Sly Stone
Born: 1943-03-15
Place of Birth: Denton, Texas, USA
Biography
Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that "James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it," and credited him with "creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds". Crawdaddy! has credited him as the founder of the "progressive soul" movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sly Stone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Woodstock
Woodstock Diary
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Let Me Have It All
Coming Back for More
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Finding the Funk
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
