James Ingram - Its Your Night (2012)

James Ingram began performing with the band Revelation Funk in the early
70s, moving from Akron, Ohio to Los Angeles in 1973. During the 70s, Ingram
supported Ray Charles on the road with backup vocals and piano, played
keyboards behind the Coasters on Dick Clark's oldies revues, and was Leon
Haywood's musical director. After hearing a demo of him singing "Just
Once", Quincy Jones asked Ingram to perform on his new album.

Released in 1980 on "The Dude", the number 17 "Just Once" was Ingram's
first success, resulting in three Grammy nominations - Best New Artist,
Best Pop Male Vocal, and Best R&B Vocal - winning in the two latter
categories. Throughout the 80s, Ingram had steady popular success singing
duets, but all of his solo albums failed to make a dent in the charts; in
1990 he scored his first solo hit, "I Don't Have The Heart".

"It's Your Night" was Ingram's debut album, produced by Quincy Jones and
released by Qwest/Warner Bros. Records in July 1983. The album was
commercially successful, as it peaked at number 46 on the Billboard 200
album chart and reached number 14 on the Top Black Albums chart. The album
cut "Party Animal" received a nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance at the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984.

"It's Your Night" and the album's second single, "Yah Mo B There" (a duet
with Michael McDonald) received nominations for Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance, Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group,
winning in the latter.