# Daddy Bug

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***Daddy Bug*** is an album by American jazz vibraphonist [Roy Ayers](/source/Roy_Ayers), released on the [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) label in 1969.[1] Several tracks from the album were re-released without string and woodwind overdubs on *Daddy Bug & Friends* in 1976.[2]

## Track listing

1. "Daddy Bug" (Roy Ayers) - 3:08
1. "[Bonita](/source/Bonita_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song))" ([Antônio Carlos Jobim](/source/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim), [Ray Gilbert](/source/Ray_Gilbert)) - 2:51
1. "[This Guy's in Love with You](/source/This_Guy's_in_Love_with_You)" ([Burt Bacharach](/source/Burt_Bacharach), [Hal David](/source/Hal_David)) - 4:49
1. "I Love You Michelle" ([Edwin Birdsong](/source/Edwin_Birdsong)) - 4:50
1. "Shadows" (Buster Williams) - 3:43
1. "Emmie" ([Laura Nyro](/source/Laura_Nyro)) - 4:14
1. "Look to the Sky" (Jobim) - 4:56
1. "It Could Only Happen with You" (Jobim, Gilbert, Louis Oliveira) - 2:53

Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A & R Studios in NYC on March 11, 1969 (tracks 3, 4 & 7), May 12, 1969 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8), and August 13, 1969 (track 6), with overdubbed woodwinds and strings recorded on July 21, 1969 (tracks 1, 3–5, 7 & 8)

## Personnel

- Roy Ayers - [vibraphone](/source/Vibraphone)
- [Herbie Hancock](/source/Herbie_Hancock) - [piano](/source/Piano)
- [Sonny Sharrock](/source/Sonny_Sharrock) - [guitar](/source/Guitar) (track 6)
- [Ron Carter](/source/Ron_Carter) (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7), [Buster Williams](/source/Buster_Williams) (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) - [bass](/source/Double_bass)
- Bruno Carr (track 6), [Freddie Waits](/source/Freddie_Waits) (tracks 3, 4 & 7), [Mickey Roker](/source/Mickey_Roker) (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) - [drums](/source/Drum_kit)
- [Hubert Laws](/source/Hubert_Laws) - [flute](/source/Flute), [bass flute](/source/Bass_flute) (tracks 1, 3–5 & 7)
- George Marge, Romeo Penque, [Jerome Richardson](/source/Jerome_Richardson) - [soprano saxophone](/source/Soprano_saxophone), [bass clarinet](/source/Bass_clarinet) (tracks 1, 3–5 & 7)
- Bill Fischer - [arranger](/source/Arrangement), [conductor](/source/Conducting) (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8)
- Alfred Brown, [Kermit Moore](/source/Kermit_Moore), George Ricci - [cello](/source/Cello) (tracks 1, 5 & 8)
- [Gene Orloff](/source/Gene_Orloff) - string director (tracks 1, 5 & 8)

## Charts

Chart performance for Daddy Bug Chart (2026) Peak position

## References

1. [Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series](http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1500-series/#sd-1538) accessed September 24, 2015

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