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Roy Ayers, who wrote the oft-sampled Everybody Loves the Sunshine and the soundtrack toCoffy, has died.
Ayers went to Los Angeles City College to study advanced music theory.
His first album,West Coast Vibes,dropped in 1963.
Ayers wrote and produced the soundtrack forCoffyin 1973.
Through samples and features, Ayers maintained a presence in music throughout the decades.
His band, the Roy Ayers Ubiquity, released Everybody Loves the Sunshine in 1976.
The song has been covered by DAngelo, Cibo Matto, Seu Jorge, and more.
The song has been sampled or interpolated over 150 times, according toWhosampled.
