Sly Stone
Actor
- Born
- March 15, 1943 · Denton, Texas, USA
- Died
- June 9, 2025 (age 82)
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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Known for
Woodstock
March 26, 1970
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
July 2, 2021
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
May 24, 2019
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
January 23, 2025
Finding the Funk
January 31, 2014
Woodstock Diary
August 14, 1994
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
March 22, 2024
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
December 5, 2014
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
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
July 1, 2000
Acting16
- 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self
- 2024Carol Doda Topless at the Condor as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- 2019Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation as Self
- 2017On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
- 2014The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
- 2014Finding the Funk as Himself
- 2009Coming Back for More
- 2008Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008 as vocals, keyboards
- 2000