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Luther
Ingram remains best
remembered for the plaintive 1972 ballad
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be
Right. Written by Homer Banks, Raymond
Jackson and Carl Hampton, the song sold over
a million copies, reached number one on
Billboard magazine's R&B chart, and peaked
at number three on the Hot 100 chart. It was
later recorded by Rod Stewart, Millie
Jackson, and Barbara Mandrell, among others.
Luther was also a gifted
songwriter, teaming with Mack Rice to
co-write the Staple Singers' classic
empowerment anthem "Respect Yourself."
Although Ingram last scored a
hit on the Profile label in the 1986 with
Baby Don't Go Too Far, his most prolific
period was 1970 - 1978 for Koko Records,
charting with Let's Steal Away to the
Hideaway, I'll Be Your Shelter in
Time of Storm, I'm Trying to Sing a
Message to You, Always, I'll
Just Call You Honey,
Do You Love Somebody,
and others.
This LocoBop compilation
entitled
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be
Right
contains ten great tracks from Luther’s Koko
period, recorded either at Stax, backed by
the Barkays or Isaac Hayes’s band, The
Movement, or in Muscle Shoals with the famed
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. |
