It took the bandleader, who died Monday, just a few years beginning in the late 1960s to write a new language of rock, soul ...

People" to "Dance to the Music," these are Sly & the Family Stone's best songs and greatest hits, a tribute to the legacy of ...

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, songwriter, producer and ...

Sly Stone’s hit-making ... Stone’s songs represent a crucial part of hip-hop’s DNA. Here, in the order they were released, are 10 of his essential recordings. ‘Dance to the Music ...

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 ...

But it’s the only song the band ever covered on record, showing how boundless the Family Stone could be. With Sly’s sister Rose on lead vocals, the crew pulls a reverse Pat Boone, adding Black ...

Image What always sounded casual in Sly Stone ... essential albums, from “A Whole New Thing” in 1967 to “Fresh” in 1973, its members all toss around lead vocals like a beanbag. Their songs ...

Some of these became radio hits; all would cement themselves as essential ... the Family Stone’s first No. 1 hit and might still be Sly’s most enduring recording, a song that encapsulates ...