DER US-AMERIKANISCHE SOULSÄNGER UND SONGWRITER JAMES INGRAM IST GESTORBEN

30.01.2019 Der am 16. Februar 1952 in Akron (Ohio) geborene US-amerikanische Songwriter, Produzent, Soulsänger und –musiker James Ingram (Bild) ist am 29. Januar 2019 in Los Angeles gestorben. Zweimal wurde er mit einem Grammy geehrt. 1982 erzielte er mit "Baby, Come to Me" und 1990 mit "I Don't Have the Heart" jeweils Platz eins der US-amerikanischen Single-Charts.

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James Ingram, Grammy-Winning & Chart-Topping R&B Singer, Dies at 66

The singer collected two Grammys during his career: His song "One Hundred Ways" won best male R&B performance in 1981 and his duet with Michael McDonald on "Yah Mo B There" won best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals in 1984. (...)

Ingram charted nine hits on the Hot 100, including a pair of No. 1s: "Baby Come to Me," with Patti Austin, in 1983, and "I Don't Have the Heart" in 1990. Other top 20-charting Hot 100 hits included "Just Once" (No. 17 in 1981, Quincy Jones featuring Ingram), "Yah Mo Be There" (No. 19 in 1984, with Michael McDonald) and "Somewhere Out There" (No. 2 in 1987, with Linda Ronstadt).

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8495601/james-ingram-dead-obituary

Musician famously collaborated with Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Michael McDonald, Linda Ronstadt

James Ingram, the multi-talented R&B artist who notched hits as both a singer and songwriter, died Tuesday.

Jon Blistein

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-ingram-dead-obituary-786231/

He co-wrote Michael Jackson's hit song "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" with Quincy Jones

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/29/entertainment/james-ingram-dead/index.html

James Ingram, a Hitmaking Voice of '80s R&B, Is Dead at 66

James Ingram, whose voice - technically precise, crisp and reserved, yet full of audacious feeling - made him one of the defining singers of R&B in the 1980s, has died.

Jon Caramanica

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/obituaries/james-ingram-dead.html

James Ingram, R&B star and Michael Jackson collaborator, dies aged 66

Producer Quincy Jones described Ingram as ‘a beautiful human being, with a heart the size of the moon'

Laura Snapes

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/30/james-ingram-r-and-b-star-michael-jackson-collaborator-dies-aged-66

Mort de James Ingram, l'une des figures du R'n'B des années 1980

Il était connu pour son travail avec Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Michael McDonald ou Patti Austin.

https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2019/01/30/mort-james-ingram-l-une-des-figures-du-r-n-b-des-annees-1980_5416677_1654986.html

"Die Welt hat ein Genie verloren": James Ingram war für seine "starke Stimme und seine meisterhaften Kompositionen" bekannt, er arbeitete mit Ray Charles und Quincy Jones.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/james-ingram-ist-tot-soulsaenger-im-alter-von-66-jahren-gestorben-a-1250645.html

Audio / Videos:

James Ingram - "Just Once" (Live in Korea)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BceqQyMq6fU

James Ingram - "I Don't Have The Heart"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=x65ZPd11gxY

Patti Austin & James Ingram - "Baby Come To Me" (1983)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUsnVOqrqqE

James Ingram - "One Hundred Ways" / "I Don't Have The Heart" (1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4QG7LKybeM

James Ingram and Michael McDonald - "Yah Mo Be There"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=229&v=_3rVtcm6pBE