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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The Main Ingredient canonical 52
The Main Ingredient (track) 2

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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
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 River
linked to: Euphrates

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
Rolling Down a Mountainside performer The Main Ingredient
subject linked to: Let Me Prove My Love to You
Cuba Gooding Sr. memberOf The Main Ingredient
Luther Simmons Jr. memberOf The Main Ingredient
Jerome Jackson memberOf The Main Ingredient
Rolling Down a Mountainside artist The Main Ingredient
Rolling Down a Mountainside performer The Main Ingredient
Everybody Plays the Fool performer The Main Ingredient
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Everybody Plays the Fool isSignatureSongOf The Main Ingredient
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely performer The Main Ingredient
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Happiness Is Just Around the Bend artist The Main Ingredient
Happiness Is Just Around the Bend performer The Main Ingredient
The Poets laterKnownAs The Main Ingredient
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The Poets associatedAct The Main Ingredient
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The Insiders laterKnownAs The Main Ingredient
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Tony Silvester memberOf The Main Ingredient
Tony Silvester vocalistIn The Main Ingredient
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Tony Silvester associatedAct The Main Ingredient
Tony Silvester musicGroup The Main Ingredient
Stanley Alston memberOf The Main Ingredient
Donald McPherson memberOf The Main Ingredient
Donald McPherson associatedAct The Main Ingredient
Donald McPherson notableWorkWith The Main Ingredient
Everybody Plays the Fool performer The Main Ingredient
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"Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely" performer The Main Ingredient
"Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely" isSignatureSongOf The Main Ingredient
Bitter Sweet artist The Main Ingredient
Bitter Sweet performer The Main Ingredient
Everybody Plays the Fool performer The Main Ingredient
subject linked to: Bitter Sweet
Tasteful Soul artist The Main Ingredient
subject linked to: Bitter Sweet
Afrodisiac artist The Main Ingredient
subject linked to: Bitter Sweet
Afrodisiac artist The Main Ingredient
Afrodisiac performer The Main Ingredient
Afrodisiac isCreativeWorkOf The Main Ingredient
The Main Ingredient hasTrack The Main Ingredient (track)
subject linked to: album "The Main Ingredient"
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