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...And Thanks for all the Wonderful Music!
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Main Ingredient Vocalist Tony Silvester Dies *
It has been brought to my attention that yet another soul music personality has passed away over the weekend. Panama-born Tony Silvester [not a misspelling—it is an I, not a Y in his name] of the group Main Ingredient has passed away at the age of 65.
The Main Ingredient is best known for the hits Everybody Plays The Fool and Happiness Is Just Around The Bend. They are best known for 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 above was reprinted from the internet)
Last edited by needlefingers; November 29th, 2006 at 08:09 AM.
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Re: Main Ingredient Vocalist Tony Silvester Dies
"Rest In Peace Tony"
...And Thanks for all the Wonderful Music!
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If you were going to discos in the spring of '75 , you probably heard this , their one disco charter :
270) ROLLING DOWN A MOUNTAINSIDE - The Main Ingredient
(RCA) B= 1; D= 15; Total points = 16
4 weeks on the chart (4/5; 5/3 - 5/17/75); Peak: #20
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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He also released a soul/disco LP in 1976, with the group name "Tony Silvester and the New Ingredient" with the following track listing:
A1 Magic Touch
A2 Pazuzu
A3 Verry White
A4 Soca
B1 Keep It Up
B2 The Tender Side Of Love
B3 Cosmic Lady
B4 Waves Of Love
Tony Silvester & The New Ingredient - Magic Touch
And the cover looks like this:
Last edited by Bernie; December 9th, 2006 at 09:52 AM. Reason: Add carriage returns
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Darren, Arborfield, Berkshire, England
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Hmm... VERRY WHITE .....I wanna hear that !!
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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VERRY WHITE is one of those lost gems that never saw the light of a single release
LOVE DON'T HURT PEOPLE, PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE
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Another Main Ingredient record that got disco play:
TOP 50 DISCO HITS OF '74
(New York City)
HAPPINESS IS JUST AROUND THE BEND - The Main Ingredient (RCA)
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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What a coincidence in that i played "Happiness Is Just Around The Bend" in a bar last night but i put on the Cuba Gooding version from 82'.
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