On July 27, 1983, “Qwest Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “It’s Your Night”, the debut James Ingram album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Westlake” and “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. In 1985, the album track “Yah Mo B There” won “Grammy Award” for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group”.

Personnel:

• James Ingram – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements
• Quincy Jones – African voices, electric piano, arrangements
• Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, arrangements
• Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
• Larry Carlton – guitars
• George Doering – guitars
• Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers
• David Foster – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
• Jimmy Smith – organ, synthesizers
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
• Mark Vieha – synthesizers, arrangements
• Craig Hundley – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
• Rod Temperton – synthesizers, arrangements
• Don Dorsey – synthesizers
• David Paich – synthesizers, arrangements
• Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar
• Abe Laboriel – bass guitar
• Nathan East – bass guitar
• Harvey Mason Sr. – drums
• John Robinson – drums
• Raymond Calhoun – drums
• Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Steve Ray – fingerpopper
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• Larry Williams – saxophone
• Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
• Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn 
• Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• 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
• Johnny Mandel – arrangements

Track listing:

1. Party Animal – James Ingram, Richard Page, Mark Vieha
2. Yah Mo B There – James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton
3. She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be) – Jim Photoglo, Brian Francis Neary
4. Try Your Love Again – Glen Ballard, Brock Walsh
5. Whatever We Imagine – David Foster, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Lubbock
6. One More Rhythm – Rod Temperton
7. There’s No Easy Way – Barry Mann
8. It’s Your Night – James Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
9. How Do You Keep the Music Playing – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand