You Send Me-Roy Ayers(Cover)

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Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer.[1] Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk.[2] He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement,[3] and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul".[4] He was best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Running Away", and "Freaky Deaky" and others that charted in the 1970s.[5] At one time, Ayers was listed among the performers whose music was most often sampled by rappers.[6]