Play Sly & The Family… Radio
Sly & The Family Stone
3,411,451 plays (343,908 listeners)
Listening now: justfuck777
Oakland, San Francisco CA, 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.
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.
Top Albums
-
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $34.98
- eBay Search
-
Anthology
Sly & The Family Stone Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $37.58
- eBay Search
-
There's a Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $32.98
- eBay Search
-
Fresh
Sly & The Family Stone Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $32.98
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Everyday People
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Family Affair
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Dance To The Music
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
If You Want Me To Stay
full track
|
|||
| 5 |
|
I Want To Take You Higher
full track
|
|||
| 6 |
|
Stand!
full track
|
|||
| 7 |
|
Hot Fun in the Summertime
full track
|
|||
| 8 |
|
Sing A Simple Song
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
Runnin' Away
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
You Can Make It If You Try
full track
|
|||
| 11 |
|
Just Like A Baby
full track
|
|||
| 12 |
|
(You Caught Me) Smilin'
full track
|
|||
| 13 |
|
Luv N' Haight
full track
|
|||
| 14 |
|
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
full track
|
|||
| 15 |
|
Poet
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
lolzunicorn wrote:
IIiiiiiiiiii ammm everyday people :)))
-
LogoDesigner wrote:
DONT CALL ME NIGGER, WHITEY!
-
easyrider72 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/STONER+FUNK
-
TheIan8 wrote:
Brilliant simply brilliant.
-
VanillaSky3 wrote:
Funk ^^
-
Darek_86 wrote:
that's what music is all about!
-
futhamucka wrote:
hahahahaha drake
-
el_yucatan wrote:
the beat is getting stronger!!!
-
Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
-
debela_koala wrote:
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cocaine
-
polymorphous71 wrote:
"actually most of the best musicians from back then did cocaine.... " Like who?
-
phillybird wrote:
actually most of the best musicians from back then did cocaine....
-
polymorphous71 wrote:
Sly had serious talent, coz usually human + cocaine intake = shitty music. Well done Sly.
-
JJOOSSEE1 wrote:
i want to take you higher is the shiitt
-
mefeates wrote:
pure emotion /:)
-
Lipglossedify wrote:
If you like funk and soul come on in here - get that group radio rockin!
-
OctagonWolf wrote:
During PFunks show last night he came out and sang If You Want Me to Stay and I Want to Take You Higher !!!!!! i cannot believe i saw that
-
Jay-Chilli wrote:
The Beatles are justifiably lauded for how much ground they covered in just 7 years, I reckon Sly Stone deserves similar plaudits. From the classic soul of "A Whole New Thing" to the odd cocaine-numbed proto-disco of "Fresh" via the psychedelic fuzzbox funk of "Stand!"...seriously, there aren't so many artists who've been that innovative.
-
JawadQ wrote:
Sly Stone is legend!
-
Holzmichel wrote:
One of the most underrated Groups on lastfm. Seriously, only 3 mill. plays? They definately deserve more than that!
Videos
See more
News
The Greatest Madison Square Garden show of all time?
4 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Sly & The Family Stone
In 1968, the latest incarnation of Madison Square Garden opened in the heart of NYC. By the 1970s, the arena was the premier showcase for music's biggest stars. …
-
18 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Sly & The Family Stone -
3 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Sly & The Family Stone -
24 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Sly & The Family Stone
Listeners
-
master_k_zor
Listening now
to Just Like A Baby -
justfuck777
Listening now
to Everyday People -
FishFishGarden
Listening now
to You Can Make It If You… -
SAIGONMARKET
Top Listener
-
guitarmati
Top Listener
-
djaratake5
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
GOLDENFOXXX, metalat3m, iamtess and 6 other people added Sly & The Family Stone to their libraries. 3 hours ago
-
HerrHannesPaul tagged Sly & The Family Stone with soul and funk. yesterday evening
-
DocSmash77, Habakushi, chriskern and 10 other people added Sly & The Family Stone to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
marthusky tagged Sly & The Family Stone with ‘funk’. Wednesday evening
-
joshdemuth, catarpillar, apegjuapgdjagp and 15 other people added Sly & The Family Stone to their libraries. Wednesday evening
-
Revolution10 tagged Sly & The Family Stone with funk, soul, rhythm and blues and one other tag. Tuesday evening
-
UltraEpic, Blindrobbery, homey611 and 12 other people added Sly & The Family Stone to their libraries. Tuesday evening
-
KingsXno1 tagged Sly & The Family Stone with rock, rhythm and blues and funk. Monday evening
-
KingsXno1, allthatme and ELECTREGRA added Sly & The Family Stone to their libraries. Monday evening
-
Marinapetrova, rfontalvo, EvilMonkey71 and 3 other people added Sly & The Family Stone to their libraries. Monday evening
Related Journals
-
Top 50 Most Listened To Albums
by bensteinsmoney |
18 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Top Albums
by bensteinsmoney |
18 Nov 2009 | 1 comment
-
Favourite Songs In Movie Moments
by thomas10 |
24 Oct 2009 | 13 comments
Groups (123)
-
Sly & The Family Stone
40 members
-
Civil Rights Music: A Global Heritage
90 members
-
Soulful Music
121 members
-
supa compability only
44 members
-
P.Funk: George Clinton / Parliament / Funkadelic / Bootsy
158 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
