"Everybody Plays the Fool" by The Main Ingredient.

This one is a suggestion from Judy, after she heard it on Sirius XM. OK, girls and boys, more 70s one-hit wonders: This Harlem-based vocal group started out as The Poets and then became The Insiders. They finally settled on their eventual name, which they took from an old Coca Cola bottle. By far, their biggest hit was a 1972 Bailey/Clark/Williams R&B/soul classic. It was first offered to Charley Pride but he passed on it, saying that it was "not country enough". It speaks about how love can cloud a man's mind and make him do foolish (hint, hint!) things. #3 Billboard Hot 100, #2 Billboard R&B, Grammy-nominated, RIAA Certified Gold. Lead vocals by Cuba Gooding Sr. after the death of their original frontman Donald McPherson due to leukemia. Aaron Neville covered it in 1991. Group? Song? Answer: "Everybody Plays the Fool" by The Main Ingredient. It was still extremely popular when I moved to Philly in 1973 - certainly sounds like Philly Soul! Wonder where Cuba Gooding Jr. gets his chops?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeHHpXOOds&list=RDKPeHHpXOOds&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdCFXkQYgQo&list=RDVdCFXkQYgQo&start_radio=1

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