"In terms of impact and the kind of shift they created, there isn’t a greater American band," said Vernon Reid of Sly and the Family Stone.

Sly and the Family Stone (1968) Stone and his band achieved artistic success and wild popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs such as “Everyday People,” “Hot Fun in the ...

NEED TO KNOW Sly Stone has died. He was 82 The rocker was known for Sly and the Family Stone hits like "Dance to the Music" and "Everyday People" "While we mourn his absence, we take solace in ...

This Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast focuses on Sly & the Family Stone's 1969, one of the all-time great pop star years.

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

We talk about everything that led up to the Sly & the Family Stone's career-making year of 1969 - which ultimately resulted in the classic LP Stand, two bookending No. 1 hits in "Everyday People ...

Jazz musician Sly and the Family Stone's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.

Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 captures Sly and the Family Stone just before they released their debut album ...

The Otis Redding cover appears on the upcoming LP The First Family, which contains the earliest known live recording of the ...

There was an odd symmetry to the near-simultaneous deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at age 82 last week. “Both of them poets of summer,” Rob Sheffield says in the new episode of Rolling ...

Stone’s style encouraged people to make room for the colorful, chaotic, bedazzled multitudes. And if only for the briefest moment, his effort was proved worthwhile.

Radio & Podcasts Sly Stone, Tessa Souter, Cedar Walton by David Brown June 26, 2025 This week we remember progressive soul and funk pioneer Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone with two ...