Sly Stone’s 10 Essential Songs: From ‘Dance to the Music’ to ‘Everyday People’ to ‘Family Affair,’ and More. Jem Aswad. Mon, June 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM UTC. 6 min read.

Sly Stone, who died Monday at 82, was one of the most innovative and influential musicians of the 20th century — here are ... The essential songs that may be obvious — nearly all are from ...

It took the bandleader, who died Monday, just a few years beginning in the late 1960s to write a new language of rock, soul and pop.

A timeline of Sly Stone’s career in 10 essential songs. Sly Stone, center, performs with Freddie Stone, left, and Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone in 1969. (CBS via Getty Images) ...

Of course, if the song was a high point, by extension, what came next meant that Sly and the Family Stone were about to get low. 6ix, ‘I’m Just Like You’ (1970) Image Credit: Michael Ochs ...

People" to "Dance to the Music," these are Sly & the Family Stone's best songs and greatest hits, a tribute to the legacy of Sly Stone.

Funk pioneer Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco DJ turned pop music innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has ...

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 ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s last great song, “If You Want Me to Stay,” has another of those in-the-bones bass lines and one of Sly’s rawest vocal performances (the way he sings “get this ...