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Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco. Active from 1967 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music. Headed by singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and containing several of his family members and friends, the band was the first major American rock band to have an "integrated, multi-gender" lineup. Brothers Sly Stone and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone combined their bands (Sly & the Stoners and Freddie & the Stone Souls) in 1967. Sly and Freddie Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Gregg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham completed the original lineup; Sly and Freddie's sister, singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, joined within a year. This collective recorded five Billboard Hot 100 hits which reached the top 10, and four ground-breaking albums, which greatly influenced the sound of American pop music, soul, R&B, funk, and hip hop...

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Discography

  • Dance to the Music, 1995
  • There's a Riot Goin' On, 1971
  • Stand!, 1993
  • The Essential Sly & The Family Stone, 2005
  • Small Talk, 1974
  • Fresh, 1973
  • Greatest Hits (extra disc), 1995
  • Anthology, 1981
  • Greatest Hits, 1970
  • The Woodstock Experience, 2009
  • Ain't but the One Way, 1983
  • The Best of Sly & The Family Stone, 1992
  • Different Strokes by Different Folks, 2005
  • Life, 2007
  • Back on the Right Track, 1979
  • Texas International Pop Festival
  • Sly & The Family Stone
  • A Whole New Thing, 2007
  • Higher!, 2005
  • Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back, 1976
  • The Collection, 1991
  • Best of Sly and the Family Stone

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