Cuba Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer a… Read Full Bio ↴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, 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 the same year, samples from the song also featured prominently in Bizarre Inc's single "Playing With Knives".

Born in New York, New York, Gooding was a son of Dudley MacDonald Gooding and his wife Addie Alston. 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 Africanist leader Marcus Garvey, Dudley Gooding promised his wife on her deathbed that he would name his first son Cuba. His father died when Cuba was eleven years old.

Gooding and his wife, singer Shirley Gooding (née Sullivan) had four children: actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Omar Gooding, 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, some 21 years after they separated.

In one of Cuba Gooding Jr.'s movies (Radio), there is a scene where "Radio" is listening to The Main Ingredient.

Gooding released a 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.

On the 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.

Cuba was added by popular demand to the Beach Music Super Collaboration CD, performing the Charles Wallert composition, "Meant To Be In Love". This has led to the duo’s current project, “Never Give Up”, which debuted at the 2009 presidential inauguration. Gooding records for Bluewater Recordings.

On April 20, 2017, Gooding was found dead in his vehicle while parked on a street in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. CPR was performed by the fire department but they were unable to revive him.

Spinning Around
Cuba Gooding Lyrics

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AH Nuc A man came to me, Praying the world. The world, he said, Is…
D-trax Up and down down you go highs and lows spin…
Feelnum Pour another one up like wet cement Because I feel stuck…
Gomo I saw you coming my way, Brushing the tops of the…
Guided by Voices A change another mob (?) threw through the window And vision…
Harem Scarem Well I feel like I've been moving In the wrong direction A…
Hillsong Kids Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da, …
Imany You never could take what you could see. Too much belief…
Jaffro I'll send an orange heart emoji In case you get the…

Jay-Ray & Gee All around round round…
Jolyon Petch I'm spinning around, move out of my way I know you're…
Jump 5 You keep me spinnin' around (round, round, round, round, ro…
Kate Ryan I got this feeling I can't explain You got me going…
KITCHEN - Kylie Minogue (Spinning around, spinning around) (Oh) I'm spinning around …
Laszlo Jones Why so many lies So many whispers am I hearing in…
Martina Sorbara [Chorus] Spinning around the sun Making my way (my way, maki…
Rookie of the Year I wanna hold on to you Every time that you're mine But…
Stoneberry I am walking To the cuckoo's nest I am going To…
The Kelly Family Hola muchacho como estan las muchachas Oh I live in New…
The Main Ingredient I see your face cloud over like a little girl′s And…
The Quill Too many satellites are spinning round the sun I can't get…
w-inds. You got me! 僕はもう You got me! 君のもの You got me! Hey,…
Wayfloe Around My head's spinning around Gonna fall on the ground A…
Kylie Minogue (Spinning around, spinning around) (Oh) I'm spinning around …