In Loving Memory Of Tony Panama Silvester (October 7, 1941- November 27, 2006). He co-formed The Main Ingredient in 1965. 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 & Stollers 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. There lead vocalist Cuba Gooding Sr., the father of award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. of Jerry McGuire fame. Tony Silvester was a founding member of the group way back in the sixties along with Luther Simmons Jr. and original lead vocalist Donald McPherson, who died in 1971 of leukemia. Cuba Gooding Sr. was McPherson’s replacement and led the group to a successful career in the seventies and eighties. The Main Ingredient are best known for the their hits, Everybody Plays The Fool, Just Dont Want to Be Lonely, which sold over a million copies, Evening of Love,Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love), Do Me Right and Happiness Is Just Around The Bend. Tony Silvester was replaced by Carl Tompkins, and Cuba Gooding departed for a solo career on Motown in 1977, which produced two albums; Luther Simmons, meanwhile, left the music industry to work as a stockbroker. Cuba Gooding,Tony Silvester and Simmons reunited as the Main Ingredient in 1979, and recorded two more albums, 1980s Ready for Love and 1981s I Only Have Eyes for You (the latter featured a minor hit in Evening of Love). The trio reunited for a second time in 1986, but their Zakia single Do Me Right flopped, and Luther Simmons returned to his day job. He was replaced by Jerome Jackson on the 1989 Polydor album I Just Wanna Love You. In the wake of Aaron Nevilles Top Ten revival of Everybody Plays the Fool, Gooding resumed his solo career and issued his third album in 1993. Tony Silvester and Luther Simmons re-formed the Main Ingredient in 1999 with new lead singer Carlton Blount; this line-up recorded Pure Magic in 2001. Tony Silvester died after a six-year struggle with multiple myeloma on November 27, 2006, at the age of 65. GARY
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