James Edward Ingram (born February 16, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He is a two-time
Grammy Award-winner and a two-time
Academy Award nominee for
Best Original Song. Since beginning his career in 1973, Ingram has charted eight
Top 40 hits on the US
Billboard Hot 100 chart from the early
1980s until the early
1990s, as well as thirteen top 40 hits on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In addition, he charted 20 hits on the
Adult Contemporary chart (including two number-ones). He had two number-one singles on the Hot 100: the first, a
duet with fellow
R&B artist
Patti Austin, 1982's "
Baby, Come to Me" topped the U.S. pop chart in
1983; "
I Don't Have the Heart", which became his second number-one in
1990 was his only number-one as a solo artist. In between these hits he also recorded the song "
Somewhere Out There" with fellow recording artist
Linda Ronstadt for the animated film
An American Tail. The song and the music video both became gigantic hits. Ingram co-wrote "The Day I Fall in Love", from the motion picture
Beethoven's 2nd (1993), and singer
Patty Smyth's "Look What Love Has Done", from the motion picture
Junior (1994), which earned him nominations for Best Original Song from the
Oscars,
Golden Globe, and Grammy Awards in 1994 and 1995.