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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 15, 1943
Place of Birth
Denton, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Sly & The Family Stone
- Sylvester Stewart
Sly Stone
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for 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 called him "the founder of progressive soul".
Known For
7.3
Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
2024
7.6
Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
7.3
Self
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019
0.0
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
7.0
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
2014
7.2
Himself
Finding the Funk
2014
0.0
Coming Back for More
2009
🎬
0.0
vocals, keyboards
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
2008
0.0
Self
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
2000
Credits
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
2025
7.3
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.0
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
2021
7.6
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
as Self
2019
7.3
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
0.0
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
2014
7.0
Finding the Funk
as Himself
2014
7.2
Coming Back for More
2009
0.0
🎬
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
as vocals, keyboards
2008
0.0
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
as Self
2000
0.0
Woodstock Diary
as Self - Sly and the Family Stone
1994
9.2
Let Me Have It All
as Himself (Archival Footage)
1993
0.0
The Midnight Special
as Host (as Sly and the Family Stone)
1972
7.8
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
7.8
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
1970
0.0
Woodstock
as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
1970
7.5
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1969
0.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7