Sly & The Family Stone

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San Francisco, United States (1966 – 1975)

Sly & the Family Stone were an important and influential American rock band from Oakland, California. Active from 1966 until 1975, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia.
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 lineup in both race and gender.

Brothers Sly Stone and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone combined their bands (Sly & the Stoners and Freddie & the Stone Souls) at the end of 1966. 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 Top 10 hits and four groundbreaking albums, which greatly influenced the sound of American pop music, soul, R&B, funk, and hip hop music. In the preface of his 1998 book For the Record: Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History, Joel Selvin sums up the importance of Sly & the Family Stone’s influence on African American music by stating “there are two types of black music: black music before Sly Stone, and black music after Sly Stone”. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

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Top Tracks

1	Everyday People full track	1,233
2	Family Affair full track	1,218
3	Dance to the Music full track	1,050
4	If You Want Me to Stay full track	866
5	I Want to Take You Higher full track	789
6	Hot Fun in the Summertime full track	586
7	Stand! full track	581
8	Sing a Simple Song full track	495
9	Runnin' Away	377
10	Luv N' Haight	367
11	You Can Make It If You Try full track	358
12	Just Like a Baby	327
13	(You Caught Me) Smilin' full track	316
14	Everybody Is A Star full track	307
15	Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey full track	303

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wearwolf13 wrote:
10 days ago

one of the all time great artists -

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Saturnlane wrote:
12 days ago

Come and join www.last.fm/group/Soul-Funk-Blues-Jazz+and+Psychedelic+Grooves and groove to the music of the soul.

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johnny_glasgow wrote:
last month

Some folks might want to give 'War' a check out.

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DeBiLast wrote:
last month

great big love to this fantastic group!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

My mom was a yard sale junkie. She would buy many records, mostly polka's. One day she was playing a SATFS album and I ran down stairs wondering what the FUNK was up with the groovie music! I stole that record away from her and have been hooked eversince!
cesarninne wrote:
last month

i liked so much i from Brazil best music funk soul bless up

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ELECTRICxDEUCE wrote:
August 2008

this music envelopes me in a symphony of awe. no song is long enough.....i always feel abandoned when a track ends. pure genius!

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soulplo wrote:
August 2008

Madre mia !!!.... Jode

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jackwolfesucks wrote:
August 2008

i don't know why i listen to plastic jim so much. but i do.

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Hellequin53 wrote:
August 2008

Man I gotta get more of Sly's stuff, only got six albums.

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dai77 wrote:
August 2008

I can not make it, I'm so hip, ohhh yeahhh...

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Nagsworth wrote:
August 2008

Purely and indisputably the greatest funk band to ever grace this earth.

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TimBarnes wrote:
August 2008

ahh the bass, so amazing

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tangerine_02 wrote:
August 2008

i falling in love of this group...

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jpdelaire wrote:
July 2008

BARACK OBAMA Music Video!!!!! Hi , I wanted to share this with you! Please pass it along if you like it! Peace and Love, JP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCtb3gbjp4 please click "watch in high quality"

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groovadelic wrote:
July 2008

if you want me to stay is the best song ever

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bathat wrote:
July 2008

I really can't understand why they are not more popular...

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July 2008

If you hate the new last.fm's version. JOIN! http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm

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Nagsworth wrote:
July 2008

Calling all funky soul brothers, move yer feet and feel the beat down at the hottest new group in town, Brotherhood of Funky Soul Breaks! Help a dude out in his quest for the ultimate lovers of funk, and sign yerself up!

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biles1234 wrote:
June 2008

fucking awesome photo

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