James Ingram

James Ingram is one of those artists whose voice hits you somewhere deep before your brain even catches up — silky, aching, completely unmistakable. Growing up in Akron, Ohio and finding his way into Quincy Jones's orbit was basically destiny, and what a run they had together: "Just Once," "One Hundred Ways," "Yah Mo B There" with Michael McDonald, "Baby Come to Me" with Patti Austin — the guy racked up two Grammy Awards and two Oscar nominations for Best Original Song, including "Somewhere Out There" with Linda Ronstadt, which still wrecks me every time. He was never a tabloid fixture or a flashy showman; he just showed up, opened his mouth, and made you feel things. Losing him in January 2019 was a quiet tragedy that the music world didn't make enough noise about, and that feels exactly like him — underappreciated in the moment, irreplaceable in hindsight.

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Name (English)

James Ingram

Name (Japanese)

ジェームス・イングラム

Reading

じぇーむす・いんぐらむ

Born

February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019

Origin

Akron, Ohio, United States

Occupation

singer / songwriter / record producer / pianist / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

University

University of Akron

Awards & achievements

• Grammy Awards

• Official sitehttp://www.jamesingramsmusic.com
• Xhttps://x.com/jamesingramsing
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Ingram
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435789

Tags

• Ohio
• singer
• songwriter
• record producer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.