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((short description|American singer (1944-2017)))
((more citations needed|date=April 2017))
((Infobox person
| name               = Cuba Gooding
| image              = CubaGoodingSrByPhilKonstantin (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Gooding in 2008
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = ((Birth date|mf=yes|1944|04|27))
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|2017|04|20|1944|04|27|mf=y))
| death_place        = [[Woodland Hills, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Trinity Church Cemetery]]
| years_active       = 1964–2017
| spouse             = ((plainlist|
* ((marriage|Shirley Sullivan|1966|1974|reason=divorced))
* ((marriage|<!--Shirley Sullivan-->|1995))
))
| children           = 4, including [[Cuba Gooding Jr.|Cuba Jr.]] and [[Omar Gooding|Omar]]
| relatives          = [[Mason Gooding]] (grandson)
| occupation      = Singer
))

'''Cuba Mark Gooding''' (April 27, 1944&nbsp;– April 20, 2017) was an American singer. He was the most successful lead singer of the [[soul music|soul]] group [[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]], replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1971. According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|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 [[Billboard Hot 100|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.<ref name=Billboard170421 /><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/418574/main-ingredient/chart|title=The Main Ingredient - Chart history |website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2017))</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Harlem]], [[New York City]], Gooding was a son of Dudley MacDonald Gooding (1890–1955) and his wife Addie Alston.<ref name="BBC">((cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39657941|title=Cuba Gooding Sr found dead in LA|first=Mark|last=Savage|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=London|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=April 23, 2017))</ref> The elder Gooding was a native of [[Barbados]] who fled the island in 1936 to [[Cuba]], and met and married a woman there. When she was murdered because of their affiliation with [[Pan-Africanism|Pan Africanist]] leader [[Marcus Garvey]], Dudley Gooding promised his wife on her deathbed that he would name his first son Cuba.<ref name="BBC"/> His father died when Cuba was 11 years old.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000927cuba3.asp|title=Stage Preview: Acting takes Cuba Gooding Sr. on an inspirational tour|first=Eve|last=Modzelewski|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher=PG Publishing|date=September 27, 2000|access-date=November 19, 2008))</ref> Gooding's father was a taxi driver in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="BBC"/><ref name="NPR">((cite news|first=Anastasia|last=Tsioulcas|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/04/21/524975190/cuba-gooding-sr-star-of-the-main-ingredient-dies-at-72|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., Star Of The Main Ingredient, Dies At 72|work=[[NPR]]|location=Washington, D.C.|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=April 23, 2017))</ref>

==Career==
Gooding Sr. was lead singer of The Charades in the 1960s. He joined [[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]] as a back-up vocalist.<ref name="NPR"/> He became the lead singer after lead singer Donald McPherson died of [[leukemia]] in 1971.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/cuba-gooding-sr-dead-72-report-article-1.3082321|title=Cuba Gooding Sr. dead at 72 of possible overdose: report|first=Kate|last=Feldman|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=April 22, 2017))</ref> The 1973 album ''Afrodisiac'' featured several songs co-written by [[Stevie Wonder]].<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/people/2017/04/20/cuba-gooding-sr-reportedly-found-dead-car-california/100721088/|title=Cuba Gooding Sr. reportedly found dead in his car|first=Melody|last=Baetens|work=[[The Detroit News]]|publisher=[[Digital First Media]]|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=April 22, 2017))</ref> Gooding left The Main Ingredient in either 1977 or 1978.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="NPR"/>((ref|1|1)) He had a brief solo career on [[Motown Records]] during the late 1970s and early 1980s making two albums;<ref name="LarkinSM">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-733-9|page=102))</ref> the first was titled ''The 1st Cuba Gooding Album''.<ref name="NPR"/> His biggest international success was [[Brian Auger]]'s "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]] group [[Altern-8]] in 1991. In 1980, Gooding returned to The Main Ingredient and made two more albums for [[RCA Victor]].<ref name="NPR"/> In 1991, samples from the song also featured prominently in [[Bizarre Inc]]'s single "Playing With Knives". Gooding released a [[single (music)|single]] called "Politics" in September 2007. He was also 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., Cuba Gooding Jr. and Omar Gooding.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.thecharlottepost.com/index.php?src=news&refno=725&category=Arts%20and%20Entertainment&PHPSESSID=dc5c39d58150337bdcef2acd1f6bda9e|title=CIAA is rare homecoming for R&B legend|last=Persinger|first=Ryanne|work=[[The Charlotte Post]]|date=February 29, 2008|access-date=April 23, 2017))</ref>

On the ''[[Boat Trip (film)|Boat Trip]]'' DVD trivia track, it was stated that he was going to appear in the 2003 romantic-comedy ''[[The Fighting Temptations]]'', which stars his son Cuba Gooding Jr., but he is not in the movie.

Gooding appeared on the ''Beach Music Super Collaboration'' CD, performing the Charles Wallert composition, "Meant To Be In Love". This led to the duo's project, “Never Give Up” (Bluewater Recordings), which debuted at the 2009 presidential inauguration.<ref>((cite web|url=http://rzdyt.bluewaterrecordings.com/news.html|title='Never Give Up' Reviewed by RadioIndy.com!|work=Bluewater Recordings|publisher=Bluewater Recordings, Inc.|location=New York City|access-date=April 23, 2017))</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Gooding moved from the [[Bronx]] to southern [[California]] in the 1970s.<ref name="NYT">((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/arts/music/cuba-gooding-sr-dead-soul-singer.html|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., Soul Singer, Dies at 72|agency=Associated Press|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=April 23, 2017))</ref> Gooding and his wife, singer Shirley Gooding (née Sullivan) had four children: actors [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], [[Omar Gooding]], actress April Gooding and musician Tommy Gooding. Gooding Sr. later became a minor actor himself. Gooding Sr. separated from his wife in 1974. In 1995, the Goodings remarried.

In 2011, he had a residence in [[Rosarito Beach, Mexico]] where he performed at least one charity concert.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.blueroadrunner.com/goodingsr.htm|title=Cuba Gooding Sr. Sings in San Felipe|website=www.blueroadrunner.com|access-date=2020-01-30))</ref> He also had a residence in [[Flagler Beach, Florida]].<ref>((Cite web|last=Abbott|first=Jim|title=Cuba Gooding's Main Ingredient: Soul|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/os-cuba-gooding-orlando-20141119-story.html|access-date=2021-12-10|website=orlandosentinel.com))</ref>

On April 20, 2017, one week before his 73rd birthday, Gooding was found dead in his vehicle while parked on a street in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]]. [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] was performed by the fire department but they were unable to revive him.<ref>((cite news|url=http://people.com/movies/cuba-gooding-sr-dead/|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., 70s Singer and Father to Cuba Jr., Dead at 72: Report|last=Goldblatt|first=Daniel|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|language=en-US|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=April 21, 2017))</ref><ref name=Billboard170421>((cite magazine| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7767914/cuba-gooding-sr-everybody-plays-the-fool-singer-dad-dies-72|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., 'Everybody Plays the Fool' Singer & Dad to Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 72|last=Stutz|first=Colin|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=April 21, 2017))</ref> An autopsy determined he died of natural causes.<ref name="cause of death">((cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/219083_cuba_gooding_sr_cause_of_death_revealed |title=Cuba Gooding Sr. Cause of Death Revealed, Medical Examiner Reports Natural Causes |last=Ungerman |first=Alex |work=ET Online |publisher=CBS Studios Inc. |date=June 6, 2017 |access-date=October 23, 2017 ))</ref>

He is interred at the [[Trinity Church Cemetery]] in Manhattan.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://rockandrollroadmap.com/places/burial-sites/north-east-u-s-burial-sites/buried-here-cuba-gooding-sr/|title=Buried Here - Cuba Gooding, Sr - Lead Singer Of The Main Ingredient|date=21 February 2018|website=Rockandrollroadmap.com|access-date=July 3, 2021))</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
((Refbegin))
# ((note|1)) [[BBC News]] gives the year as 1977. [[NPR]] gives the year as 1978.
((refend))

===Citations===
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb name|328949|Cuba Gooding))
((The Main Ingredient|state=autocollapse))
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