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{{short description|American musician (born 1943)}} {{Redirect|Sylvester Stewart|the character in ''The Day Today''|Sylvester Stuart}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sly Stone | background = solo_singer | image = Sly and the Family Stone (cropped).jpg | caption = Stone performs with the Family Stone in 2007. | birth_name = Sylvester Stewart | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|3|15}} | birth_place = [[Denton, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = | genre = {{Hlist|[[Funk]]|[[psychedelic soul]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[avant-funk]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Passings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22avant-funk%22+sly+stone&pg=RA1-PA39|access-date=March 5, 2017|work=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|date=December 25, 2004|issue=116|publisher=Nielsen}}</ref>|[[progressive soul]]<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Hoard|editor1-first=Christian|editor2-last=Brackett|editor2-first=Nathan|year=2004|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=9780743201698|page=524}}</ref>}} | occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician, band leader, record producer, dj | instrument = Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica | discography = {{hlist|[[Sly Stone discography|Solo]]|[[Sly and the Family Stone discography|with the Family Stone]]}} | years_active = 1956–present | label = [[Epic Records]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]] | associated_acts = [[Bobby Freeman]], [[Beau Brummels]], [[Joe Piazza and the Continentals]], [[the Viscaynes]], [[Sly and the Family Stone]], [[Bobby Womack]] | website ={{URL|slystonemusic.com}} }} '''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 music|soul]], [[rock music|rock]], [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]] and [[gospel music|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."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ankeny |first1=Jason |title=Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sylvester-sly-stone-stewart-mn0000751663/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref> ''[[Crawdaddy!]]'' has credited him as the founder of the "[[progressive soul]]" movement.<ref>{{cite book|page=257|last=Rubiner|first=Julia M.|year=1992|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|volume=8|publisher=[[Gale Research]]|isbn=0-8103-5403-9}}</ref> Born in Texas and raised in the Bay Area city Vallejo in Northern California, Stone mastered several instruments at an early age and performed [[gospel music]] as a child with his siblings (and future bandmates) [[Freddie Stone|Freddie]] and [[Rose Stone|Rose]]. In the mid-1960s, he worked as both a [[record producer]] for [[Autumn Records]] and a [[disc jockey]] for San Francisco radio station [[KDIA]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gentile |first=Dan |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Sly Stone's autobiography is full of wild Bay Area stories |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sly-stone-autobiography-review-18601408.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226235259/https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sly-stone-autobiography-review-18601408.php |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref> In 1966, Stone and his brother Freddie joined their bands together to form Sly and the Family Stone, a racially integrated, mixed-gender act. The group would score hits including "[[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]" (1968), "[[Everyday People]]" (1968), "[[Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)]]" (1969), "[[I Want to Take You Higher]]" (1969) "[[Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone song)|Family Affair]]" (1971) and "[[If You Want Me to Stay]]" (1973) and acclaimed albums including ''[[Stand!]]'' (1969), ''[[There's a Riot Goin' On]]'' (1971) and [[Fresh (Sly and the Family Stone album)|''Fresh'']] (1973). By the mid-1970s, Stone's drug use and erratic behavior effectively ended the group, leaving him to record several unsuccessful solo albums. He toured or collaborated with artists such as [[Parliament-Funkadelic]], [[Bobby Womack]], and [[Jesse Johnson (musician)|Jesse Johnson]]. In 1993, he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of the group. He took part in a Sly and the Family Stone tribute at the [[2006 Grammy Awards]], his first live performance since 1987. He released the autobiography ''[[Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (book)|Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)]]'' in 2023.
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