Career
Gooding also had a brief solo career on Motown Records during the late-1970s and early-1980s. His biggest international success was Brian Auger"s "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" in 1983, which has in recent times been sampled by several Rhythm & Blues artists, as well as hitting the charts again as a remix by United Kingdom Hardcore Rave group Altern-8 in 1991. In the same year, samples from the song also featured prominently in Bizarre Incorporated"s single Playing With Knives.
His father died when Cuba was eleven years old.
Gooding, Senior later became a minor actor himself. In 1995, the Goodings remarried, some 17 years after they separated.
In one of Cuba Gooding, Junior."s movies (Radio), there is a scene where "Radio" is listening to The Main Ingredient. Gooding released a single called "Politics" in September 2007.
He also is developing a film project called Everybody Plays the Fool: The Cuba Gooding Story.
The film highlights three generations of the Gooding Family: Dudley "Cuba" Gooding, Cuba Gooding, Senior, Cuba Gooding, Junior., and Omar Gooding. In 1999 he, along with Mark Yardley and David James wrote the international house hit, "Back and Forth" by the Supakings. Cuba was added by popular demand to the Beach Music Super Collaboration Civil Defense, performing the Charles Wallert composition, "Meant To Be In Love".
This has led to the duo’s current project, “Never Give Up”, which debuted at the 2009 presidential inauguration.
Gooding records for Bluewater Recordings (bluewaterrecordingscom).