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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  5. Roy Ayers, Dave Simpson (interviewer), "How we made Roy Ayers' Everybody Loves the Sunshine", The Guardian June 19, 2017
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External links

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