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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
Sweet Soul Singer 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.
Standout tracks include Oh Baby, You Can
Depend On Me, I'll Just Call You
Honey, Do You Love Somebody, Get To Me,
and Faces. |
