Retrieved June 14, 2020.This weekend's weather will be quiet across the South, with plenty of sunshine and low humidity allowing families, friends and clean-up crews to pick up the pieces and brace for another round of potentially dangerous and damaging storms. Recording Industry Association of America. ^ a b "American certifications – Main Ingredient".Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ^ a b "CAN Charts > The Main Ingredient".
The track peaked at number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart in July 1974, although it was their only chart presence in the UK. They peaked at number eight on the R&B chart in 1974 with " Just Don't Want to Be Lonely", which sold over a million copies, Īnd also reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying album, Bitter Sweet, became their first to hit the Top 10 on the R&B album chart its follow-up, 1973's Afrodisiac, featured several songs written or co-written by Stevie Wonder, although it did not produce any huge successes on the singles charts. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. The Gooding era began auspiciously with the million-selling smash " Everybody Plays the Fool", which hit number two R&B and number three pop to become the group's biggest hit. Stunned, Tony Silvester and Luther Simmons re-grouped with new lead singer Cuba Gooding Sr., who had served as a backing vocalist on some of their previous recordings, and had filled in on tour during McPherson's brief illness. Don McPherson, who had been suddenly taken ill with leukemia, died unexpectedly on July 3, 1971, at age 29. In 1971, they scored again, with the McPherson-penned black-power anthem "Black Seeds Keep on Growing," but tragedy struck that year. A cover of The Impressions' "I'm So Proud" broke the Top 20, and "Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)" went into the Top 10. Under his direction, the Main Ingredient reached the R&B Top 30 for the first time in 1970 with "You've Been My Inspiration". They then teamed up with record producer/arranger Bert DeCoteaux. In 1968, after a couple of singles, they changed their name once again, this time permanently, to The Main Ingredient. They made their first recordings for Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label, but soon changed their name to the Insiders and signed with RCA Records. (Septem– May 9, 2016), and Panama-born Tony Silvester (Octo– November 26, 2006). The group was formed in Harlem, New York City in 1964 as a trio called the Poets, composed of lead singer Donald McPherson (J– July 3, 1971), Luther Simmons, Jr.