Discography and Biography of Roy Ayers. Listen to all their hits.
Roy Ayers Songs

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Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, which is a mixture of jazz into hip-hop and funk, and has been dubbed by many as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He is most well known for his signature compositions "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and "Searchin", and is also famous for having more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist.

Below is a list of Roy Ayers songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Columbia 05752
chart position: RandB #20, US Dance #12
written by: Binky Brice, James Mtume and Philip Field
album: You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers Hot
1986 Columbia
2 record label: Polydor 14509
chart position: RandB #56, UK #41
written by: Roy Ayers, Stanley Richardson and Steve Fisher
album: You Send Me
Roy Ayers Get On Up, Get On Down
1978 Polydor
3 record label: Polydor 2037
chart position: RandB #32, UK #56, US Dance #35
written by: Roy Ayers, Rufino O'Ferral and Wesley Ramseur
album: No Stranger to Love
Roy Ayers Don't Stop the Feeling
1979 Polydor
4 record label: Columbia 04653
chart position: RandB #35, UK #83, US Dance #35
written by: Roy Ayers, David Spradley and James Bedford
album: In the Dark
comments: [jazz funk]
Roy Ayers In the Dark
1984 Columbia
5 record label: Polydor 14451
chart position: RandB #29
written by: Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
album: Let's Do It
Roy Ayers Freaky Deaky
1978 Polydor
6 record label: Urban 6 (UK)
chart position: UK #96
written by: R. Ayers, E. Birdsong
album: You Send Me
comments: [jazz funk]
Roy Ayers Can't You See Me
1987 Urban
7 record label: Polydor 14573
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Roy Ayers
album: Fever
Roy Ayers Love Will Bring Us Back Together
1979 Polydor
8 record label: Columbia 05613
chart position: RandB #49
album: You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers Slip n' Slide
1985 Columbia
9 record label: Columbia 05874
chart position: RandB #62
album: You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers Programmed for Love
1986 Columbia
10 record label: Polydor 2066
chart position: RandB #73
written by: Bobby Caldwell and Alfons Kettner
album: No Stranger to Love
Roy Ayers What You Won't Do for Love
1980 Polydor
11 record label: Columbia 04821
chart position: RandB #89
written by: Roy Ayers
album: In the Dark
Roy Ayers Poo Poo La La
1985 Columbia
12 record label: Polydor 14349
chart position: Cashbox RandB #99
written by: Roy Ayers, William Allen
album: Everybody Loves the Sunshine
comments: [jazz funk]
Roy Ayers Hey Uh-What You Say Come On
1976 Polydor
13 record label: BBE 12001(UK)
chart position: UK #200
Roy Ayers Sugar
2004 BBE




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