Sly Stone
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1943
- Died
- June 9, 2025 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- 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
Woodstock
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
The Midnight Special
Kraft Music Hall
Finding the Funk
Woodstock Diary
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Filmography
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie · as Self
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie · as Self - Performer (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Movie · as Self
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Movie
Finding the Funk
Movie · as Himself
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Movie
Coming Back for More
Movie
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
Movie · as vocals, keyboards
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Movie · as Self
Woodstock Diary
Movie · as Self - Sly and the Family Stone
Let Me Have It All
Movie · as Himself (Archival Footage)
The Midnight Special
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Woodstock
Movie · as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
Movie
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 2 eps
Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self · 1 ep