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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.
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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.
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Sly Stone's Filmography
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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
as Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
as Self
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Finding the Funk
as Himself
Coming Back for More
No Poster
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
as vocals, keyboards
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
as Self
Woodstock Diary
as Self - Sly and the Family Stone
Let Me Have It All
as Himself (Archival Footage)
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
Woodstock
as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
No Poster
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
as Self (archive footage)