Cuba Gooding has been played on NTS in shows including Questing w/ Zakia, featured first on 17 October 2017. Songs played include Happiness Is Just Around The Bend, Think Positive and Think Positive.

Cuba Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, most notable for its two biggest hits, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972) and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974). 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…