Funk musician Sly Stone died last night at the age of 82, after a long struggle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and other underlying health issues, according to a statement released by ...

Sly & the Family Stone’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 from its Aug. 4, 1958, start through June 7, 2025.

Sly Stone, best remembered for meshing rock, pop, funk, psychedelic and soul music in the 1960s and 1970s, died at the age of 82 on June 9, 2025. The late musician led the group Sly and the Family ...

Sly’s time on top was brief, roughly from 1968-1971, but profound. No band better captured the gravity-defying euphoria of the Woodstock era or more bravely addressed the crash which followed.

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Sly Stone (1943-2025) Obituary; Forging Harmony That Couldn’t Last; ...

Nearly 60 years after it was recorded, a legendary early club set from Sly & the Family Stone will finally be officially released. “The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967” will be ...

Sly and the Family Stone didn’t have an easy task in front of them when they stepped onstage at Woodstock. It was 3:30 AM, several hours past their scheduled start time, the grounds were soaked ...

With Sly & the Family Stone, Nile Rodgers said that the late Sly Stone “changed music.” Redferns. Another legendary producer, Jimmy Jam, recalled sampling Sly & the Family Stone’s 1970 chart ...

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Related story: Founding member and singer in R&B band with No. 1 hit dies at age 68 Stories by Matt Durr ...

The Sly & the Family Stone leader has died at 82. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction. By Rob Tannenbaum In Sly & the Family Stone’s prime, from 1968 to 1973 ...

Sly & the Family Stone would release a total of ten albums across their 19-year career, with the band coming to an end in 1983, and later being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.