Sly Stone
Acting
Born: 1943-03-15 in Denton, Texas, USA
Biography
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
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Kraft Music Hall
Self
The Midnight Special
Self
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
Woodstock
Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock Diary
Self - Sly and the Family Stone
Finding the Funk
Himself
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Self
Let Me Have It All
Himself (Archival Footage)
Coming Back for More
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
