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James Ingram (born February 16, 1956) is an American singer, record producer, and instrumentalist. He is a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. Since beginning his career in 1973, Ingram has charted eight U.S. Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from the early 1980s until the early 1990s, as well charting with thirteen top 40 hits on the R&B singles chart. He has also amassed two number-one singles on the Hot 100: "Baby, Come to Me" which top the US pop chart in 1983 (a duet with R&B singer Patti Austin) and "I Don't Have the Heart", which became his second No. 1 in 1990, his first as a solo artist. Ingram co-written "The Day I Fall In Love" (for rock musician Patty Smyth), from the motion picture Beethoven's 2nd and "Look What Love Has Done", from the motion picture Junior which has earned him nominations for Best Original Song from the Oscars, Golden Globe and Grammy Awards in 1994 and 1995.
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Shaft [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2019]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden [Sweet Seduction Suite] | 6:39 |
I'm Every Woman: Decades in the Groove [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me |
Awesome 80s Romance [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Simply Power Ballads [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me |
Duets [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 3:59 |
Icon [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 3:58 |
Top 100 80s [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Latest & Greatest: Duets [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:34 |
Romantically Yours [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 4:00 |
Baby, Come to Me | 3:38 |
I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Jazzin' Divas [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come To Me | 3:35 |
One Hundred Ways [2012]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways [In the Style of James Ingram] [Performance Track With | 4:12 |
Romantically Yours: Sweet Love [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:38 |
I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Romantically Yours: When a Man Loves a Woman [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 4:00 |
Smooth Jazz Basics [2012]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:15 |
Soul Sisters: A Black History Month Celebration [2012]
Song | Duration |
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My People | 5:50 |
101 Soul Anthems [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me | 3:36 |
Easy 80s [Time Life Box Set] [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Easy 80s: At This Moment [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Ferry Maat's Soulshow Top 100 [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me | 3:35 |
Icon [2011]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:19 |
Top Hits/90's Only Number 1's [2011]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:15 |
Magic of David Foster & Friends [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Whatever We Imagine | 4:02 |
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Secret Garden | 5:53 |
Number Ones [2009]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:41 |
Unlimited [58 Tracks] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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The Erotic Garden | 8:54 |
From the Heart: More Classics [2008]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:13 |
Stand (In the Light) [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Let Go | 4:34 |
Blessed Assurance | 4:17 |
Everything Must Change | 4:50 |
Yah-Mo Be There | 4:31 |
#1 R&B Pop Classics of the 90s [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:16 |
Casey Kasem Presents: The Long Distance Dedications [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere out There | 3:58 |
Classic Soul Ballads [Time Life Box Set] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing | 4:19 |
Intimate Patti Austin [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Love [Warner] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Number 1's: '90 Soul [2007]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:39 |
The Art of Love & War [2007]
Song | Duration |
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My People | 5:58 |
Top Hits of the 80s: Biggest Hits [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Top Hits of the 90s: Absolute Hits [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:15 |
WNUA 95.5 - Smooth Jazz Sampler, Vol. 20 Anniversary [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me | 3:35 |
Love Songs: Gold [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Just Once | 4:31 |
Music Gratis Art [2006]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:10 |
Natural High: All Time Greatest Slow Jams, Vol. 1 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Tonight I Celebrate My Love [Hallmark #2] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:30 |
Turn Up the Sexy: Smooth R&B [2006]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways |
Body and Soul: Platinum [2005]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:20 |
Old School Soul Party [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Peabo Bryson Presents Classic Soul Ballads [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing | 4:17 |
Power of Love [Madacy #2] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Slow Jams, Vol. 3 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:44 |
Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Ultimate 16: Radio '90s [2005]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Body + Soul: Duets [2004]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:18 |
Classic Soul Ballads: Nite And Day [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Easy Like Sunday Morning [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me | 3:34 |
KKSF 103.7 FM Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 15 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:32 |
Love, Q [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:16 |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing | 4:17 |
The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:42 |
Melodies: The Best of Ballads [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me |
Smooth Vocal Music for Small Rooms [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:34 |
Tonight I Celebrate My Love [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:30 |
Ultimate Love Songs Collection: When a Man Loves a Woman [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 4:00 |
Ultimate Love [Madacy] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
I Don't Have the Heart | 4:10 |
80's Pop: The Best of Smooth Love Songs [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Baby Come to Me & Other Hits [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me | 3:35 |
Billboard #1 Hits of the '80s [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 4:14 |
Billboard #1 Hits of the '90s [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Body + Soul Duets [2003]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing | 4:19 |
More Ultimate Power of Love [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:10 |
Super Sweet: For Lovers Only [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me |
The Ultimate Collection [Box Set] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden [Sweet Seduction Suite] | 6:47 |
The Very Best of Al B. Sure! [2003]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden [Sweet Seduction Suite] | 6:41 |
WSJT 94.1: Smooth Jazz, Vol. 6 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:15 |
40 Years of Jukebox Hits: The 50's, 60's, 70's & 80's [2002]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
Jukebox Hits of the '80s [Collectables] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 2:58 |
Centerfold | 4:18 |
Silky Soul Singers [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:33 |
Singers And Songwriters: 1980-1986 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me |
Sweet Love: The Very Best of Anita Baker [2002]
Song | Duration |
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When You Love Someone | 4:10 |
The Best of Linda Ronstadt [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There |
The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt [Bonus Tracks] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 3:59 |
Together: 38 All Time Classic Duets & Collaborations [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:34 |
Ultimate Collection [2002]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:20 |
Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:41 |
Ultimate Collection [SACD] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:19 |
The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:40 |
Ultimate Power of Love [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Quincy Jones [2001]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
80's Soul Weekender [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Yah Mo B There | 4:29 |
Back to Black: 1900-1999 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Come to Me | 3:37 |
Body + Soul: After Dark [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Body and Soul: Smooth Jams [2001]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:20 |
Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul: Inspirational Duets About Love [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:34 |
Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1980-1984 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
New Millennium Love Songs [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:38 |
Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones [2001]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:23 |
The Secret Garden [Sweet Seduction Suite] | 6:42 |
Soul Classics [MCA Special Products] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
Sunday Love Songs [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:34 |
The Ultimate Jukebox Hits of the '80s, Vol. 2 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
The Very Best of Patti Austin: The Singles (1969-1986) [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:34 |
All for Love [Amherst] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:11 |
Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1983 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Heart of Soul Classics [2000]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
Love Songs 2: Expressions of Love [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:30 |
Romantic Duets [K-Tel] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Best of Love [Madacy] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Broken Hearted Soul Essentials, Vol. 1 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:35 |
Forever More (Love Songs, Hits & Duets) [1999]
From Q with Love: A Personal Love Letter [1999]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:16 |
From Q, With Love [1999]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:41 |
Baby, Come To Me | 3:39 |
One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing | 4:19 |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:15 |
The Best of Patti Austin [Japan] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
The Linda Ronstadt Box Set [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 4:01 |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Collection [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Love and Inspiration [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
De Pre Historie: De Jaren 80, Vol. 2 (1984) [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Yah Mo B There | 4:30 |
Friends for Life: Men and Women United in Harmony [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Highway Rock: Breaking up Is Hard to Do [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:35 |
Love Superstars of the 90's [1998]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:13 |
Soul Classics: Best of the 80's [1998]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:21 |
Soul Inspiration [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Yah Mo B There | 4:30 |
The Best of Smooth Jazz, Vol. 3 [Warner] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
The Best of Smooth Jazz, Vol. 4 [Warner] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? [Theme from Best Friends] | 4:16 |
Touch of David Foster [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Whatever We Imagine | 4:00 |
Warner Brothers 75 Years Entertaining [1998]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? [From Best Friends] | 4:16 |
Duets: 36 of the World's Greatest Ever Duets [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Yah Mo B There | 4:29 |
Heart Beats: Soul Serenade - Intimate R&B [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
If I Had My Way [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Wish You Were Here | 4:14 |
Old Skool Reunion [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Yah Mo B There |
Sounds of the Eighties: 1984-1985 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Yah Mo B There | 4:32 |
Sprung [Original Soundtrack] [1997]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:40 |
Black History Month 1997 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Duets: A Woman & A Man [1996]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:18 |
It Takes Two [Columbia] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | |
Yah Mo B There |
Love Jams, Vol. 1 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | 4:17 |
I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Quiet Storms 2 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me |
Sounds of the Eighties: The Early '80s, Take Two [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Sweet Love [Warner Special Products] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:13 |
The Songs of West Side Story [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Maria | 4:39 |
80's Greatest Rock Hits, Vol. 13: Soft Sounds [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
Forget Paris [Original Soundtrack] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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When You Love Someone | 4:10 |
Nachtwacht [1995]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden |
Only Love: 1980-1984 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:31 |
Quiet Storm [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:29 |
Romantic Duets [Scotti Brothers] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:39 |
Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Box Set [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:33 |
Soul of a Woman: 20 Soulful Ballads [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me |
Together: 20 Classic Soul Duets [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Video Soul: Best Soul of the 80's, Vol. 2 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:38 |
When You Love Someone [1995]
Song | Duration |
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When You Love Someone |
Forever '80s [Razor & Tie] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 4:32 |
Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Grammy's Greatest Moments, Vol. 3 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Just Once | 3:01 |
K-Tel Presents: '80s Love Jams [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:37 |
Superstars Best Love Songs, Vol. 3-4 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Always You [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Always You | 4:38 |
This Is the Night | 5:05 |
Sing for the Children | 5:07 |
Any Kind of Love | 6:56 |
Best Love Songs [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Best Love Songs, Vol. 4 [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Gypsy Honeymoon: Best of Kim Carnes [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Rough Edges | 4:46 |
All the Best Love Duets, Vol. 1 [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:35 |
Just for You [1992]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) [Album Version] | 6:41 |
Radio City Love Songs [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:36 |
City Slickers [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Where Did My Heart Go? | 3:53 |
The Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music [1991]
An American Tail [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 3:58 |
Back on the Block [1989]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:41 |
It's Real [1989]
Song | Duration |
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I Don't Have the Heart | 4:14 |
Baby Be Mine | 5:00 |
Someday We'll All Be Free | 4:11 |
Beverly Hills Cop II [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Better Way | 4:10 |
Classics, Vol. 3 [1987]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:18 |
An American Tail [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Out There | 3:59 |
Never Felt So Good [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Always | 4:17 |
Jane Fonda's Workout Tape [1984] [1984]
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways |
It's Your Night [1983]
Every Home Should Have One [1981]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me | 3:30 |
Sexual Healing [EMI]
Song | Duration |
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Baby, Come to Me |
Shaft [2019] [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Song | Duration |
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The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) | 6:41 |
Smooth
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:18 |
The Dude
Song | Duration |
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One Hundred Ways | 4:17 |
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