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Cuba Gooding Sr.

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Body of Singer Cuba Gooding Sr. Found In Woodland Hills

 

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Main Ingredient feat. Cuba Gooding Sr. - Just Don't Want to be Lonely

 

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Cuba Gooding Sr. does a Carl Lewis with the Nat'l Anthem

 

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Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool

 

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Surveillance video shows Cuba Gooding Jr's alleged groping incident

Cuba Gooding Sr. was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who died unexpectedly of leukemia in 1971. According to Billboard, as the lead vocalist he scored five top 10 hits most notably, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972), peaking at No. 2 for three weeks, and peaking at No. 3 on Billboard′s all-genre Hot-100 list. "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974), "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" and "Rolling Down a Mountainside" were also top 10 hits on Billboard charts. He also recorded as a solo artist with hits of his own.
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