Cuba Gooding

Cuba Mark Gooding Sr April 27 1944 April 20 2017 was an American singer He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was diagnosed with 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 Billboards allgenre Hot100 list Just Dont 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 From Wikipedia