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"One Hundred Ways" is a 1981 single released from Quincy Jones's album The Dude on A&M Records. The song features James Ingram on vocals. The song reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. [1] It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number five in the U.S. and number six in Canada.
"Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" both feature vocalist James Ingram's debut and reached No. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album gained moreover heavy dance airplay for lead single "Ai No Corrida", which reached No. 28 on the Top 40 and 14 in the UK Singles Chart.
One Hundred Ways" won him the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his work. On December 11, 1981, Ingram appeared as a guest on the Canadian comedy series SCTV (which aired on NBC), singing "Just Once". [8] Ingram's debut album, It's Your Night, was released in 1983 and included the ballad "There's No Easy Way". [4]
The song is built on a synth riff sampled from Greg Phillinganes' solo in "One Hundred Ways", while lyrically MF Doom brags about selling his music the way others deal drugs. [2] [3] He laments that "Only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck / And still keep your attitude on self-destruct", [4] and also repeats a verse. [5]
Kathleen Rae "Kathy" Wakefield is an American songwriter, singer and fiction author known for co-writing The Supremes' hit single "Nathan Jones" that was released by Motown and used as a soundtrack for the film Rain Man and for co-writing the Grammy-winning song "One Hundred Ways".
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"Baby, Come to Me", a love ballad from Patti Austin's 1981 album Every Home Should Have One, was her duet with James Ingram. It was written by Rod Temperton (formerly of Heatwave ). The song was released as a single in April 1982, initially peaking at No. 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
And I got this one boy. And he won’t stop calling. When they act this way. I know I got ‘em. Too bad your ex don’t do it for ya. Walked in and dream came trued it for ya. Soft skin and I ...