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词条 Cuba Gooding Sr.
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life and death

  4. References

     Notes  Citations 

  5. External links

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| name = Cuba Gooding Sr.
| image = CubaGoodingSrByPhilKonstantin (cropped).jpg
| caption = Gooding at a performance in San Diego, California, September 25, 2008.
| birth_name = Cuba Gooding
| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1944|04|27}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|04|20|1944|04|27|mf=y}}
| death_place = Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
| death_cause =
| body_discovered =
| years_active = 1964–2016
| spouse = {{Plain list |
  • {{marriage|Shirley Sullivan
    |1966|1974|reason=div.}}
  • {{marriage|Shirley Sullivan
    |1995}}

}}
| children = 4; including Cuba Jr. and Omar
| parents = Dudley MacDonald Gooding
Addie Alston
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed = yes
| background = solo_singer
| occupation = Singer, actor
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
  • The Main Ingredient
  • Stevie Wonder}}

| website = {{url|cuba-gooding.com}}
}}Cuba Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was unexpectedly diagnosed with leukemia in 1971. According to Billboard, as the lead vocalist he scored five top 10 hits most notably, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972), peaking at No. 2 for three weeks, and peaking at No. 3 on Billboard′s all-genre Hot-100 list. "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974), "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" and "Rolling Down a Mountainside" were also top 10 hits on Billboard charts. He also recorded as a solo artist with hits of his own.[1][1]

Early life

Born in Harlem, New York City, Gooding was a son of Dudley MacDonald Gooding and his wife Addie Alston.[2] The elder Gooding was a native of Barbados who fled the island in 1936 to Cuba, and met and married a woman there. When she was murdered because of their affiliation with Pan Africanist leader Marcus Garvey, Dudley Gooding promised his wife on her deathbed that he would name his first son Cuba.[2] His father died when Cuba was 11 years old.[3] Gooding's father was a taxi driver in Manhattan.[6] [2][4]

Career

Gooding Sr. joined The Main Ingredient as a back-up vocalist.[4] He became the lead singer after lead singer Donald McPherson died of leukemia in 1971.[5] The 1973 album Afrodisiac featured several songs co-written by Stevie Wonder.[6] Gooding left The Main Ingredient in either 1977 or 1978.[2][4]{{ref|1|1}} He had a brief solo career on Motown Records during the late 1970s and early 1980s making two albums; the first was titled The 1st Cuba Gooding Album.[4] His biggest international success was Brian Auger's Happiness Is Just Around the Bend in 1983, which has in recent times been sampled by several R&B artists, as well as hitting the charts again as a remix by UK Hardcore Rave group Altern-8 in 1991. In 1980, Gooding returned to The Main Ingredient and made two more albums for RCA Victor.[4] In 1991, samples from the song also featured prominently in Bizarre Inc's single "Playing With Knives". Gooding released a single called "Politics" in September 2007. He was also developing a film project called Everybody Plays the Fool: The Cuba Gooding Story. The film highlights three generations of the Gooding Family: Dudley "Cuba" Gooding, Cuba Gooding Sr., Cuba Gooding Jr. and Omar Gooding.[7]

On the Boat Trip DVD trivia track, it was stated that he was going to appear in the 2003 romantic-comedy The Fighting Temptations, which stars his son Cuba Gooding Jr., but he is not in the movie.

Gooding appeared on the Beach Music Super Collaboration CD, performing the Charles Wallert composition, "Meant To Be In Love". This led to the duo’s project, “Never Give Up” (Bluewater Recordings), which debuted at the 2009 presidential inauguration.[8]

Personal life and death

Gooding moved from the Bronx to southern California in the 1970s.[9] Gooding and his wife, singer Shirley Gooding (née Sullivan) had four children: actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Omar Gooding, April Gooding and musician Tommy Gooding. Gooding Sr. later became a minor actor himself. Gooding Sr. separated from his wife in 1974. In 1995, the Goodings remarried, some 21 years after having separated and divorced.[10]

On April 20, 2017, one week before his 73rd birthday, Gooding was found dead in his vehicle while parked on a street in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. CPR was performed by the fire department but they were unable to revive him.[11][12] An autopsy determined he died of natural causes.[13]

He is interred (buried) at the Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan.[14]

References

Notes

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  1. {{note|1}} BBC News gives the year as 1977. NPR gives the year as 1978.
{{refend}}

Citations

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/418574/main-ingredient/chart|title=The Main Ingredient - Chart history |website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39657941|title=Cuba Gooding Sr found dead in LA|first=Mark|last=Savage|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|location=London|date=April 21, 2017|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000927cuba3.asp|title=Stage Preview: Acting takes Cuba Gooding Sr. on an inspirational tour|first=Eve|last=Modzelewski|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|publisher=PG Publishing|date=September 27, 2000|accessdate=November 19, 2008}}
4. ^{{cite news|first=Anastasia|last=Tsioulcas|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/04/21/524975190/cuba-gooding-sr-star-of-the-main-ingredient-dies-at-72|title=Cuba Gooding, Sr., Star Of The Main Ingredient, Dies At 72|work=NPR|publisher=|location=Washington, D.C.|date=April 21, 2017|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/cuba-gooding-sr-dead-72-report-article-1.3082321|title=Cuba Gooding, Sr. dead at 72 of possible overdose: report|first=Kate|last=Feldman|work=New York Daily News|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=April 22, 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/people/2017/04/20/cuba-gooding-sr-reportedly-found-dead-car-california/100721088/|title=Cuba Gooding Sr. reportedly found dead in his car|first=Melody|last=Baetens|work=The Detroit News|publisher=Digital First Media|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=April 22, 2017}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thecharlottepost.com/index.php?src=news&refno=725&category=Arts%20and%20Entertainment&PHPSESSID=dc5c39d58150337bdcef2acd1f6bda9e|title=CIAA is rare homecoming for R&B legend|last=Persinger|first=Ryanne|work=The Charlotte Post|date=February 29, 2008|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://rzdyt.bluewaterrecordings.com/news.html|title='Never Give Up' Reviewed by RadioIndy.com!|work=Bluewater Recordings|publisher=Bluewater Recordings, Inc.|location=New York City|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/arts/music/cuba-gooding-sr-dead-soul-singer.html|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., Soul Singer, Dies at 72|author=Associated Press|work=The New York Times|date=April 21, 2017|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/04/cuba-gooding-sr-singer-main-ingredient-wife-family-dead-death/|title=Cuba Gooding Sr.: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|author=Heavy.com Staff|work=Heavy.com|publisher=|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://people.com/movies/cuba-gooding-sr-dead/|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., 70s Singer and Father to Cuba Jr., Dead at 72: Report|last=Goldblatt|first=Daniel|work=People|publisher=Time Inc.|location=|language=en-US|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=April 21, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7767914/cuba-gooding-sr-everybody-plays-the-fool-singer-dad-dies-72|title=Cuba Gooding Sr., 'Everybody Plays the Fool' Singer & Dad to Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 72|last=Stutz|first=Colin|work=Billboard|publisher=|location=|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=April 21, 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/219083_cuba_gooding_sr_cause_of_death_revealed |title=Cuba Gooding Sr. Cause of Death Revealed, Medical Examiner Reports Natural Causes |last=Ungerman |first=Alex |work=ET Online |publisher=CBS Studios Inc. |date=June 6, 2017 |accessdate=October 23, 2017 }}
14. ^Rock & Roll Roadmaps

External links

  • Cuba Gooding Sr. official site
  • {{IMDb name|328949|Cuba Gooding}}
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