Some songs become more than the textbook definition of a hit because they do more than encourage a sing-along moment. Some records stop the world. Some help reshape a perspective. And others become ...

Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not only of the rock-soul era — because his music combined both, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly and the Family Stone - Credit: Courtesy of Big Hassle Sly and the Family Stone rip through a rendition of Otis Redding’s “I ...

Roberto Carlos Lange is always up to something fascinating. Since releasing his The Last Sound On Earth EP last fall, the man ...

Sly And The Family Stone featured a unique makeup among 60s groups. "Everyday People" offered their band credo.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly and the Family Stone performing at the Winchester Cathedral, 1967: Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone, and Larry ...

It’s hard to “fight the power” and win, but 59 years ago, Sly Stone managed to walk away with the W. One of his greatest. Facing label pressure to abandon his psychedelic sound in favor of a more ...

At this point, the band had not yet signed with Epic Records. The release of their debut album A Whole New Thing was just-over seven months away. "Dance to the Music" would – in its second wind, ...

On June 9, Sly Stone, the fearless innovator behind Sly & The Family Stone, died at 82. As the frontman, singer, songwriter, organist and producer for the legendary psychedelic soul ensemble, Stone ...

Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band. There are still plenty of cover bands, of course, but the Beatles and especially punk helped move it from being the ...