When the world loses a legend, thats a hard tackle in a space where unordinary is a rare breed.Amazing how talent can set you apart from many people and at the same time bring lots of inividuals together inappreciation of the fruits ofyour talent.
Sadly due to brain cancer US and all lovers of music world wide are mourning the death of a great RnB singer and song writer James Ingram who died last night at the age of 66.
His first No. 1 pop hit was 1982’s “Baby, Come to Me,” a duet with Patti Austin. He again topped the chart in 1990 with “I Don’t Have the Heart.”
He was well known for his soundtrack work, most notably a duet with Linda Ronstadt on “Somewhere Out There,” for the 1986 animated film “An American Tail.” It reached No. 2 on the pop chart and won the Grammy for Song of the Year (with the award going to songwriters James Horner and Cynthia Weil).
Ingram was nominated for 14 Grammy awards from 1982 through 1996, winning for male vocal R&B performance for “One Hundred Ways” and for R&B performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with Michael McDonald, “Yah Mo B There.” Among his other Grammy nods was a nomination for best new artist.
Many on twitter have expressed their pain of losing the great man and awesome voice as well.
There are no words to convey how much my ❤️ aches with the news of the passing of my baby brother, James Ingram. With that soulful, whisky sounding voice, James was simply magical. He was, & always will be, beyond compare. Rest In Peace my baby bro…You’ll be in my ❤️ forever pic.twitter.com/oZtA9h8uZR
— Quincy Jones (@QuincyDJones) January 29, 2019
RIP the great James Ingram, a vocalist all vocalists looked up to,, @984inthemorning @Amina_Kenya @DjJoeMfalme @Maqbuli,, james Ingram song songparty animal ikam through, my he rest with the angels, ???#MidWeekParty pic.twitter.com/YltSpS194v
— Vivian K Aluse. (@vivaluse7) January 30, 2019
what is your favorite song in Ingram’s great records?