Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his ...

Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music ...

Funk icon and pioneering multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, whose band Sly and the Family Stone remolded musical norms and challenged segregation along racial and gender lines, died at the age of 82 ...

“Stand!” (1969), the fourth album by Sly and the Family Stone, contained the group’s first No. 1 hit, “Everyday People.” Its success helped secure the band a spot at the Woodstock festival.

Stone made his California-based band, which included his brother Freddie and sister Rose, a symbol of integration. It included Black and white musicians, while women, including the late trumpeter ...

Stone was perhaps best known for his performance in 1969 at the historic Woodstock music festival. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.

And Freddie Stone, he was almost the power behind the throne. It’s not just that Sly was a singular genius — that band was incredibly impactful. He was the original code-switcher.

The band's breakthrough came in 1968, when the title track to their second album, Dance to the Music, cracked the Top 10. A year later, Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock before dawn.

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.