Cynthia Robinson
Actor
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Died
- November 23, 2015 (age 71)
Cynthia Robinson (January 12, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American musician, best known for being a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, for which she was the trumpeter and a vocalist. Her voice and presence were featured in the hits "Dance to the Music" and "I Want to Take You Higher." Questlove of the hip hop band the Roots has called Robinson the original "hypeman."
Known for
Woodstock
March 26, 1970
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
January 23, 2025
Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
December 31, 1999
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
January 22, 2017
Coming Back for More
January 23, 2009
Let Me Have It All
January 23, 1993
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
December 10, 1970
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
June 29, 1969
Prince: Beautiful Strange
August 28, 1998
Acting10
- 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self (archive footage)
- 2017On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
- 2009Coming Back for More
- 2008Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008 as vocals, trumpet
- 1999Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
- 1998Prince: Beautiful Strange as Self
- 1993Let Me Have It All as Herself
- 1970Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
- 1970Woodstock as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
- 1969Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69