Everybody Loves the Sunshine

      Everybody Loves the Sunshine
      Studio album by Roy Ayers
      Released 1976
      Recorded 1975-1976 at Electric Lady Studio, New York City, New York
      Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California
      Genre R&B, Soul, Jazz
      Length 39:25
      Label Polydor Records
      Producer Roy Ayers Maurice Green
      Roy Ayers chronology
      A Tear to a Smile
      (1975)
      Everybody Loves the Sunshine
      (1976)
      Vibrations
      (1976)
      Professional ratings
      Review scores
      Source Rating
      Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]

      Everybody Loves the Sunshine is a Roy Ayers album released under the Roy Ayers Ubiquity umbrella. Released in 1976 on Polydor Records. The signature track "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" has been sampled numerous times by Hip Hop artists such as Brand Nubian, P.M. Dawn, Common, Masta Ace, Mos Def and others as well as by R&B singer Mary J. Blige, Brazilian artist Seu Jorge and British remixer Dobie (for Björk's remix of "I Miss You").

      Track listing

      1. Hey, Uh, What You Say Come On - (Roy Ayers Williams Allen) 3:45
      2. The Golden Rod - (Roy Ayers) 3:03
      3. Keep On Walking - (Gino Vannelli) 3:45
      4. You and Me My Love - (Chano O'Ferral, Roy Ayers) 3:11
      5. The Third Eye - (Roy Ayers) 6:21
      6. It Ain't Your Sign - (Roy Ayers) 3:28
      7. People and the World - (Roy Ayers) 4:48
      8. Everybody Loves the Sunshine - (Roy Ayers) 3:59
      9. Tongue Power - (Chano O'Ferral, Roy Ayers) 3:02
      10. Lonesome Cowboy - (Roy Ayers) 4:03
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      Personnel

      • Roy Ayers - Vibraphone, Lead Vocals, Electric Piano, Synthesizer (Arp, String Ensemble), Percussion, Backing Vocals
      • Philip Woo - Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer (Arp, String Ensemble)
      • Chano O'Ferral - Congas, Percussion, Lead Vocals
      • Ronald "Head" Drayton - Guitar
      • John "Shaun" Solomon - Electric Bass
      • Doug Rhodes - Drums
      • Chicas - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
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      Charts

      Year Chart positions[2]
      US US
      R&B
      Jazz Albums
      1976 51 10 6
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