R&B Soul Music Jukebox Discography and Biography of James Ingram
James Ingram Songs

(with biography below if available)

James Edward Ingram (born February 16, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He is a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. Ingram is perhaps best known for his hit collaborations with other vocalists, most notably Patti Austin, Michael McDonald and Quincy Jones. Since beginning his career in 1973, Ingram has charted eight Top 40 hits on the US 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. In addition, he charted 20 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart (including two number-ones). 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. 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.

Below is a list of James Ingram songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Qwest 15005 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
comments: [love ballad]
Patti Austin & James Ingram Baby, Come to Me
1982 Qwest
2 record label: Warner 19911
chart position: RandB #53, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Allan Rich & Jud Friedman
album: It's Real
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram I Don't Have The Heart
1990 Warner
3 record label: AandM 2387
chart position: RandB #10, US #14, US AC #5
written by: Kathy Wakefield, Ben Wright & Tony Coleman
album: The Dude
Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram One Hundred Ways
1981 A&M
4 record label: AandM 2357
chart position: RandB #11, US #17, UK #76, US AC #7
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: The Dude
comments: [ballad]
Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram Just Once
1981 A&M
5 record label: Qwest 9394
chart position: RandB #5, US #19, UK #44, US AC #10
written by: James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones
album: It's Your Night
James Ingram & Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There
1983 Qwest
6 record label: Qwest 29618
chart position: RandB #6, US #45, US AC #5
written by: Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
album: It's Your Night
comments: [ballad]
Patti Austin & James Ingram How Do You Keep the Music Playing
1983 Qwest
7 record label: Qwest 9992
chart position: RandB #1, US #31, UK #67, US AC #26
written by: Quincy Jones III, Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett & El DeBarge
comments: [slow jam]
Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Barry White The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
1990 Qwest
8 record label: RCA 13899
chart position: RandB #57, US #15, US AC #1, US country #70
written by: Kenny Rogers, David Foster & Richard Marx
album: What About Me
comments: [ballad]
Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes & James Ingram What About Me
1984 RCA
9 record label: Qwest 29316
chart position: RandB #14, US #58, US AC #7
written by: Barry Mann
album: It's Your Night
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram There's No Easy Way
1984 Qwest
10 record label: Qwest 29493
chart position: RandB #21, US dance #70, US #101
written by: James Ingram, Richard Page and Mark Vieha
album: It's Your Night
comments: [disco funk]
James Ingram Party Animal
1983 Qwest
11 record label: Warner 22863
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: It's Real
comments: [new jack swing]
James Ingram I Wanna Come Back
1989 Warner
12 record label: Qwest 28669
chart position: RandB #27
written by: James Ingram
album: Never Felt So Good
James Ingram Always
1986 Qwest
13 record label: Warner Bros. 25924
chart position: RandB #81, US AC #29
written by: James Ingram, Matosky and Wakefield
album: It's Real
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry
1991 Warner Bros.
14 record label: Electra 64415
chart position: RandB #71, US #111, US AC #39
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Anita Baker, Carole Bayer Sager and Marc Shaiman
album: Forget Paris OST
Anita Baker & James Ingram When You Love Someone
1995 Electra
15 record label: Qwest 29235
chart position: RandB #59, US AC #19
written by: Brian Neary and Jim Photoglo
album: It's Your Night
comments: [beat ballad]
James Ingram She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be)
1984 Qwest
16 record label: Warner Bros. 127
chart position: US AC #23
written by: Marc Shaiman
album: The Best of James Ingram: The Power of Great Music
James Ingram Where Did My Heart Go
1991 Warner Bros.
17 record label: Warner 5132
chart position: RandB #59
album: Greatest Hits (The Power Of Great Music)
comments: [slow jam]
James Ingram Get Ready
1992 Warner
18 record label: MCA 53125
chart position: RandB #66, US AC #40
written by: Andre Cymone
album: Beverly Hills Cop II: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
James Ingram Better Way
1987 MCA
19 record label: Warner 6133
chart position: US AC #34. R&B #117
written by: James Ingram and Keith Thomas
album: Always You
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram Someone Like You
1993 Warner
20 record label: Qwest 28537
chart position: RandB #86
written by: Howard Hewett, James Ingram and Keith Diamond
album: Never Felt So Good
James Ingram Never Felt So Good
1986 Qwest




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