Everybody Loves the Sunshine
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Template:Music ratings Everybody Loves the Sunshine is a studio album by Roy Ayers released under the Roy Ayers Ubiquity umbrella. It was released through Polydor Records in 1976. It peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1] In 2016, Pitchfork placed the title track at number 72 on the "200 Best Songs of the 1970s" list.[2]
The song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" has been covered by artists including D'Angelo, Takuya Kuroda, the Robert Glasper Experiment, and others.[3] It has been sampled nearly 200 times by artists including Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, and Dr. Dre.[4]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity
- 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 (Debbie Darby)[5] – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Technical
- Leonid Lubianitsky – front cover photography
"Special thanks extended to the following: Calvin Brown, Greg Phillinganes, William Allen, Byron Miller, Ricky Lawson, Dennis Davis, Justo Almario, Lew Soloff, Diana Hayes, Edna Holt, Wayne Garfield."
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[1] | 51 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 10 |
References
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- ↑ Roy Ayers, Dave Simpson (interviewer), "How we made Roy Ayers' Everybody Loves the Sunshine", The Guardian June 19, 2017
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