Luther Ingram

Infobox Person
name = Luther Ingram
birth_date = birth date|1937|11|30|mf=y
birth_place = flagicon|USA Jackson, Tennessee, United States
death_date = death date and age|2007|3|19|1937|11|30|mf=y
death_place = flagicon|USA Belleville, Illinois, United States
occupation = R&B singer and songwriter

Luther Thomas Ingram (November 30 1937 — March 19 2007) was an R&B soul singer and songwriter.

Born in Jackson, Tennessee, his songs appeared in the pop and R & B charts, even though he worked for a small label, Koko Records, owned by his manager and producer, Johnny Baylor. Koko and Baylor were closely associated with the Memphis-based Stax Records label during the height of its commercial success.

Ingram is best known for his hit, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson. The song placed number one on "Billboard" magazine's R&B chart, and peaked at number three on that publication's Hot 100 chart in 1972 (later successfully covered by Millie Jackson, and Barbara Mandrell, Rod Stewart's version is on his album Foot Loose & Fancy Free). Other popular tracks include "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)" and "I'll Be Your Shelter." He also co-authored the Staples Singers hit, "Respect Yourself".

Ingram was responsible for the classic 1966 Northern Soul stormer "If It's All The Same To You" and it's instrumental "Exus Trek" on HIB records.

Ingram died March 19, 2007 at a Belleville, Ill., hospital of heart failure. He had suffered for years from diabetes, kidney disease and partial blindness, his wife, Jacqui Ingram, said. [http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/3/21/75452.shtml]

External links

* [http://www.lutheringrammusic.net Official Web Site]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259742,00.html Obituary]
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2430089.ece Obituary, "The Independent", 7 April 2007]
* [http://www.soulexpress.net/lutheringram_discography.htm The complete Luther Ingram discography at Soul Express]