Cuba Gooding, Sr.

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Cuba Gooding, Sr. (born April 27, 1944, in New York City, New York) is the lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, most notable for its two biggest hits, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972) and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974). Gooding also had a brief solo career on Motown Records during the late-1970s and early-1980s. His biggest international success was "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" in 1983, which has in recent times been sampled by several R&B artists, as well as hitting the charts again as a remix by UK Hardcore Rave pranksters/genii Altern-8 in 1991.

Gooding and his wife, singer Shirley Gooding, are the parents of actors Cuba Gooding, Jr., Omar Gooding, April Gooding and musician Tommy Gooding. Gooding, Sr, later became a minor actor himself.

In one of Cuba's movies (Radio) there is a scene where "Radio" is listening to the radio and one of the songs of The Main Ingredient.

Gooding is releasing a new single called "Politics" in September 2007. He also is developing a film project called Everybody Plays the Fool: The Cuba Gooding Story. The film highlights three generations of the Gooding Family: Dudley "Cuba" Gooding, Cuba Gooding, Sr., and Cuba Gooding, Jr.