# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cuba-gooding-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:31:28.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cuba-gooding-sr"
name: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
slug: "cuba-gooding-sr"
description: "Cuba Mark Gooding Sr. was an American singer. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was 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."
tagline: "American singer and actor (1944–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CubaGoodingSrByPhilKonstantin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-04-27"
deathDate: "2017-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.6
  momentum:             10.17884130982368
  historical:           11.27988533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328949/"
    handle:    "nm0328949"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://cuba-gooding.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/16994"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D8%B1."
    title: "كوبا جودينج سر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_senior"
    title: "Cuba Gooding senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Sr."
    title: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Sr."
    title: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_vanem"
    title: "Cuba Gooding vanem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Sr."
    title: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding"
    title: "Cuba Gooding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Sr."
    title: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Sr."
    title: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Sr."
    title: "Cuba Gooding Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bdabc889-e708-4d46-9012-186c0063ae06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1894034"
    title: "Cuba Gooding"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump