It's Your Night
It's Your Night is the debut album by American singer-songwriter James Ingram, released by Qwest Records/Warner Records on July 27, 1983. The album was commercially successful, as it peaked at number 46 on the Billboard 200 album chart and reached number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. It was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in early 1984, making this his highest-charting album and only RIAA-certified album.
The aforementioned album and its parent singles were nominated for quadruple Grammy Awards for both 1984 and 1985, with "Yah Mo B There", a duet with singer Michael McDonald, winning for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group.
It was his first on Qwest Records, which was run by Quincy Jones.
Track listing
All tracks are produced by Quincy Jones.Personnel
- James Ingram – lead vocals, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements, backing vocals, keyboards
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic piano
- Mark Vieha – synthesizers, arrangements
- Craig Hundley – synthesizer programming, synthesizers
- Quincy Jones – arrangements, African voices, electric piano
- Michael McDonald – synthesizers, arrangements, lead and backing vocals
- Rod Temperton – synthesizers, arrangements
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
- Don Dorsey – synthesizers
- David Paich – synthesizers, arrangements
- David Foster – keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic piano, arrangements
- Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
- Jimmy Smith – organ, synthesizers
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
- Larry Carlton – guitars
- George Doering – guitars
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Abe Laboriel – bass guitar
- Nathan East – bass guitar
- Harvey Mason – drums
- John Robinson – drums
- Raymond Calhoun – drums
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Steve Ray – fingerpopper
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone solo
- Larry Williams – saxophones
- Tom Scott – lyricon, saxophones, lyricon solo
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Johnny Mandel – arrangements
- Ollie E. Brown – backing vocals
- Zane Giles – backing vocals
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
- Susaye Greene Brown – backing vocals
- Howard Hewett – backing vocals
- Bunny Hull – backing vocals
- David Pack – backing vocals
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
- Augie Johnson – backing vocals
- Valerie Johnson – backing vocals
- Scherrie Payne – backing vocals
- Luther Vandross – backing vocals
- Tom Bahler – backing vocals
- Linda Harmon – backing vocals
- Edie Lehmann – backing vocals
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
- Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals
Production
- Producer – Quincy Jones
- Co-Producer on Track 9 – Johnny Mandel
- Production Assistants – Steve Ray and Mark Ross
- Tracks 1–8 recorded and mixed by Bruce Swedien
- Track 9 recorded by Joel Moss
- Additional Recording and Technical Director – Matt Forger
- Assistant Engineers – Steve Bates, Ric Butz, Mark Ettel and Greg Laney.
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios.
- Art Direction – Simon Levy and Jeri McManus
- Design – Jeri McManus
- Photography – Matthew Rolston
- Sleeve Notes – James Ingram and Quincy Jones