Discography and Biography of Luther Ingram. Listen to all their hits.
Luther Ingram Songs

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Luther Ingram (November 30, 1937 - March 19, 2007) was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. Ingram is best known for the hit, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson. The song reached number one on Billboard 's R&B chart and peaked at number three on that publication's Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1972. The track stayed in the Hot 100 for 18 weeks, ultimately selling a reported four million copies. The song was later successfully covered by Millie Jackson and Barbara Mandrell; it has also been recorded by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Rod Stewart and Isaac Hayes. Other popular tracks for Ingram included "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)", "Let's Steal Away To The Hideaway" and "I'll Be Your Shelter." He also co-authored "Respect Yourself", a million seller for the Staple Singers in 1971.

Below is a list of Luther 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: KoKo 2111
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Luther Ingram (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
1972 KoKo
2 record label: KoKo 2113
chart position: RandB #9, US #40
written by: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
comments: [southern soul]
Luther Ingram I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time of Storm)
1972 KoKo
3 record label: KoKo 2105
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: Allen Jones & Homer Banks
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Luther Ingram Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
1970 KoKo
4 record label: KoKo 2115
chart position: RandB #11, US #64
written by: Johnny Baylor and Luther Ingram
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
Luther Ingram Always
1973 KoKo
5 record label: KoKo 728
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Johnny Baylor
album: Do You Love Somebody
Luther Ingram Do You Love Somebody
1978 KoKo
6 record label: KoKo 2104
chart position: RandB #19, US #55
written by: Luther Ingram and John McFarland
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul]
Luther Ingram My Honey and Me
1970 KoKo
7 record label: KoKo 2110
chart position: RandB #18, US #93
written by: Sam Cooke
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
Luther Ingram You Were Made for Me
1972 KoKo
8 record label: KoKo 2107
chart position: RandB #21, US #97
written by: Johnny Baylor
album: I've Been Here All The Time
Luther Ingram Be Good to Me Baby
1971 KoKo
9 record label: KoKo 2106
chart position: RandB #22, US #110
written by: Luther Ingram, Johnny Baylor, Randall Stewart and Johnny Northern
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Luther Ingram To the Other Man
1970 KoKo
10 record label: KoKo 2110
chart position: RandB #26, US #108
written by: John McFarland and Luther Ingram
album: I've Been Here All The Time
Luther Ingram Missing You
1972 KoKo
11 record label: Ko Ko 2116
chart position: RandB #23
written by: Johnny Baylor
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
comments: [ballad]
Luther Ingram Love Ain't Gonna Run Me Away
1973 Ko Ko
12 record label: Profile 5125
chart position: RandB #29
written by: Dave Loggins and Russell Smith
album: Luther Ingram
comments: [ballad]
Luther Ingram Baby Don't Go Too Far
1987 Profile
13 record label: KoKo 724
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Johnny Baylor and Luther Ingram
album: Let's Steal Away To The Hideaway
Luther Ingram Let's Steal Away to the Hideway
1977 KoKo
14 record label: Ko Ko 725
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Johnny Baylor and Luther Ingram
album: Let's Steal Away To The Hideaway
Luther Ingram I Like the Feeling
1977 Ko Ko
15 record label: KoKo 2102
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Dorian Burton, Gertrude Jones
Luther Ingram Pity for the Lonely
1969 KoKo
16 record label: Ko Ko 2108
chart position: RandB #39
written by: James Banks, Johnny Baylor
album: I've Been Here All The Time / If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
comments: [ballad]
Luther Ingram I'll Love You Until the End
1971 Ko Ko
17 record label: Ko Ko 731
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Johnny Baylor
album: Do You Love Somebody
Luther Ingram Get to Me
1978 Ko Ko
18 record label: KoKo 721
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Johnny Baylor
album: Do You Love Somebody
Luther Ingram Ain't Good for Nothing
1976 KoKo
19 record label: Profile 5132
chart position: RandB #55
written by: Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
album: Luther Ingram
Luther Ingram Don't Turn Around
1987 Profile
20 record label: Profile 5143
chart position: RandB #89
written by: Bob Dylan
album: Luther Ingram
Luther Ingram Gotta Serve Somebody
1987 Profile
-- record label: KoKo 1068
written by: Luther Ingram
album: I've Been Here All The Time
Luther Ingram Oh Baby You Can Depend On Me
1972 KoKo
-- record label: KoKo 2202
written by: Johnny Baylor, Tommy Tate
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right
comments: [ballad]
Luther Ingram Dying and Crying
1972 KoKo
-- record label: KoKo 2202
written by: Johnny Baylor, Luther Ingram, Mickey Gregory, Tommy Tate
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
Luther Ingram Help Me Love
1972 KoKo
-- record label: KoKo 2202
written by: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right
comments: [beat ballad album cut]
Luther Ingram I'm Trying To Sing A Message To You
1972 KoKo
-- record label: KoKo 2202
written by: Johnny Baylor, Tommy Tate
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
Luther Ingram I Remember
1972 KoKo
-- record label: KoKo 2202
written by: Luther Ingram
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right
comments: [album cut]
Luther Ingram I Can't Stop
1972 KoKo
-- record label: Stax 142
written by: S. Johnson
Luther Ingram Puttin' Game Down
1969 Stax
-- record label: KoKo 2101
written by: Luther Ingram
Luther Ingram You Can Depend On Me
1969 KoKo
-- record label: Hib 698
written by: R. Wylie
Luther Ingram If It's All The Same To You Babe
1966 Hib




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