The Main Ingredient is an American soul and R&B group, most popular during the 1970s. The group was founded in Harlem, New York in 1964. For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The original members of the group were lead singer Donald McPherson, Luther Simmons Jr., and Tony Silvester, who called their group "The Poets". After recording for a minor local label called, they changed their name to "The Insiders" and got a deal with RCA Records. By 1966, they had changed their name a third and final time, to "The Main Ingredient". In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

The group affiliated themselves with producer Bert DeCoteaux, who crafted their first US Top 30 hit, "You've Been My Inspiration". Follow-up hits such as "I'm So Proud" (a cover version of an Impressions song), "Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)", and "Black Seeds Keep on Growing" did even better on the charts. In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. ...

McPherson passed away suddenly from leukemia in 1971, and The Main Ingredient recruited Cuba Gooding, Sr., the father of actors Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Omar Gooding, as its new lead singer. His first single with the group was 1972's "Everybody Plays the Fool", a gold selling single that hit the Top 5 on both the pop and R&B singles charts. Another gold single, "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely", hit the pop Top Ten in 1974, and the disco-based "Rolling Down a Mountainside" hit the R&B Top Ten in 1976. Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a group of blood diseases characterized by malignancies (cancer) of the blood-forming tissues. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Cuba Gooding, Sr. ... Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Omar Gooding (born October 19, 1976 in The Bronx, New York) is an African American actor, the younger brother of Cuba Gooding, Jr. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of sales albums and singles have made. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music (generally between 110 and 136 beats per minute) that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular with audiences in larger cities all over the world, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Later in 1976, Silverman quit the group for both a solo career and to start a production company with Bert DeCoteaux. He was replaced with Carl Tompkins, but the group disbanded a year later. Gooding garnered a solo deal with Motown, while Simmons became a stockbroker. The lineup of Gooding, Simmons, and Silverman reunited twice, once from 1979 to 1982, and again in 1986, but their releases were not as successful as the 1970s hits were. Simmons left the group again after 1986, and was replaced with Jerome Jackson. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motown Record Company, L.P., also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label specializing in the musical genres of R&B, pop, soul music, and hip-hop music. ... A stock broker or stockbroker or stock brokerage is someone or a firm who performs transactions in financial instruments on a stock market as an agent of his/her/its clients who are unable or unwilling to trade for themselves. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early-1990s, Gooding reassumed his solo career, and in 1999, Silverman and Simmons resurrected The Main Ingredient with Carlton Blount as the new lead singer. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...