Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 15, 1943
Died
Jun 09, 2025
Place of Birth
Denton, Texas, USA
Credits
20 titles
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
Filmography
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Performer (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Finding the Funk
Himself
Coming Back for More
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
vocals, keyboards
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Self
Woodstock Diary
Self - Sly and the Family Stone
Let Me Have It All
Himself (Archival Footage)
The Midnight Special
Self
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
Woodstock
Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Kraft Music Hall
Self
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Self (archive footage)