Sly Stone died at age 82, his family announced in a statement on Monday, June 9 According to Sly's relatives, his death came after "a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues" ...

The eccentric frontman and producer of his family group, Sly & the Family Stone, endured a "prolonged battle" with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and suffered with "other underlying ...

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame in 1993 and honored in 2006 at the Grammy Awards, but Sly released just one album after the early ’80s, “I’m Back!

In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of ...

In the mid-‘60s, Stone was a DJ in San Francisco, and a producer at Autumn Records, best known for the group The Beau Brummels. His group, Sly and the Family Stone’s Top 40 debut, “Dance to ...

With their fourth album Stand! (1969), Sly and the Family Stone vaulted to stardom. The album’s infectious songs brimmed with joie de vivre and urged listeners to dance.

Sly’s triumphs, peaked over 50 years ago, have long since been obscured by a widely documented hellscape of drugs, wild extravagances, label disputes, haphazard live appearances, the dissolution of ...