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)

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.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 External links 6 References

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. Hey, Uh, What You Say Come On - (Roy Ayers Williams Allen) 3:45
2. 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. 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

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

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[2]
		US	US R&B	Jazz Albums
1976	Everybody Loves The Sunshine	51	10	6

External links

• Roy Ayers Ubiquity- Everybody Loves The Sunshine at Discogs

References