Ayers was a leader in the movement that added electric instruments, rock and R&B rhythms ... spent a collective 149 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 chart. His composition “Everybody Loves ...

20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while his Eric Benet collaboration “When You Think Of Me” would give him his last appearance on the same chart, peaking at No. 46 in 2000. Ayers would ...

Roy Ayers, the trailblazer of jazz, funk and neo-soul whose "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" proved a hugely popular hip-hop sample, has died. He was 84 years old. The artist's family shared the ...

One of Ayers' most popular albums was “Lifeline,” which peaked at No. 9 on what has become the Top R&B/Hip-hop chart in 1977 and contained the hit “Running Away,” which peaked at No.