Sly Stone
Known For
Acting
Born
1943-03-15 in Denton, Texas, USA
Died
2025-06-09
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.
Most Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
The Midnight Special
as Self
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock
as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
as Self
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
as Self (archive footage)
Coming Back for More
Woodstock Diary
as Self - Sly and the Family Stone
Finding the Funk
as Himself
Let Me Have It All
as Himself (Archival Footage)
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
as vocals, keyboards
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
as Self
