R.I.P. Cuba Gooding, Sr. (The Main Ingredient)

Read More The Main Ingredient The Main Ingredient became much more famous on the national level once Cuba Gooding, Sr. took over as its lead singer. But the group was in fine hands under the direction of its origina ....

Lead singer of soul group The Main Ingredient, Cuba Gooding, Sr., has passed away at the age of 72. He was found dead in his car on Thursday (April 20th).

Rolling Stone said that “Gooding appeared to have died of natural causes or a drug overdose.”

Gooding Sr originally was the backup singer on the Main Ingredient, but became the lead singer after the death of former frontman Donald McPherson in 1971. The group’s biggest hit song, ‘Everybody Plays the Fool’ came out in 1972 and sold over 1 million copies.

It should also be noted that Cuba Gooding Sr is the father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr.

Below are more deaths for the month of April - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.

April (32)

[20 Apr 2017] Cuba Gooding, Sr (singer for Main Ingredient, father of Cuba Gooding Jr), 72, natural causes or a drug overdose

[17 Apr 2017] Willy Cruz (Filipino songwriter and composer, stroke), 70

[16 Apr 2017] Allan Holdsworth (British guitarist and composer for Bruford, Soft Machine, U.K., Tempest), 70

[15 Apr 2017] Sylvia Moy (American songwriter and record producer), 78

[14 Apr 2017] Bruce Langhorne (American folk musician who inspired "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan and film scorer The Hired Hand), 78, complications from a stroke

[14 Apr 2017] Martín Elías (Colombian vallenato singer), 26, traffic collision

[13 Apr 2017] José Miguel Class (Puerto Rican singer), 78

[13 Apr 2017] Tom Coyne (American Grammy award-winning music engineer), 62

[12 Apr 2017] Toby Smith (British keyboardist for Jamiroquai), 46

[12 Apr 2017] Barry Smith (American drummer for Lee Michaels, Sweathog, Soulhat), 71

[12 Apr 2017] Mika Vainio (Finnish electronic and experimental musician for Pan Sonic), 53

[12 Apr 2017] Peggy Hayama (Japanese singer), 83, pneumonia

[11 Apr 2017] J. Geils (American guitarist at The J. Geils Band), 71

[11 Apr 2017] Eric Cook (British heavy metal band manager for Venom and record label executive, co-founder of Demolition Records), cancer

[10 Apr 2017] David Angel (British violinist for Maggini Quartet, London Chamber Orchestra), 62, heart attack

[10 Apr 2017] Banner Thomas (American bass guitarist for Molly Hatchet), 63, pneumonia

[09 Apr 2017] Alan Henderson (Northern Irish bassist for Them), ?

[09 Apr 2017] Bob Wootton (American country guitarist for Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three), 75

[08 Apr 2017] Kim Plainfield (American jazz drummer), 63

[08 Apr 2017] Keni Richards (American drummer for Autograph), 60

[07 Apr 2017] Ben Speer (American musician for Speer Family), 86

[06 Apr 2017] David Peel (American singer and political activist), 73, heart attack

[05 Apr 2017] Leo J. Baroi (Bangladeshi singer), 66, heart attack

[05 Apr 2017] Paul O'Neill (American producer, composer and songwriter for Trans-Siberian Orchestra), 61

[03 Apr 2017] Kishori Amonkar (Indian classical singer), 84

[03 Apr 2017] Brenda Jones (American R&B singer for The Jones Girls), 62, traffic collision

[03 Apr 2017] L.A. Dre (American record producer and keyboardist)

[02 Apr 2017] Vivienne de Silva Boralessa (Sri Lankan singer), 86

[01 Apr 2017] Louis Sarno (American musicologist and author), 62

[01 Apr 2017] Lonnie Brooks (American blues guitarist and singer), 83

[01 Apr 2017] Ikutaro Kakehashi (Japanese engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Ace Tone and Roland Corporation), 87

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