Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Dad.....smooth soul from the 70's

When you say, Cuba Gooding, many think of junior, who won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in "Jerry McGuire". The blog this morning however, is all about dad....

Dudley Gooding was born in Barbados who fled to Cuba in 1936, where he met and married. The couple were affiliated with Pan Africanist leader Marcus Garvey, which led to her murder. On her deathbed, he promised to name his first born son Cuba....which he did in New York City on this day in 1936.

Senior's claim to fame is as lead singer of the Main Ingredient from 1972 to 1977, he left for a solo carrier with Motown and had a few hits in the late 70's/early 80's. Here are their two biggest hits, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972), and  "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974)...to hear songs like this and more...please click the live365 banner to the right....