Hey Roland

How neat that you got that email. Small world sometimes isn't it?

I got an iPod Christmas before last I don't think I ever am without it – I have about 7500 songs on mine – I haven't met many songs I didn't like.

Thanks for sharing the feedback you got with us. See you on 360!

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

I googled the song as well and the Main Ingredient came
up. I had heard the song before and wondered if
there was more than one version. That;s pretty cool that
Cuba Gooding e-mailed you. That is a classic.

Shame on you Roland! You made a mistake on a "Back in The Day" song.

Rahni, Connecticut

Yep Roland...you got it wrong!! LOL When you said that the Spinners sang that song I was like WHAT!? I didn't ever hear them do that!? I knew that is was the Main Ingredient. But hey...at least you are man enough to admit when you are wrong!! LOL Gotta love that!

Cindy...Ga

Wow! How interesting! Thanks for sharing, Roland.

Roland,
It's like trivia many times we get little small things wrong however, I believe what matters is the point you were making. I love 360 and "most" of the correspondents but Candy and you are my favorites. Keep up the marvelous and honest work your doing.

Hey Roland,

Everyone makes mistake and hey the time frame was right anyway.

fellow child of the 70's

Hi Roland!
Very funny and so cool that you stand corrected by Cuba Gooding Jr.
I love it! ;-D
Thanks!

That's a good email–from the actual writer of the song.

Are we all fools though expecting that any one man or woman can redirect our nation from a direction that security, economic, and political conditions have forced it to embark on?

Do we need a change in ideology or just a change in management in Washington?

Many Americans have worked hard and sacrificed lots to achieve a certain level of succes and wealth. The threat of losing those gains in favor of Americans who've been on the planet the same amount of time and just not worked as hard, or spent 50% of the time addicted to drug, sex, and alcohol–doesn't seem fair. They are, and will rebel if a new President/Congress with a social reform ideology reduces the financial security of their family without due process and equal representation under the law.

Prepare–The Libertarians are coming.

Barr/Root 2008
Fair–for all Americans.

Roland, I commented last night on the live blog about your Spinners/Main Ingredient mix-up–I was pretty surprised because you struck me as someone who'd know his 1970's R&B groups, but that's ok, you've got bigger things on your mind! Cuba Gooding Sr., is one of the more underrated R&B singers, I love his voice–it's great that he sent you that nice email.

Roland, I was blogging last night on AC 360 when you said it and one of the other bloggers said that it was the Main Ingredients. I wrote her back & told her that she was correct but that she was telling our age. lol

Roland, we are getting older!! Don't sweat the small stuff!!

Roland: welll, it just goes to show ya, the song aint lying ; ) If that's all you ever get wrong, count yerself blessed.

Roland,
I thought I was the only one who refers to songs in conversations! So cool that Cuba Gooding Sr. sent you an email.

You're not alone, Roland - the memory is one of the first things to go (& I should know). But it takes a big man to admit he's wrong & not everyone can do that - like Prez Bush, for example . . .

Hey Roland Stand Forgiven, there is a lot of heavier foolishness happening in the democartic party between Mr Obama and Ms. Clinton over the Almighty Dollar, when the dems should be focusing on a main ingredient!

Mr. Martin,.

I have appreciated your commentary throughout the primary season. It is refreshing to see so many politically savy african-american faces on CNN. I was pleased to see that Al Sharpton had "come around" . By the way, I picked up on that missed "main ingredient" last night. You called "pack man " right on the nose. Do you think he has justifiably fared better than Michael Vick.

Dr. Ray