James Ingram - I Don't Have The Heart

James Ingram, who is a native of Akron, Ohio, now living in Los Angeles, who is a singer/musician/producer who began his career performing with the short-lived band Revelation Funk in the early '70s. After hearing a demo of him singing 'Just Once', Quincy Jones asked Ingram to perform on his new album in 1980, The Dude. The song, '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 1980s and 1990s, Ingram had steady popular success singing duets, as well as songwriting. On that note, Ingram wrote 'P.Y.T : Pretty Young Thing' for the late Michael Jackson, for his Thriller album. He was also took part in the multi-artist collaboration song, 'We Are The World' in 1985. His solo albums didn't score high on the charts until 1990, when he scored his first solo hits, 'I Don't Have the Heart', and 'Its Real', which was a New Jack Swing R&B hit produced by Teddy Riley and the late Gene Griffin. Also in 1990, he was in the multi-artist collaboration on the well known love ballad 'Secret Garden' from the Back On The Block album from Quincy Jones. In the 1990s Ingram recorded two albums: two of them are his best-of compilations. Ingram brings down to earth realness and truth to every song that he writes and produces.

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[Dorian Smith]

I think she got the point in the end when she just turned and walked away...sucks to be her...lol

[hard2find8]

I had to deliver this message once. I never forgot it. (18 yrs ago) She was/is a good person, which is why I had to do it. "Not the way that you want me to" - the critical notion. She has since married, I have not. God bless her, and forgive me.

[rainer1980]

Sometimes it's like that for a guy where you want to love someone, but you'd rather not get close to a girl trying to push you away because you care about her so much. Ingram expresses that conflicted feeling well.

[Joel Worth]

wow, interesting.

[Ralf S]

James Ingram.....definitely one of the great black singers of an earlier generation. Back when the black community had fantastic talented singers, i.e. Lionel, Peabo, and so many more. The now generation, has poor representation......my opinion.

[Lori Gosselin Marcoux]

this is the saddest lyrics for any song in the world, but it has the most beautiful musically with the piano and the violins and everything going.

[Delmesha Cleveland]

I love this song.

[liliby peter]

its just a video guys

[rey ernesto]

good

[Hoops590]

great song,

[Nidgy Nadj]

Yeah. See the guy trying hard not to look like he's anticipating saying these words at the first opportunity. Good get out of the doghouse song. Baby, it's not you, it's me variety.

[D Jay]

scary talented musician, but the video is hilarious, shes dancing to the fact shes getting dumped.