Song:(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
Album:Greatest Hits
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right was the biggest hit in the career of R & B singer Luther Ingram. It was also the only time his music got decent distribution. He also had success as a songwriter. He was born Nov. 30, 1944 in Jackson, TN and grew up in Alton, IL. He started out in the family gospel group The Midwest Crusaders but got into secular music when he met Ike Turner in St. Louis and opened for him. He moved to New York in the early 60s and recorded some unsuccessful singles for Decca Records producer Milt Gabler. In 1968, he signed with Johnny Baylor's KoKo Records and had enough success on the R & B charts that Stax signed a national distribution deal. This eventually led to (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Though Ingram was an accomplished songwriter best known for co-writing The Staples Singers hit Respect Yourself. I Don't Want To Be Right was written by Stax house songwriters Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson & Carl Hampton and was originally recorded by The Emotions. Ingram continued to have some success on the R & B charts until Stax went bankrupt in 1975. This comp from The Right Stuff has all his Stax hits. Ingram returned to the R & B charts in 1986 with Baby Don't Get Too Far on Profile Records and he also recorded for Ichiban in 1992. Luther Ingram died on Mar. 19, 2007 at age 62. Here's Luther Ingram performing (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right in the 1972 film Wattstax.
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