Sly and the Family Stone’s last great song, “If You Want Me to Stay,” has another of those in-the-bones bass lines and one of Sly’s rawest vocal performances (the way he sings “get this ...

LOS ANGELES — Sly Stone's hit-making era lasted all of six years — from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 — but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The singer ...

Sly Stone in April 1972. (Associated Press file) But by the early 1970s, he was ravaged by drug addiction, kicking off a cycle of spirals and comebacks and sporadic, desultory live appearances.

Stand! also included “Everyday People,” which would become the Family Stone’s first No. 1 hit and might still be Sly’s most enduring recording, a song that encapsulates so many of the ...

The music and the message has remained relevant for decades. Here are five songs to start with if you're not yet across some of the biggest moments Sly Stone gave us in his early career.

Sly Stone was more than a hitmaker—he was a prophet of rhythm, a master of contradiction, and a pioneer of what music could be when it ignored the rules. These seven songs prove that even beyond ...

A snippet of music history will hit the shelves on July 18 with the new Sly & The Family Stone album The First Family: Live ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s best songs sound as fresh as the day they were released. Still, his name and his music are more likely to be remembered than the names and music of so many of his ...

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: (Singing) Time is passing, I grow older, things are happening fast. All I have to hold on to is a simple song at last. Let me hear you say.

Thank you, Sly Stone, for being so generous with your music before your death on Monday at the age of 82 — for the wealth of durable hits that includes “Stand!,” “Sing a Simple Song ...