Sly Stone
Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that "James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it," and credited him with "creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds." Crawdaddy! has called him "the founder of progressive soul".
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.131 |
| Birthday | 1943-03-15 |
| Place of Birth | Denton, TX |
| Also Known As | Sly and the Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone, Sylvester Stewart, |
2000
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
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A feature documentary about the music of Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone featuring Rose and Freddie Stone, Sly Stone's mother, and band memb...
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Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
1994
Woodstock Diary
9.2/2
Woodstock Diary was originally broadcasted on U.S. TV in August 1994 - in honor of the 25th anniversary of the event. Later it was released on DVD wit...
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Woodstock Diary
1976
Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection
10/1
The Mothership has landed! Parliament-Funkadelic plays an out-of-this-world set at The Summit in Houston, Texas on Halloween night 1976.
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Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection
1970
Woodstock
7.525/256
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders,...
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Woodstock
1969
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
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The Harlem Cultural Festival of that year, which would come to be known as “Black Woodstock,” had, on its surface, little in common with the upstate h...
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Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1970
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
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This is part of a series from German TV WDR which is taking out of the vaults some historical films, notably from a program called "Swing In". This pe...
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Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
7.648/183
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and pr...
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Sly Stone
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Explores the life and career of Sly Stone.
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Sly Stone
2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
7.181/47
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the...
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2014
Finding the Funk
6.8/4
Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands...
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Finding the Funk
2014
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
7/1
A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice Wh...
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The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
2009
Woodstock Ultimate Edition
9/1
(March 13, 2009 – Burbank, CA) – “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music” – the four-hour director’s cut of the 1970 Oscar®-winning documentary about the...
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Woodstock Ultimate Edition
2009
Coming Back for More
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Funk legend Sly Stone disappeared from the limelight for more than 20 years. Musicians and the media tried to find the recluse but failed. In 2005 Wil...
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Coming Back for More
1993
Let Me Have It All
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In the summer of 1992 two filmmakers, Jeroen Berkvens and Walter Stokman, travelled through the United States of America. They were searching for trac...
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Let Me Have It All
2024
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
6/1
On a fateful San Francisco night in the early 60s, Condor nightclub performer Carol Doda was lowered to the stage on a floating piano, topless. Word s...
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Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
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One man's search for the prolific funk legend, Sly Stone.
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On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2008
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
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