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.

Below, Billboard rounds up our picks for Sly & Co.'s 10 all-time greatest - songs that captured turbulent times and spoke to universal truths, and remain just as potent over a half-century later.

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 ...

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 ...

But Sly Stone lived up to his moniker in his approach to circumventing this system. By assembling his band of both Black and white members, incorporating both men and women, he bypassed record ...

His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding. Sly Stone, 1969. If you want to see my aunt Pam stop what she’s doing and dance, play Sly and ...

Sly And The Family Stone made memorable appearances in both. First came the Harlem Cultural Festival in June 1969, an event later commemorated in thrilling fashion by the 2021 documentary Summer ...