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The Main Ingredient
Band, 1964-1977 US, Manhattan
R&B/Soul
A.k.a. The Insiders (4) The Poets (11)
Soul - funk group Led by Bert DeCoteaux They have released 13 albums. The original line-up comprised Donald McPherson (b. 9th July 1941, d. 4 July 1971), Luther Simmons Jnr. (b. 9th September 1942), and Tony Silvester (b. 7th October 1941, Panama, d. 26 November, 2006). They released their first singles as "The Poets" (not to be confused with "The Poets" who had released "She Blew A Good Thing" in 1966). From 1967 to 1970 they called themselves The Insiders (4). Later in 1970 they finally renamed into "The Main Ingredient". Cuba Gooding replaced Donald McPherson in 1971, but left the band in 1978 for a solo career.
Members
 | Cuba Gooding voc 1944-2017 US |
 | Luther Simmons |
 | Tony Silvester voc, bvoc, perc |
| Donald McPherson |
 | George Staley |
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant Love / Work To Do | The Main Ingredient | 2018 | Single |
| Brotherly Love (The RCA Anthology) | The Main Ingredient | 2018 | Compil. |
| Happiness Is Just Around The Bend / Evening Of Love | The Main Ingredient | 2017 | Album |
| Fakin' The Funk / Magic Shoes | Main Source / The Main Ingredient | 2016 | Single |
| L.T.D. / Black Seeds | The Main Ingredient | 2015 | Compil. |
| Rolling Down A Mountainside / Music Maximus | The Main Ingredient | 2014 | Compil. |
| Euphrates River / Afrodisiac | The Main Ingredient | 2012 | Compil. |
| Tasteful Soul & Bitter Sweet | The Main Ingredient | 2010 | Compil. |
| Shame On The World / I Only Have Eyes For You | The Main Ingredient | 2009 | Compil. |
| Evening Of Love / Shame On The World | The Main Ingredient | 2008 | Single |
| Evening Of Love / Give Some Skin | The Main Ingredient / James Brown & The New J.B.'s | 2008 | Album |
| Spinning Around - The Singles 1967-1975 | The Main Ingredient | 2007 | Compil. |
| Everybody Plays The Fool / The Best Of The Main Ingredient | The Main Ingredient | 2005 | Compil. |
| Everybody Plays The Fool | The Main Ingredient | 2005 | Single |
| We Got Us | The Main Ingredient | 2001 | Single |
| Love Songs Are Back Again / You've Been My Inspiration / Everybody Plays The Fool | Band Of Gold / The Main Ingredient | 2001 | Album |
| Pure Magic | The Main Ingredient | 2001 | Album |
| Will You Marry Me | The Main Ingredient | 2001 | Single |
| Greatest Hits - The Encore Collection | The Main Ingredient | 2000 | Compil. |
| Classics From The Warehouse | The Main Ingredient | 2000 | Compil. |
| A Quiet Storm | The Main Ingredient | 1996 | Compil. |
| Just Don't Want To Be Lonely / The Snake | The Main Ingredient / Al Wilson | 1989 | Single |
| All Time Greatest Hits | The Main Ingredient | 1989 | Compil. |
| I Just Wanna Love You | The Main Ingredient | 1989 | Album |
| Golden Classics | The Main Ingredient | 1989 | Compil. |
| I Just Wanna Love You | The Main Ingredient | 1989 | Album |
| Nothing's Too Good For My Baby | The Main Ingredient | 1989 | Single |
| Happiness Is Just Around The Bend / Make That Feeling Come Again / Ah-Do It | The Main Ingredient / Beautiful Bend | 1987 | Album |
| Do Me Right | The Main Ingredient | 1986 | Album |
| My Angel Baby / Just Don't Want To Be Lonely | Toby Beau / The Main Ingredient | 1986 | Single |
| Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love) / Happiness Is Just Around The Bend | The Main Ingredient | 1986 | Single |
| If I Were Your Woman (If You Were My Woman) | The Main Ingredient | 1982 | Single |
| I Only Have Eyes For You | The Main Ingredient | 1981 | Single |
| I Only Have Eyes For You | The Main Ingredient | 1981 | Album |
| Party People / Save Me | The Main Ingredient | 1981 | Album |
| Makes No Diff'rence To Me | The Main Ingredient | 1980 | Single |
| Ready For Love | The Main Ingredient | 1980 | Album |
| Think Positive | The Main Ingredient | 1980 | Album |
| Soca Disco / Everything Man | The Main Ingredient | 1978 | Single |
| Reggae Disco / Everything Man | The Main Ingredient | 1977 | Album |
| Music Maximus | The Main Ingredient | 1977 | Album |
| Super Hits | The Main Ingredient | 1976 | Compil. |
| Instant Love | The Main Ingredient | 1976 | Single |
| Rolling Down A Mountainside | The Main Ingredient | 1975 | Album |
| Shame On The World | The Main Ingredient | 1975 | Album |
| You And Me, Me And You / Of This I'm Sure | The Main Ingredient | 1975 | Single |
| Rolling Down A Mountainside / Family Man | The Main Ingredient | 1975 | Single |
| Shame On The World | The Main Ingredient | 1975 | Single |
| The Good Old Days | The Main Ingredient | 1975 | Single |
| Happiness Is Just Around The Bend | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Single |
| Just Don't Want To Be Lonely | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Single |
| Euphrates River | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Album |
| Summer Breeze / Don't Worry About A Thing | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Single |
| La Felicidad Nos Rodea | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Single |
| Main Squeeze | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Compil. |
| California My Way / Looks Like Rain | The Main Ingredient | 1974 | Single |
| Work To Do / You Can Call Me Rover | The Main Ingredient | 1973 | Single |
| Greatest Hits | The Main Ingredient | 1973 | Album |
| Greatest Hits | The Main Ingredient | 1973 | Compil. |
| You Can Call Me Rover / I'm Better Off Without You | The Main Ingredient | 1973 | Single |
| Girl Blue | The Main Ingredient | 1973 | Single |
| Afrodisiac | The Main Ingredient | 1973 | Album |
| Everybody Plays The Fool | The Main Ingredient | 1972 | Single |
| Bitter Sweet | The Main Ingredient | 1972 | Album |
| You've Got To Take It (If You Want It) | The Main Ingredient | 1972 | Single |
| Black Seeds Keep On Growing | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| Somebody's Been Sleeping | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| Spinning Around | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| Black Seeds | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| I'm Leaving This Time / Another Day Has Come | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| Baby Change Your Mind | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| Black Seeds | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Album |
| Black Seeds Keep On Growing | The Main Ingredient | 1971 | Single |
| L.T.D. | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Album |
| I'm So Proud / Brotherly Love | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| You've Been My Inspiration | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| Tasteful Soul | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| I Was Born To Lose You | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| Can't Stand Your Love / Somebody's Sleeping | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| Can't Stand Your Love / The Girl I Left Behind | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| Need Her Love (Mr Bugler) / I'm Better Off Without You | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Single |
| Tasteful Soul | The Main Ingredient | 1970 | Album |
| Brotherly Love / Get Back | The Main Ingredient | 1969 | Single |
| Demo | The Main Ingredient | Album | |
| You And Me, Me And You / Mr. Creator | The Main Ingredient / The Apollas | Single | |
| Just Don't Want To Be Lonely / You've Been My Inspiration | The Main Ingredient | Single | |
| Express Songs | John Lennon, Pure Prairie League, Lobo, The Main Ingredient | Compil. | |
| You've Been My Inspiration / I'm So Proud | The Main Ingredient | Single |
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