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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, rock, psychedelia and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Viscaynes released a few local singles, and Sylvester recorded several solo singles under the name "Danny Stewart". By 1964, Sylvester had become Sly Stone. He became a disc jockey for San Mateo, California-located R&B radio station KSOL, where he included white performers such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in his playlists
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as Danny "Sly" Stewart "Help Me With My Broken Heart" / "Long Time Alone"² G&P 901 1962 as Sylvester Stewart "I Just Learned How to Swim" / "Scat Swim"³ Autumn Record No. 3 1964 as Sly Stewart "Buttermilk, Part 1" / "Buttermilk, Part 2" 4: Autumn Record No. 14 1965 as Sly "Temptation Walk, Part 1" / "Temptation Walk, Part 2" 4: Autumn Record ...
Sly Stone – vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, various instruments; Little Sister (Dawn Silva, Tiny Melton, Vet Stewart, Rudy Love) – background vocals; Freddie ...
Small Talk is the seventh album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1974. This album was the final LP to feature the original Family Stone, which broke up in January 1975.
Born Frederick Stewart, he started playing music when he was twelve. [1] In 1966, Freddie co-founded the band Sly and the Family Stone, fronted by his brother Sly and including his sister Rose. He was the guitarist and vocalist. After leaving the band in the late 1970s, Stone signed a short recording contract with Motown Records. He was ...
"Everybody Is a Star", released in December 1969, is song written by Sylvester Stewart and recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The song, released as the B-side to the band's 1970 single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970 at a time when chart position for both sides of the single were measured equally and not independently ...