100? chartDate=1987-03-14 with " Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)|Somewhere Out There ", the theme from the animated feature film An American Tail . The song garnered Grammy and Academy Award nominations and was certified gold (over 500,000 U.S. copies sold) by the RIAA .
Ingram performed two solos on the 1985 recording and video of " We Are the World ". He also co-wrote " P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) " which was recorded by Michael Jackson on his blockbuster Thriller (album)|Thriller .
In the 1990s, his highest-profile team-up came again with Quincy Jones , on the song "The Secret Garden". This song also featured vocals by Barry White , El Debarge and Al B. Sure!
Soundtrack songs were popular for Ingram in the 1990s. From the movie Sarafina& #33; (film)|Sarafina! came "One More Time", and from City Slickers came "Where Did My Heart Go? " His 1994 composition "The Day I Fall in Love", a duet with Dolly Parton , was the theme song for the movie '' Beethoven's 2nd and was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song . Ingram and Parton performed the song live on the Oscar broadcast.
During the summer of 2004, Ingram participated in the U.S. television reality show Celebrity Duets as a duet partner. The show combined professional vocalists, of different musical genre, with entertainers of different backgrounds in a weekly elimination competition. In 2006, he and neo-soul singer Angie Stone teamed up on "My People".
In 2011 James teamed up with Cliff Richard and soul artists Freda Payne, Jaki Graham, Lamont Dozier, Percy Sledge and others to record on the Soulicious Album. He also appeared on stage with them at various UK venues during November 2011, singing 2 songs from the album and Just Once?
http://www.jamesingramsmusic.com James Ingram – official website.
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James Ingram Persondata | NAME =Ingram, James | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1952-02-16 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Akron, Ohio , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Ingram, James Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Grammy Award winners Category:African American singers Category:African American singer-songwriters Category:American male singers Category:Qwest Records artists Category:People from Akron, Ohio
