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Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers is a person from the US, active from 1940.

Person US 1940–2025 jazz jazz-funk soul jazz

TOTAL PLAYS

823

SONGS PLAYED

117

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-06-10 17:32 · Radio 1 — "Everybody Loves The Sunshine"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Everybody Loves The Sunshine"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

80 60 40 20 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 420 51%

Radio 2 233 28%

1Xtra 94 11%

Radio 1 76 9%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Everybody Loves The Sunshine 332 2026-05-24

2 Running Away 137 2026-04-06

3 Love Will Bring Us Back Together 71 2026-05-19

4 Searching 31 2025-11-18

5 Liquid Love 22 2025-03-19

6 Can't You See Me 14 2025-03-09

7 Don't Stop The Feeling 12 2025-03-20

8 Chicago 11 2025-12-27

9 We Live In Brooklyn Baby 7 2016-08-29

10 Coffy Is The Colour 6 2022-12-10

11 We Live In Brooklyn, Baby 6 2020-11-11

12 we live in brooklyn baby (instrumental) 5 2025-07-19

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-24 14:33 Everybody Loves The Sunshine Radio 2

2026-05-19 13:31 Love Will Bring Us Back Together Radio 2

2026-05-17 09:48 Papa Was A Rolling Stone 6 Music

2026-04-06 21:16 Running Away Radio 2

2026-03-31 22:37 Reaching For the Highest Pleasure Radio 2

2026-03-24 21:55 Holiday (feat. Terri Wells) Radio 2

2026-03-11 23:20 Everybody Loves The Sunshine Radio 2

2026-02-22 23:34 Everybody Loves The Sunshine Radio 2

2026-01-30 05:27 Everybody Loves The Sunshine 1Xtra

2026-01-23 19:07 Everybody Loves The Sunshine 1Xtra

2026-01-20 22:12 Love Will Bring Us Back Together Radio 2

2026-01-01 04:57 Everybody Loves The Sunshine 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

117 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

2000 Black —

1 2012-02-29 ▶

A Tear To A Smile —

2 2019-07-28 ▶

Africa, Center Of The World —

1 2017-05-19 ▶

African Sounds —

1 2020-08-05 ▶

Ain't Got Time —

2 2021-07-11 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine —

2 2017-08-27 ▶

AOTW Montage: Roy Ayers —

1 2009-01-21 ▶

Aragon —

2 2013-09-29 ▶

Aragón —

2 2017-12-09 ▶

Ayerloom —

1 2017-11-10 ▶

Boogie Down —

2 2020-12-26 ▶

Boogie down (feat. Carla Vaughn) —

1 2024-03-16 ▶

Brawling Broads —

3 2021-08-07 ▶

Brawling roads —

1 2011-11-13 ▶

brother green —

1 2020-05-23 ▶

Can't You See Me —

14 2025-03-09 ▶

Can't You See Me (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2023-06-22 ▶

Can't You See Me (Original Mix) —

1 2017-05-27 ▶

Chicago —

11 2025-12-27 ▶

Chicago (Prince Language Edit) —

1 2015-10-17 ▶

Coffy Is The Color —

1 2012-02-29 ▶

Coffy Is The Colour —

6 2022-12-10 ▶

Coffy Is The Colour (Coffy) —

4 2013-12-26 ▶

Day Dreaming —

1 2020-10-11 ▶

Don't Stop The Feeling —

12 2025-03-20 ▶

Escape —

1 2019-06-07 ▶

Everybody Love the Sunshine (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2022-06-23 ▶

Everybody Love The Sunshine (Live From Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2017-06-24 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshin —

1 2016-08-26 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine —

332 2026-05-24 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (9th Wonder Remix) —

2 2024-09-16 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Adam F VIP) —

2 2025-02-21 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Bakey Remix) —

1 2024-05-08 ▶

Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2024-06-26 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Jag's Trap Edit) —

2 2012-09-10 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Live from Glastonbury '15) —

1 2022-06-22 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Machinedrum Remix) —

1 2022-09-30 ▶

Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Original Demo Version) —

1 2015-12-26 ▶

Everytime I See You —

1 2018-03-12 ▶

Evolution —

1 2022-08-27 ▶

Exotic Dance —

1 2011-02-20 ▶

Fikisha (To Help Someone to Arrive) —

1 2025-03-20 ▶

For Once in My Life —

1 2023-04-22 ▶

Funk in the Hole —

4 2025-03-20 ▶

Funk In The Hole (Waajeed + Platinum Pied Pipers Mix) —

1 2023-02-04 ▶

Get On Up Get On Down —

2 2017-09-07 ▶

Get On Up Get On Down (Joey Negro Revibe) —

1 2017-04-22 ▶

Glow Flower —

2 2025-09-28 ▶

Good Good Music —

4 2025-04-06 ▶

Good Vibrations (Kerri's Mad Mix) —

2 2022-09-09 ▶

Gravity —

1 2020-07-21 ▶

He's A Superstar —

3 2025-05-17 ▶

Higher —

4 2021-01-24 ▶

Holiday (feat. Terri Wells) —

1 2026-03-24 ▶

Holiday (Kenny Dope Main Pass) —

1 2022-09-17 ▶

Hummin' —

1 2020-10-31 ▶

Hummin' In The Sun —

3 2018-10-23 ▶

I Am Your Mind (Basement Jaxx Summer Classix Mix) —

1 2023-05-19 ▶

I Am Your Mind (Part 2) —

1 2025-03-19 ▶

I Am Your Mind (Part 2) [Pepe Bradock Main Mix] —

2 2023-01-15 ▶

I Really Love You —

1 2012-02-29 ▶

In the Dark —

1 2020-01-25 ▶

King George —

1 2014-08-23 ▶

Life Is Just A Moment (Parts 1 and 2) —

1 2015-02-18 ▶

Life is Just A Moment Part 2 —

1 2009-05-13 ▶

Liquid Love —

22 2025-03-19 ▶

Liquid Love (feat. Sylvia Cox) —

5 2024-09-15 ▶

Love Will Bring Us Back Together —

71 2026-05-19 ▶

Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Dr Packer & Chad Jackson Remix) —

1 2024-04-13 ▶

Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2015-06-29 ▶

Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Glastonbury 2019) —

1 2019-07-02 ▶

Love Will bring Us Together —

1 2014-01-04 ▶

Making Love —

1 2011-04-17 ▶

moving grooving —

1 2017-12-03 ▶

Moving, Grooving —

1 2012-03-04 ▶

Mystic Voyage —

3 2023-07-02 ▶

Oh What a Lonely Feeling —

1 2015-12-24 ▶

One Sweet Love To Remember —

1 2020-01-25 ▶

Papa Was A Rolling Stone —

2 2026-05-17 ▶

Poo Poo La La —

3 2021-04-24 ▶

Poo Poo La La (Radio Edit) —

1 2023-06-29 ▶

Programmed for Love —

1 2017-12-02 ▶

Reaching For the Highest Pleasure —

3 2026-03-31 ▶

Red, Black & Green —

2 2025-05-02 ▶

Rhythm —

1 2019-02-16 ▶

Running Away —

137 2026-04-06 ▶

Running Away (12 Inch Mix) —

1 2018-11-24 ▶

Running Away (12" Mix) —

1 2018-01-20 ▶

Running Away (12"MIx) —

1 2018-04-28 ▶

Running Away (Glastonbury 2015) —

5 2018-06-20 ▶

Searching —

31 2025-11-18 ▶

Shining Symbol —

1 2019-04-19 ▶

Sugar —

1 2016-02-18 ▶

Sugar [The Reflex Revision] —

2 2016-03-28 ▶

Sunshine (demo) —

1 2015-06-28 ▶

Superstar —

3 2015-05-30 ▶

Sweet Tears —

1 2014-02-05 ▶

Synchronize Vibration —

3 2020-12-27 ▶

Tarzan (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Mix) —

1 2022-08-19 ▶

The Black Five —

1 2021-02-28 ▶

The Boogie Back —

4 2017-12-16 ▶

The Memory —

4 2021-11-07 ▶

The Third Eye —

1 2022-04-10 ▶

Third Eye —

1 2010-03-24 ▶

To tear a smile —

1 2015-10-19 ▶

Touch of Class (Sean P Classic Touch Mix) —

1 2022-08-19 ▶

Turn Me Loose —

3 2021-10-28 ▶

We Get Our Love From The Sun —

1 2012-02-29 ▶

We Live in Brooklyn —

2 2016-05-01 ▶

We Live In Brooklyn (Shall I Bruk It Remix) —

1 2021-12-03 ▶

We Live In Brooklyn Baby —

7 2016-08-29 ▶

we live in brooklyn baby (instrumental) —

5 2025-07-19 ▶

We Live In Brooklyn, Baby —

6 2020-11-11 ▶

What's The T (Delfonic Edit) (feat. Merry Clayton) —

1 2024-08-24 ▶

What's the T? —

1 2021-10-23 ▶

When Is Real, Real? —

3 2019-04-21 ▶

You Send Me —

2 2019-12-02 ▶