Sly Stone

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

as Self - Sly & The Family Stone

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

as Self

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

as Self

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

The Midnight Special

as Host (as Sly and the Family Stone)

The Midnight Special

as Self

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Finding the Funk

as Himself

Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

as Self (archive footage)