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LUTHER INGRAM +

BIOGRAPHY

Born Luther Thomas Ingram, 30 November 1944, Jackson, Tennessee, USA. This singer/songwriter's professional career began in New York with work for producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Several unsuccessful singles followed, including I Spy For The FBI, which failed in the wake of Jamo Thomas's 1966 hit version. Luther then moved to Koko Records, a tiny independent label later marketed by Stax. Ingram's career flourished in the wake of this arrangement. With Mack Rice he helped compose Respect Yourself for the Staple Singers, while several of his own releases were R&B hits. The singer's finest moment came when his 1972 recording of the classic Homer
Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton song, (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right. This tale of infidelity was later recorded by Rod Stewart, Millie Jackson and Barbara Mandrell, but neither matched the heartbreaking intimacy Luther brought to his superb original version. It went on to sell over a million copies and reached number 3 in the US pop charts. The haunting I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) then followed as the artist proceeded to fashion a substantial body of work. His undoubted potential was undermined by Koko's financial problems, but after eight years in the commercial wilderness, Ingram returned to the R&B chart in 1986 with
Baby Don't Go Too Far. He died on monday 19, march 2007.

KOKO DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

Koko 2101 : Oh Baby, You Can Depend On Me / Looking For A New Love
Koko 2102 : Pity For The Lonely / Looking For A New Love
Koko 2103 : Putting Game Down / Since You Don't Want Me
Koko 2104 : My Honey And Me / I Can't Stop
Koko 2105 : Home Don't Seem Like Home / Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
Koko 2106 : I'll Just Call You Honey / To The Other Man
Koko 2107 : Since You Don't Want Me / Be Good To Me Baby
Koko 2108 : I'll Love You Until The End / Ghetto Train
Koko 2109 : I Remember / Help Me Love
Koko 2110 : Missing You / You Were Made For Me
Koko 2111 : (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right / Puttin' Game Down
Koko 2113 : I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) / I Can't Stop
Koko 2115 : Always / Help Me Love
Koko 2116 : Love Ain't Gonna Run Me Away / To The Other Man

Vinyl Albums

I'VE BEEN HERE ALL THE TIME - KOKO 2201 (reissued on CD)

Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)/You We're Made For Me/Oh Baby You Can Depend On Me/My Honey And Me/I'll Just Call You Honey/Since You Don't Want Me//Missing You/I'll Love You Until The End/Be Good To Me Baby/Pity For The Lonely/To The Other Man/Ghetto Train.

(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT - KOKO 2202 (reissued on CD)

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right/I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm)/Always/Dying And Crying/Help Me Love//I'm Trying To Sing A Message To You/I Remember/I'll Love You Until The End/Love Ain't Gonna Run Me Away/I Can't Stop.

CD

IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT. A GOLDEN CLASSICS EDITION - Collectable Records COL5192

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right/Always/Let's Steal Away To The Hideaway/Get To Me/Sweet Inspiration/I'll Just Call You Honey/Help Me Love/I Remember/I'll Be Your Shelter (In The Time Of Storm)/You Got To Give Love To Save Love/Missing You/Oh Baby You Can Depend On Me.

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