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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. |
