The Main Ingredient

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The Main Ingredient was an American soul and R&B group best known for their smooth harmonies and the 1972 hit "Everybody Plays the Fool."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American soul group
R&B group
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1964
associatedAct Cuba Gooding Jr.
associatedGenreMovement 1970s New York soul scene
bestKnownFor the 1972 hit Everybody Plays the Fool
chartSuccess Everybody Plays the Fool reached the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 in 1972
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely reached the Billboard R&B chart in the 1970s
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
formedIn New York City
formedInYear 1964
genre R&B
disco
funk
soul
hasHitSingle Everybody Plays the Fool
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely
Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)
influencedByGenre doo-wop
gospel
lyricalThemes heartbreak
love and relationships
social commentary
member Cuba Gooding Sr.
Donald McPherson
Jerome Jackson
Luther Simmons Jr.
Stanley Alston
Tony Silvester
memberOfBandRole Cuba Gooding Sr. – lead vocalist
Donald McPherson – lead vocalist
musicalStyle smooth vocal harmonies
notableAlbum Afrodisiac
Bitter Sweet
Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates River

L.T.D. (Limited) collaboration era singles
notableWork Everybody Plays the Fool
Happiness Is Just Around the Bend
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely
Rolling Down a Mountainside
Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)
originalName The Insiders
The Poets
peakEra early 1970s
recordLabel BMG
RCA Records
reformedInDecade 1990s
vocalArrangement three-part harmony

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You Don't Know My Name sampledArtist The Main Ingredient
Let Me Prove My Love to You performer The Main Ingredient
Let Me Prove My Love to You artist The Main Ingredient
Let Me Prove My Love to You hasMusicalArtist The Main Ingredient
Let Me Prove My Love to You performer The Main Ingredient
subject surface form: Rolling Down a Mountainside
Cuba Gooding Sr. memberOf The Main Ingredient