Person
Cuba Gooding
- Spezialität
- Schauspiel
- Geburt
- 27. April 1944 · 72 Jahre
- Tod
- 20. April 2017
- Herkunft
- New York City, New York, U.S.
Aliasse
Cuba Gooding Sr.
Werdegang
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 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. From Wikipedia.
