NEW YORK CITY -- Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist, composer and producer known for hit songs like "Everybody Loves the Sunshine ... more discerning than me when it comes to defining ...

Los Angeles native, Roy Ayers, who was behind the popular song “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has passed away. He was 84 years old. The “Godfather of Neo Soul” passed away on March 4 in ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary American vibraphonist, composer and pioneer of jazz-funk, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84. The producer passed away in New York City after a long illness, the ...

Ayers was known for pioneering the jazz-funk genre. His 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has been widely sampled by multiple artists for decades. Some musicians best known to sample the ...

Ayers' own biggest hit was the mellow track Everybody Loves the Sunshine ... My Life and Watching Me. He also worked with Guru and The Roots. Erykah Badu called him "the king of neo soul".

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and sampled by countless artists, died at the age of 84. In a statement shared with Variety ...

In 1976, Roy Ayers Ubiquity released the beloved ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’ album, which included the hit title-track as well as the fan-favourite ‘Brother Green (The Disco King)’.

To that end, a song that I grew up listening to that is part of the fabric of my musical soul is Roy Ayers Ubiquity, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine ... that made me think, “you know what ...

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