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Sly & The Family Stone
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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.
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Stand!
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Anthology
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Everyday People
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Dance To The Music
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Family Affair
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I Want To Take You Higher
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If You Want Me To Stay
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Stand!
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Hot Fun in the Summertime
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Sing A Simple Song
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You Can Make It If You Try
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Runnin' Away
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(You Caught Me) Smilin'
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Just Like A Baby
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Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
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Poet
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Luv N' Haight
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GreenSniper wrote:
haha... Sly did more than coke.
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GreenSniper wrote:
*It's a family affffaaair*
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gerard_d wrote:
Spam v
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MissClarck wrote:
Hi, I just want ot present you this amazing French-Congolese band with their new afrogroove style..they need supports 'cause their lyrics are so awareness. share it with your friend and then groove. here is BANTUNANI. http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Bantunani
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kasa408 wrote:
Geniuses, their contribution to music will out-live many generations to come.
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Cousin_Eddy wrote:
Absolutely brilliant!
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AntonFjordson wrote:
stay fonky!
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sionborg wrote:
Great Band !!
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Sandronic wrote:
Ежель Москвичи, то: Нужны люди для hop, funky, jazzy проекта - http://www.lastfm.ru/group/%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B+%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F+hop%2C+funky%2C+jazzy++%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0
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lolzunicorn wrote:
IIiiiiiiiiii ammm everyday people :)))
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LogoDesigner wrote:
DONT CALL ME NIGGER, WHITEY!
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easyrider72 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/STONER+FUNK
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TheIan8 wrote:
Brilliant simply brilliant.
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VanillaSky3 wrote:
Funk ^^
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Darek_86 wrote:
that's what music is all about!
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futhamucka wrote:
hahahahaha drake
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el_yucatan wrote:
the beat is getting stronger!!!
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Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
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debela_koala wrote:
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cocaine
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polymorphous71 wrote:
"actually most of the best musicians from back then did cocaine.... " Like who?
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