Sly Stone

Acting

Born 1943-03-15 · died 2025-06-09 · Denton, Texas, USA

View on IMDb ↗

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 DiaryThe Midnight SpecialSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)1971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingWoodstockWoodstock: Three Days That Defined a GenerationFinding the FunkCarol Doda Topless at the CondorOn the Sly: In Search of the Family StoneThe Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove