James Ingram
James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time
Grammy Award-winner and a two-time
Academy Award nominee for
Best Original Song. After beginning his career in 1973, Ingram charted eight
top 40 hits on the U.S.
''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.
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''. The song and the music video both became hits. 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 1994 and 1995.
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