Everybody Loves the Sunshine

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. In 2016, Pitchfork placed the title track at number 72 on the "200 Best Songs of the 1970s" list.

The song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" is notable for its drone synth note through most of the cut. It has been covered by artists including D'Angelo, Takuya Kuroda, the Robert Glasper Experiment, and others. In addition, R&B singer Mary J. Blige sampled the song in the title track for her 1994 album My Life.

Track listing

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) – 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

References

External links

• Everybody Loves the Sunshine at Discogs (list of releases)