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Sly and the Family Stone Frontman Sly Stone Dead At 82

Sly was born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, in 1943. His nickname came after a classmate misspelled his name. After he changed his stage name from Stewart to Sone, his brother and sister did the same, and they launched Sly and the Family Stone.

The group’s first big hit, Dance to the Music, was released in 1967. A year later, they released their album of the same name.

Two years later, their album Stand became their biggest success, featuring hits like Everyday People and Hot Fun in the Summertime.

Funk legend George Clinton paid tribute to Sly and the Family Stone in a 2023 interview.

“It was like seeing the Black version of The Beatles,” he gushed. “(Sly) had the sensibility of the street, the church, and then, like, the qualities of a Motown, you know, Smokey Robinson — he was all of that in one person.”

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