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Cuba Gooding Sr.
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American singer and actor (1944–2017)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-04-27
- Active to
- 2017-04-20
soul
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,848
- Total plays
- 12,397
Tags
soulfunkUSApopmotown
Cuba Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He was 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 Brian Auger's "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" in 1983 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cuba+Gooding
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills
- Child
- Omar Gooding
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
- Official website
- cuba-gooding.com
- Image
- CubaGoodingSrByPhilKonstantin.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cuba Gooding, Sr.
- date of birth
- 1944-04-27
- date of death
- 2017-04-20
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
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