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Tony Sylvester - Main Ingredient
the group was formed in Harlem, New York in 1964 as a trio called the Poets, composed of lead singer Donald McPherson, Luther Simmons, Jr., and Panama-born Tony Silvester. They made their first recordings for Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label, but soon changed their name to the Insiders and signed with RCA. After a couple of singles, they changed their name once again in 1968, this time permanently to the Main Ingredient, taking the name from a Coke bottle.

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Main Ingredient Artist Bio and Lyrics

Source: The 70s Project

The 70's American rhythm and blues band the Main Ingredient was founded in Harlem, New York City in the year 1964, although they would not achieve much prominence until the following decade. The Main Ingredient band's original line up included Tony Sylvester, Donald McPherson, and Luther Simmons, Jr. Originally, they called themselves the Poets. Soon after, they changed their names to the Insiders and were swiftly picked up by RCA Records. By the end of the 1960s, the group had changed their name for a third and final time to the Main Ingredient, the name under which they would come to be known.

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Main Ingredient Background

Source: Superior Pics

Hailed from New York, Cuba Gooding Sr., who once worked as a door to door salesman and a debt collector, began his musical career by teaming up with Tony Sylvester, Luther Simmons Jr., and Donald McPherson in a group called The Poets during the 1960’s. Later, the band became The Insiders and then became The Main Ingredient. In 1971, when the lead vocalist McPherson became too ill to tour, he took on the position, an alteration that led to a fruitful performing career. Within three years, The Main Ingredient had produced such major hits as” Everybody Plays the Fool” (1972) and the remake of the Ronnie Dyson melody “I Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely” (1974). Cuba departed the group in 1978 to chase a solo career.

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The Main Ingredient Bio

Source: Soul-Patorl.com

The harmonic convergence that pumped out such still-played '70s hits such as 'Everybody Plays The Fool,' 'Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love),' 'I'm So Proud,' 'You've Been My Inspiration,' 'Just Don't Want To Be Lonely,' and 'Happiness Is Just Around The Bend' returns with its first new album in 12 years, 'PURE MAGIC,' on New York-based Magnatar Records owned and founded by Yusef H. Shabazz.

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