#James ingram one in a million you series

1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the love ballad ' I Don't Have the Heart', from his It's Real album. He worked with other notable artists such as Donna Summer, Ray Charles, Anita Baker, Viktor Lazlo, Nancy Wilson, Natalie Cole, and Kenny Rogers. Ingram's debut album, It's Your Night, was released in 1983 and included the ballad 'There's No Easy Way'.

#James ingram one in a million you series

On December 11, 1981, Ingram appeared as a guest on the Canadian comedy series SCTV (which aired on NBC), singing 'Just Once'. 'One Hundred Ways' won him the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his work. Ingram provided the vocals to ' Just Once' and ' One Hundred Ways' on Quincy Jones's 1981 album The Dude, which earned Ingram triple Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist. James Ingram received his first publishing deal with 20th Century Fox publishing company, which is where he sang the $50 demo for 'Just Once'. He also later played keyboards for Ray Charles before becoming famous. Subsequently, he moved to Los Angeles and played with the band Revelation Funk, which made an appearance in the Rudy Ray Moore film Dolemite. Ingram was born in Akron, Ohio, where he attended Akron's East High School and received a track scholarship to the University of Akron.

Ingram co-wrote 'The Day I Fall in Love', from the motion picture Beethoven's 2nd (1993), and singer Patty Smyth's 'Look What Love Has Done', from the motion picture Junior (1994), which earned him nominations for Best Original Song from the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Grammy Awards in 19. The song and the music video both became gigantic hits. In between these hits, he also recorded the song ' Somewhere Out There' with fellow recording artist Linda Ronstadt for the animated film An American Tail. pop chart in 1983 ' I Don't Have the Heart', which became his second number-one in 1990 was his only number-one as a solo artist. He had two number-one singles on the Hot 100: the first, a duet with fellow R&B artist Patti Austin, 1982's ' Baby, Come to Me' topped the U.S. In addition, he charted 20 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart (including two number-ones). Billboard Hot 100 chart from the early 1980s until the early 1990s, as well as thirteen top 40 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. After beginning his career in 1973, Ingram charted eight Top 40 hits on the U.S.

He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. James Edward Ingram (Febru– January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist.