Sly Stone
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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.
Known for
Credits
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Woodstock (1970)
as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In (2000)
as Self
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
as Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
as Self
Let Me Have It All (1993)
as Himself (Archival Footage)
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Coming Back for More (2009)
Actor
Woodstock Diary (1994)
as Self - Sly and the Family Stone
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove (2014)
Actor
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Actor
Finding the Funk (2014)
as Himself
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008 (2008)
as vocals, keyboards
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70 (1970)
Actor
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69 (1969)
Actor