Roy Ayers dropped "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" 50 years ago today, a song sampled by Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Common and Pete Rock, and interpolated by dozens more.
It's also probably the closest that anyone has ever got to making a song that sounds exactly like warm sunshine.
HBD 🎂 4/6/1951 to the man who threw the pitch that took the #Pittsburgh#Pirates to the 1979 #WorldSeries, Bert Blyleven!
A Hall of Famer, Bert had one of the best curveballs ever. He threw 3 seasons for the Bucs: 9.8 WAR, 34-28, 3.47era.
#LetsGoBucs
Ella Joyce performing a Lady Macbeth monologue before a live broadcast of the show "Roc." The entire 2nd season was done live to broadcast and Ella would often do Shakespearian monologues to warm up the crowd.
How “We Are Family” rallied the 1979 Pirates
Footage from MLB Network. Words from Tekulve, Parker, and Sister Sledge.
Joe Greene and Tony Dungy also chime in.