Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly Stone - Credit: Warner Bros/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Sly and the Family Stone didn't have an easy task in front of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly Stone, a pop and funk music innovator best known for his band Sly and the Family Stone, has died. He was 82. The onetime San ...

Sly Stone, whose band Sly and the Family Stone electrified Woodstock audiences and introduced a genre-fusing brand of psychedelic funk with hits such as “Family Affair” and “Everyday People” but then ...

Woodstock is often remembered as a rock concert celebrating peace, love and music. But one of the best parts of the original 1969 festival in Upstate New York was playing a very different sound, ...

The death of Sly Stone, real name Sylvester Stewart, on June 9 triggered memories of the crazy, off-the-wall show he and his band the Family Stone played on Sunday, July 11, 1971, in Hunlock’s Creek.

His family released a statement on Monday (June 9) that read, “After a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by his three children, his ...

Musician Sly Stone of the psychedelic soul group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1969. Woodstock, the music festival that defined a generation, ...

"Hot Fun in the Summertime" was released by Sly and the Family Stone in 1969, right before they played a high-profile ...

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, ...

Sly Stone, a funk pioneer whose influence and impact as leader of the musical group Sly and the Family Stone was as enduring as his career was brief, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82.