
July 15, 1972 – Soul and R&B group, The Main Ingredient reached the #2 spot on the R&B charts with “Everybody Plays the Fool” and #3 spot on the Pop charts. The single became their biggest of twenty R&B charters through 1990. The group’s lead singer, Cuba Gooding Sr. is the father of actors Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Omar Gooding. He died April 20, 2017.