Sly and the Family Stone have released a new animated video for their 1968 classic, “Everyday People.” The clip opens with a simple message: “Now more than ever, the message of this song ...

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 ...

Released in November 1968, Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" seemed a pleasant, perhaps idealistic, rallying cry in these desperate times. The song is a plea for peace, for equality.

Sly Stone, leader of the iconic funk/soul band Sly and the Family Stone, known for hits such as "Dance to the Music," "Everyday People" and "I Want to Take You Higher," died Monday at age 82 ...

Sly and the Family Stone's membership included two of his actual siblings, and they released massive hits like "Dance to the Music,” "Everyday People" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin ...

“Sly was a little disappointed that people weren’t losing their minds to his new single,” Questlove recounts. “Then, a girl he was with gave him the inspiration, saying, ‘It’s 1969, man.

Between 1967 and 1973, Sly and the Family Stone had nine singles in the Top 40. “Dance to the Music,” the exuberant title song to their second album, hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

NPR also has a first listen of his cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1968 classic anthem for equality “Everyday People,” which Buckley has pared down considerably.

Everyone knows who Sylvester "Sly" Stallone of Rocky and Rambo fame is. But not everyone knows who Sly Stone was. For those who appreciate funk music, he was The Man. He died at the age of 82 on ...

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, ...