Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not only of the rock-soul era — because his music ...

LOS ANGELES — Sly Stone's hit-making era lasted all of six years — from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 — but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The singer ...

As the B-side to their first of three chart-topping entries on the Hot 100, “Sing a Simple Song” may not be as essential to an understanding of their place in music history as the A-side.

Sly Stone in April 1972. (Associated Press file) But by the early 1970s, he was ravaged by drug addiction, kicking off a cycle of spirals and comebacks and sporadic, desultory live appearances.

Sly Stone's 5 essential songs: From 'Everyday People' to 'Stand!' After huge chart-topping success in the 1960s and 1970s, Stone had become an enigmatic and largely reclusive figure plagued by ...

As the lead singer of Sly and the Family Stone, the artist logged hits like “Everyday People” and “Family Affair,” but in his 2023 audiobook, Stone unveiled three never-before-heard songs ...

Sly and the Family Stone rip through a rendition of Otis Redding’s “I Can’t Turn You Loose” in the latest offering from the upcoming album, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967.

Sly Stone, one of the most influential and groundbreaking musicians of the late Sixties and early Seventies who smashed the boundaries of rock, pop, funk, and soul, died today. He was 82. The cause of ...

Sly’s time on top was brief, roughly from 1968-1971, but profound. No band better captured the gravity-defying euphoria of the Woodstock era or more bravely addressed the crash which followed. From ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s last great song, “If You Want Me to Stay,” has another of those in-the-bones bass lines and one of Sly’s rawest vocal performances (the way he sings “get this ...

The electrifying musician, songwriter and showman transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s with Sly and the Family Stone. Author: Associated Press Published: 2:54 PM CDT June 9, 2025 ...

Sly and the Family Stone's last great song, "If You Want Me to Stay," has another of those in-the-bones bass lines and one of Sly's rawest vocal performances (the way he sings "get this message ...