The Death Of Black Music 3 w/host Professor Griff

It Never Rains In Southern California, and, Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Roy Ayers, whose ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’ charmed generations, dies at 84
Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” has died at the age of 84.
He died Tuesday in New York City after a long illness, according to a statement shared on his Facebook page.
Ayers was born in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 1940, to a musical family. Like a scene out of a movie, a 5-year-old Ayers boogie’d so hard at a Lionel Hampton concert that the vibraphonist handed Ayers his first pair of mallets.

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and “(Lay Your Head on My) Pillow,” has died. He was 64.

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