(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right

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According to the (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right Songfacts, Homer Banks, Ray Jackson and Carl Hampton wrote the song in the middle of the night sometime around 1970. The had the Stax girl-group The Emotions record the song, but their uptempo version didn't work and the song sat on the shelf until the R&B singer Luther Ingram found the tape while visiting the studios. He took the tape and worked out a more mournful arrangement with a Gospel feel. Then he recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama, utilizing a Wurlitzer piano with an E… read more
According to the (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right Songfacts, Homer Banks, Ray Jackson and Carl Hampton wrote the song in the m… read more
According to the (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right Songfacts, Homer Banks, Ray Jackson and Carl Hampton wrote the song in the middle of the night sometime around 19… read more

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Luther Ingram

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Luther Thomas Ingram (November 30, 1937 — March 19, 2007) was an R&B soul singer and songwriter. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, his songs appeared in the pop and R & B charts, even though he worked for a small label, Koko Records, owned by his manager and producer, Johnny Baylor. Koko and Baylor were closely associated with the Memphis-based Stax Records label during the height of its commercial success. Ingram is best known for his hit, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson. The song placed … read more
Luther Thomas Ingram (November 30, 1937 — March 19, 2007) was an R&B soul singer and songwriter. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, his songs appeared in the pop and R & B charts, even tho… read more
Luther Thomas Ingram (November 30, 1937 — March 19, 2007) was an R&B soul singer and songwriter. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, his songs appeared in the pop and R & B charts, even though he worked for a small label, Koko Records,… read more

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